Bryopsis fish less system

[GinoGino]

Have a frag tank that’s been setup for about 5-7 years. Have a few colonies (stylo and a Duncan) that I want to transfer

Have no fish in the system. How do I tackle bryopsis? Had it for a couple years.. it’s bad but not terrible. Corals all look good. I want to transfer these colonies over to my display tank, but obviously don’t want to transfer any bryopsis with them

Any suggestions that wouldn’t stress the corals or bacteria? Thanks!

 

[dedragon]

the stylo can be cut at the base and glued to a new base but the duncan will be much harder to move without introducing bryopsis unless you treat the tank first. Hydrogen peroxide will help too just try to not get any on the coarls themselves while out of water

 

[GinoGino]

the stylo can be cut at the base and glued to a new base but the duncan will be much harder to move without introducing bryopsis unless you treat the tank first. Hydrogen peroxide will help too just try to not get any on the coarls themselves while out of water

So how do you use the peroxide? Dip the live rock that has the bryopsis? How long would you dip for? Rinse with RO afterwards? How often? Thanks!

Strangely there’s no bryopsis on the Duncan base rock that I had it attached to.. not sure why but never took to that piece for some reason

 

[dedragon]

you can keep coral like duncans out for a while. i like to only do 1-3 minutes out of water although lps could be out for longer. dry the base with paper towel and spray it on. might want to use a paintbrush or cottonswabs near the flesh so you dont accidentally spray it.

depending on the frag tank size you could just pull all the corals out and drain it and spray with hydrogen peroxide everywhere. repeat after about a day and then just reseed the whole system with rock from your main system. duncans and stylo will be fine in a brute trashcan for a day with just a heater and water pump. might as well try to get rid of it all. size and amount of rock/bio media will matter a lot though

 

[56longroof]

Reflux is very effective on bryopsis without harming anything else.

 

[GinoGino]

you can keep coral like duncans out for a while. i like to only do 1-3 minutes out of water although lps could be out for longer. dry the base with paper towel and spray it on. might want to use a paintbrush or cottonswabs near the flesh so you dont accidentally spray it.

depending on the frag tank size you could just pull all the corals out and drain it and spray with hydrogen peroxide everywhere. repeat after about a day and then just reseed the whole system with rock from your main system. duncans and stylo will be fine in a brute trashcan for a day with just a heater and water pump. might as well try to get rid of it all. size and amount of rock/bio media will matter a lot though

you can keep coral like duncans out for a while. i like to only do 1-3 minutes out of water although lps could be out for longer. dry the base with paper towel and spray it on. might want to use a paintbrush or cottonswabs near the flesh so you dont accidentally spray it.

depending on the frag tank size you could just pull all the corals out and drain it and spray with hydrogen peroxide everywhere. repeat after about a day and then just reseed the whole system with rock from your main system. duncans and stylo will be fine in a brute trashcan for a day with just a heater and water pump. might as well try to get rid of it all. size and amount of rock/bio media will matter a lot though

It’s really not on the glass or sand.. just on the live rock mostly

 

[dedragon]

yep fluconazole will work too and is the in tank treatment i mentioned before. just will take a bit longer and you might want to wait another month after treatment just to be sure it is gone. mine is more of a really fast treatment to get those corals in asap

It’s really not on the glass or sand.. just on the live rock mostly

wasnt thinking there was gonna be sand in the frag tank. makes it harder for the nuke method with hydrogen peroxide

 

[dedragon]

i think they use spores as well to reproduce so sand and glass would need to be sprayed and idk how that wud work with sand.

 

[GinoGino]

yep fluconazole will work too and is the in tank treatment i mentioned before. just will take a bit longer and you might want to wait another month after treatment just to be sure it is gone. mine is more of a really fast treatment to get those corals in asap



wasnt thinking there was gonna be sand in the frag tank. makes it harder for the nuke method with hydrogen peroxide

Yea should’ve mentioned that.. when I initially started it up I was just going to keep it as a second tank. Then slowly kept adding my frags from my main display. Slowly turned into a frag tank display lol

So would dipping live rock in peroxide not a good idea?

 

[GinoGino]

Reflux is very effective on bryopsis without harming anything else.

What’s the safe way of using? Half dose? How long normally does it take to see results? I know every system will be different, but about?

 

[dedragon]

So would dipping live rock in peroxide not a good idea?

it works but i usually spray for algae as i dont want to have too much die off and po4 released into the tank. Rocks are also very porous and filled with crevices so it is a lot harder to do.

 

[GinoGino]

it works but i usually spray for algae as i dont want to have too much die off and po4 released into the tank. Rocks are also very porous and filled with crevices so it is a lot harder to do.

so since there’s no fish and some rubble in my sump section (it’s an all in one system), do you think if removing the live rock that has the bryopsis will be better?

 

[dedragon]

i think given your system it will probably be best to do a spray of the rocks and a clean off with a brush, just rinse in some water before putting it back in the tank just to get the job done a little faster. the reef flux will take out the rest just follow instructions or dose slightly under if it makes you more comfortable. I have seen people dose more or lessbut the biggest thing is you will just need to watch out for any increases in nutrients as there will be die off. Doing manual removal first will reduce the die off a lot. The sump i would leave alone unless there is chaeto in there then remove that for the duration of the treatment

 

[dedragon]

matters if you want to save the rock or not. you probably have enough sand and bio media to just remove the rock. brs has a video about nuking rock completely (muriatic acid and bleach) and po4 changes in water overtime which you might want to look at if you want to just pull out the rock, treat the tank, and clean out a lot of the excess po4 from the rocks themselves

 

[56longroof]

What’s the safe way of using? Half dose? How long normally does it take to see results? I know every system will be different, but about?

I dosed the reccomend amount. It takes about 4 weeks to totally eradicate it. With the Reeflux it wont come back unless it's reintroduced. I have spot treated with vinegar also. That works extremely well on small patches.