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Hello all,
As part of upgrading to my "big" tank, I've worked to salvage a variety of corals, frags, etc., out of my nano, which was overtaken with Bryopsis. My method for "clearing" the Nano was basically to cut out nutrients altogether and let the tank fallow out while the corals sustained on photo / residual nutrients.
I've done that, but as is its way, there's plenty of little bits of Bryopsis left everywhere, and I'm at a place where the corals remaining that I want to pull over are all infested with little bits of the stuff; I don't want to introduce it into the DT really (obviously).
From reading, Fluconazole should be effective at getting rid of Bryopsis, though obviously it won't do anything to remove the "cause" of it. I'm trying to see if it's the sensible thing to treat the Nano with prior to pulling the last corals out; I'm also curious if it's worth dosing in the DT following transfer as a last little preventative measure.
Advice (or alternatives) welcome. Note I have treated the Nano with Vibrant for a couple months, which hasn't done a lick of good to the algae. I've tried 0 other treatments, and the tank is cycled down to 0 Nitrates / Phosphates, and certainly there hasn't been any new algal growth in over a month, so I'm confident there's no more ability for it to meaningfully grow in the system. It's just a matter of how to get rid of what's left most safely / efficiently. No issue with patience, either; the system can run its course as long as it likes IMO.
As part of upgrading to my "big" tank, I've worked to salvage a variety of corals, frags, etc., out of my nano, which was overtaken with Bryopsis. My method for "clearing" the Nano was basically to cut out nutrients altogether and let the tank fallow out while the corals sustained on photo / residual nutrients.
I've done that, but as is its way, there's plenty of little bits of Bryopsis left everywhere, and I'm at a place where the corals remaining that I want to pull over are all infested with little bits of the stuff; I don't want to introduce it into the DT really (obviously).
From reading, Fluconazole should be effective at getting rid of Bryopsis, though obviously it won't do anything to remove the "cause" of it. I'm trying to see if it's the sensible thing to treat the Nano with prior to pulling the last corals out; I'm also curious if it's worth dosing in the DT following transfer as a last little preventative measure.
Advice (or alternatives) welcome. Note I have treated the Nano with Vibrant for a couple months, which hasn't done a lick of good to the algae. I've tried 0 other treatments, and the tank is cycled down to 0 Nitrates / Phosphates, and certainly there hasn't been any new algal growth in over a month, so I'm confident there's no more ability for it to meaningfully grow in the system. It's just a matter of how to get rid of what's left most safely / efficiently. No issue with patience, either; the system can run its course as long as it likes IMO.
