Fluconazole

[sheyandpete]

hey everyone,
I am treating my tank with fluconazole for hair algae, and was told to turn my skimmer off but not for how long, ie the whole 14 days or only a day or two. Can someone please help as i am on my second day ov treatment. Oh also no signs ov retreat from the dreaded hair algae yet, but high hopes

 

[Fred Phipps]

I don't know if flucon works on hair algae? I thought it was just Bryopsis, but I could be wrong!

I kept my skimmer off and kept carbon out of the system for the full duration of the treatment. Carbon and your skimmer will likely pull the medication out of the water, which isn't what you want.