GHA and Fluconazole

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It has been 2 weeks since I added 3,600 mg (18 pills of 200 mg each) to my 180 gal system.
I have turned my carbon reactor off, removed the skimmer cup total, remover my filter sock and added phosphate RX to lower the phosphate levels.
2 weeks after and I don't see any change, no clue why.
when I did it 2 years ago I had great result in 2 weeks with much more GHA back than.

Please advised
 

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Mine was unaffected as well, even with a double dose. I agree many GHA strains it does not seem to work on, only derbesia I hear. I got a cleanup crew from reefcleaners and it cut the algae in half over a months time.
 

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A sea hare works.
I have one in my 120 and just put it in my 45 frag system. Once it cleans it up I will put it back in the 120.
It keeps my tanks algae free with no chemicals.
So far so good going on 3 months.
They do need to be kept fed.
Gha is not bad in a reef tank unless it turns into a lawn.
 

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OK, so what are the other options?

Rabbitfish seem to have a bottomless stomach for algae. The same goes for foxfaces. PS You don't have to remove filter socks for fluconazole.
 
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Rabbitfish will do good with angles?
For the sea house, what water flow they like and what food to you feed?
I have large fish in my tank, I hope they won't kill him
 

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It has been 2 weeks since I added 3,600 mg (18 pills of 200 mg each) to my 180 gal system.
I have turned my carbon reactor off, removed the skimmer cup total, remover my filter sock and added phosphate RX to lower the phosphate levels.
2 weeks after and I don't see any change, no clue why.
when I did it 2 years ago I had great result in 2 weeks with much more GHA back than.

Please advised
GHA takes much longer then bryopsis to die from fluconazole. When i did it took me just 12 days to fully remove bryopsis and almost a month until i started to see the GHA turn white.
 

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Also, if you go the Reef Cleaners route. Make sure you check their snails, not knocking them, but I had a ton of Pyramidellid Snails on the Trochus snails I got. I'm fairly new to this but yeah adding that to my checks for Vermitids as well.....
 

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