Alright guys, I could use some of that wealth of knowledge out there. I'm currently on day 7 of a fluconazole treatment for bryopsis. Algae is definitely dying off; this isn't my first time using this medication, treated some of my other tanks previously. Right before I started the treatment, I did a 50% water change. During siphoning, I noticed a small patch of cyano. Never had this problem previously; tank is 50gal, 18months old. I siphoned out the small patch and completed water change. Dosed fluconazole and kept skimmer cup off for 4days. Around day 5, I starting seeing 2-3 small cyano patches around the tank. Today is day 7, and I see the 3 areas have spread quite a bit. Should I siphon the cyano into the sump filter sock and then change to a new sock, or leave it be during the treatment? I've heard that trying to remove algae during this treatment defeats the purpose, due to the algae taking in the medication during photosynthesis. So I'm not sure if this also applies to cyano, but I'm ready to grab my siphon hose. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Fluconazole and Cyano
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Abhishek
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Have you already siphoned the cyano out ? If no , then it would say from experience - leave it be !!!!
Let the fluconazole do its trick .
It’s better to handle one thing at a time and right now the focus is on byropsis .
Unless your tank is completely drowned in cyano , let it be . Once you have taken care of bryopsis , then you can start siphoning and bringing nitrate and phosphate in line to take care of cyano .
Regards,
Abhishek
Let the fluconazole do its trick .
It’s better to handle one thing at a time and right now the focus is on byropsis .
Unless your tank is completely drowned in cyano , let it be . Once you have taken care of bryopsis , then you can start siphoning and bringing nitrate and phosphate in line to take care of cyano .
Regards,
Abhishek
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I wasn’t aware that fluconazole did anything to cyanobacteria. If this is correct, treat the situation as two separate infections: fluconazole for the algae and vacuuming for the cyanobacteria.
ı used flucanasol for bryopsis 15 days later bryopsis clear in my aquarium then my nitrat levels rises 10 to 15ppm and cyano begin onthe soft corals. ı used chemiclean and fritz 460 to treat . after 1 weeks later its clean in my tank and lps corals polip is too happy than the past
brandon429
what, exactly, are you doing in your avatar
one reason there's a strong link between fluc and cyano or its cousins is because the latter are boosted by the presence of detritus in pores and in sinked areas, and the former doesn't remove it, but rather contributes to it (fluc kills algae to degrade inside an unclean system already, compounding detritus)
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