Bryopsis?

[BitR0t]

Bryopsis? Gha? Something else?

Tank is one month old. UNS 40a, running chaeto in a refugium, two clowns, had a Trochus, astarea and turbo snail, but just added 10 more snails, ceriths, nerites, astarea, also added a Pitho crab and blue knee hermit, Blue stripe whatever it’s called. Also added pods to the chaeto and display early on.

Going to see how the cuc do, but I am considering going ahead and picking fluconazole just in case it goes south.

If it matters, nutrients just keep going down, basically at 0 now, even after 3 days blackout while still feeding the fish and phyto. Ammonia around 0.1, had a complete fishless cycle but since added the clowns it has been 0.07-0.1 using Hanna.

 

[lapin]

Bryopsis

Looks like it. No worries . Pull it out. It’s not the end of the world. Chemicals might do worse damage to your tank in the long run.

 

[BitR0t]

Looks like it. No worries . Pull it out. It’s not the end of the world. Chemicals might do worse damage to your tank in the long run.

Thanks, yeah, trying to do this naturally with cuc, hence the heavy hitter reinforcements lol.

 

[56longroof]

How much do you have? I use vinegar to spot treat any that pops up in my tank. Its extremely effective and it wont come back in that spot. Just be careful around any coral.

 

[BitR0t]

How much do you have? I use vinegar to spot treat any that pops up in my tank. Its extremely effective and it wont come back in that spot. Just be careful around any coral.

I let it get worse than I should have. I misdiagnosed as Dino somehow and did a 3 day blackout that didn’t slow it down a bit lol. My LFS also said it looked a bit like Dino and sold me silica and bacteria… I scraped, vacuumed, changed about 10% water today, in addition to my cuc additions. It already looks a lot better.

I will try the vinegar. I tried peroxide on a coral and it looks really really unhappy.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Bryopsis? Gha? Something else?

Tank is one month old. UNS 40a, running chaeto in a refugium, two clowns, had a Trochus, astarea and turbo snail, but just added 10 more snails, ceriths, nerites, astarea, also added a Pitho crab and blue knee hermit, Blue stripe whatever it’s called. Also added pods to the chaeto and display early on.

Going to see how the cuc do, but I am considering going ahead and picking fluconazole just in case it goes south.

If it matters, nutrients just keep going down, basically at 0 now, even after 3 days blackout while still feeding the fish and phyto. Ammonia around 0.1, had a complete fishless cycle but since added the clowns it has been 0.07-0.1 using Hanna.

Cuc will not consume this. This is similar to bryopsis and known as derbesia. This is one of the more challenging of algae due to need of its complete removal. Derbesia algae is a fast-growing, invasive algae species notorious for its resistance to conventional algae management methods. Once established, Derbesia can quickly overtake rockwork and corals, creating a challenging problem. Removal is best accomplished by taking the rock out of tank and placing in a container of tank water. Then you will want to pull as much as you can by hand and discard. With a dental pick or small crochet needle, pull the roots off the rock. YOU MUST GET EVERY ROOT OR IT WILL SIMPLY RETURN !!
After you are done return rock to tank and reduce white light intensity and even hours of white light and add the following cleaners which will help with control. These guys will consume bryopsis but not as fast as bryopsis can grow - They will never keep up.
Pin cushion urchin, Chiton snails, pitho crabs, and larger astrea snails

This procedure is not as bad or time consuming as it seems. Assure phosphate levels do not become elevated which helps feed this algae

harbor Freight:

 

[BitR0t]

Cuc will not consume this. This is similar to bryopsis and known as derbesia. This is one of the more challenging of algae due to need of its complete removal. Derbesia algae is a fast-growing, invasive algae species notorious for its resistance to conventional algae management methods. Once established, Derbesia can quickly overtake rockwork and corals, creating a challenging problem. Removal is best accomplished by taking the rock out of tank and placing in a container of tank water. Then you will want to pull as much as you can by hand and discard. With a dental pick or small crochet needle, pull the roots off the rock. YOU MUST GET EVERY ROOT OR IT WILL SIMPLY RETURN !!
After you are done return rock to tank and reduce white light intensity and even hours of white light and add the following cleaners which will help with control. These guys will consume bryopsis but not as fast as bryopsis can grow - They will never keep up.
Pin cushion urchin, Chiton snails, pitho crabs, and larger astrea snails

This procedure is not as bad or time consuming as it seems. Assure phosphate levels do not become elevated which helps feed this algae

harbor Freight:

Lucky for me I haven’t glued any of my corals down? Lol.