Will Kent Tech M kill Caulerpa?

[JakeK]

i have a massive outbreak of caulerpa on my TBS 2.0 rock. I've been doing manual removal for several weeks now but it spread significantly around the tank via runners during my 2 week vacation. Manual removal is not doing much. I've reduced the lighting period, cut back on feedings as much as I can and have been doing bigger and more frequent water changes but it just keeps growing.

Will Kent Tech M help if I raise MG as if I were trying to kill bryopsis?

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[brandon429]

it has both compliance and success threads with non bryopsis treatments. You should be test rocking your setup and not doing a guess on the whole tank see this approach its exactly your fix:

 

[brandon429]

http://reef2reef.com/threads/algae-id-please.256212/#post-3027636

 

[brandon429]

its not that any of the common water dosers can't work (tech m, peroxide) its that they might not, and there are certain options vs the guess. you just model them on out...takes about a week to see how regrowth occurs which was your biggest risk (total growback after painstaking guess removal work)

peroxide will beat tech M for these instances, and even that needs the test rock approach. the one test rock that is rasp+peroxide will cure your tank no doubt.

whether a water doser works can never be said by anyone, cuz we could google up an opposite outcome thread. the test rock is the only way for you to know. for sure if that tank was mine it would be invader free within two weeks permanently, via that one method. I wouldn't even test rock, id just do what works.

the test rock is for the avoidance of work + eventual water dosers everyone wants :)

 

[JakeK]

Brandon, thank you for the advice. Most of the pieces of rock that the caulerpa is growing are are very large pieces of rock. Between 10 and 20 pound pieces. I'll have to be careful about how much rock i take out to clean because it could affect my tank's ability to process ammonia.

 

[brandon429]

If it helps any, I've never seen any tank setup where either the sandbed or portions of the live rock were the swing vote for bioload processing. Remove them, or clean and put back (peroxide harms no bacteria)

Not even the step down people do in partial increments is required...we can go bare bottom without prep many threads show

A fair reason to consider the nature of filtration bacteria is to allow for tank control. You don't have to take less action on an invader even if you treated all rocks at once per the big peroxide threads...slow is ok too. We don't have to account for filtration bacteria after setup unless we zap the whole tank with dilution-adjusted antibacterial meds so don't let that stop you from decisive win. if your tank was mine it would be clean by Monday. No rush is required, we only detail how to guarantee a skip cycle below it doesn't mean it's the only way.


Big thread testing claims made here:
http://reef2reef.com/threads/new-ta...d-cocktail-shrimp-live-rock-no-shrimp.214618/