I dosed Reef Flux according to the directions 3 days ago. I know it will take a while to finish the job, but I have not seen any effect at all yet. Is that to be expected?
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YepI dosed Reef Flux according to the directions 3 days ago. I know it will take a while to finish the job, but I have not seen any effect at all yet. Is that to be expected?
I also used capsules, opened each, poured into cup of water to dissolve powder inside, then added water with Reef Flux to my tank. It took 4 bottles (40 capsules), because I have a 180g + ~20g sump, and was going with 'double it up' advice found somewhere on 'netI've only used the capsules but usually by 48 hours you can see the bryopsis discoloring then shortly thereafter as each day passes it dies and within a couple weeks at most non can be seen.
I used the capsules too. How long until you saw anything happen? I dosed like it said, essentially only put it in once and wait.I also used capsules, opened each, poured into cup of water to dissolve powder inside, then added water with Reef Flux to my tank. It took 4 bottles (40 capsules), because I have a 180g and was going with 'double it up' advice found somewhere on 'net
Yes, I also dosed 1x then waited... didn't do any water changes whole while either because I couldn't figure out how to hold that dose consistent.I used the capsules too. How long until you saw anything happen? I dosed like it said, essentially only put it in once and wait.
Thanks for the reassurance! Sorry, I didn't notice the first post where you said how long it took was by you until just now.Yes, I also dosed 1x then waited... didn't do any water changes whole while either because I couldn't figure out how to hold that dose consistent.
I was also dosing Vibrant before, during and after Reef Flux treatment, so unknown if that is why that seemed to contribute to delay in seeing results until end of 2nd week which had me go into 3rd week to ensure eradication. Perhaps my dying other algae types were feeding bryopsis that Reef Flux was trying to kill. It seemed like it got worse before it got better. I was living on faith.
I didn't give up on Reef Flux because I didn't have a plan B. Stress from all this has tightened up our QT/dip processes because I don't want to have to do it again
Hang in there... it didn't get bad overnight. It didn't go away quickly either for me (and I was double dosing)
Only red flag I see is you "doubled" up the dose, that might be bad for some of the corals. I've always used slightly less than the recommended dose and it kills the bryopsis with no problem. Keep a close eye on your corals just in case the increased dose doesn't start to kill them.I also used capsules, opened each, poured into cup of water to dissolve powder inside, then added water with Reef Flux to my tank. It took 4 bottles (40 capsules), because I have a 180g + ~20g sump, and was going with 'double it up' advice found somewhere on 'net
I've got sticks, gonipora, hammers, frogspawn, mushrooms, xenia, trachy, lobo, ... more ... those were all fine. My inverts were all fine, though weeks later crab did eat snails (ripped from shells (sad)). Only fish impacted was yellow tang, and it nearly died, but all other fish were fine.Only red flag I see is you "doubled" up the dose, that might be bad for some of the corals. I've always used slightly less than the recommended dose and it kills the bryopsis with no problem. Keep a close eye on your corals just in case the increased dose doesn't start to kill them.