Bryopsis Cure: My Battle With Bryopsis Using Fluconazole

Rick.45cal · Jan 27, 2017

Once my system is bryopsis free to my satisfaction I am going to share this information with my LFSs in hopes that other reefs will be saved.

Bolognaboy · Jan 27, 2017

Hey guys, been checking in on this thread and I'm sold. Been battling the ******* byropsis (hooray alliteration!) for a couple months and I've been able to mostly keep it at bay. Made changes to feeding, increased water changes, less light, more CUC, you name it. I bought a bottle of tech m but realized they changed the formula before it arrived. I will be heading to my LFS tomorrow to order a round of this but my big question is, do I only to do one dose of this? Like, 20ml per 1gallon just on day one and then wait? Sounds toooooo easy haha.

stevo01 · Jan 27, 2017

I can see bare rocks all over the place now!

stevo01 · Jan 27, 2017

Rick.45cal said:
Once my system is bryopsis free to my satisfaction I am going to share this information with my LFSs in hopes that other reefs will be saved.

I already put my LFS in the loop, but advised him to read this thread. And its still developmental stages.

Rick.45cal · Jan 27, 2017

Bolognaboy said:
Hey guys, been checking in on this thread and I'm sold. Been battling the ******* byropsis (hooray alliteration!) for a couple months and I've been able to mostly keep it at bay. Made changes to feeding, increased water changes, less light, more CUC, you name it. I bought a bottle of tech m but realized they changed the formula before it arrived. I will be heading to my LFS tomorrow to order a round of this but my big question is, do I only to do one dose of this? Like, 20ml per 1gallon just on day one and then wait? Sounds toooooo easy haha.

Only one dose of 200mg/10gal. (20mg/gal)! It really is that easy!

cnseekatz · Jan 27, 2017

Just dosed my tank. 1000mg! Will post photos if/when I see some progress!

Servo · Jan 27, 2017

Ergosterol is the predominant sterol of fungi and green algae. Fluconizole inhibits it's enzymatic synthesis. Although the biosynthetic pathway for sterol synthesis in fungi is well known, not much has been published regarding it's synthesis in Algae. Symbiodinium may not contain lanosterol 14- α-demethylase (the inhibited enzyme), so it may be "reef safe", but there always could be a variant species. Use caution, and congrats for venturing into the world of unknown in science.

redfishbluefish · Jan 27, 2017

renato120 said:
Does fluconazole kill any other types of algae? I have been dealing with red hair algae for over 3 years...I have tried all types of inverts to eat it. They dont eat this algae. foxface, and tangs do not eat it either.
Note: Im not talking about cyano. Its red hair algae. They look just like GHA. The only thing that kills it is peroxide. I take the rocks out and squirt peroxide on them. They turn white and die off. They keep coming back. I brake some corals everytime I do this.... I wonder if fluconazole will kill this.

Everything I've read and seen....only Bryopsis.

KenO · Jan 27, 2017

renato120 said:
Does fluconazole kill any other types of algae? I have been dealing with red hair algae for over 3 years...I have tried all types of inverts to eat it. They dont eat this algae. foxface, and tangs do not eat it either.
Note: Im not talking about cyano. Its red hair algae. They look just like GHA. The only thing that kills it is peroxide. I take the rocks out and squirt peroxide on them. They turn white and die off. They keep coming back. I brake some corals everytime I do this.... I wonder if fluconazole will kill this.

Have you tried Vibrant?

NCreefguy · Jan 27, 2017

Rick.45cal said:
Before Fluconazole treatment

4 days after fluconazole treatment

Look at the difference!! That has to make you smile!

Rick.45cal · Jan 27, 2017

NCreefguy said:
Look at the difference!! That has to make you smile!

I am not only smiling, but I am also extremely relieved.

I think it is time to buy some colonies now!

NCreefguy · Jan 27, 2017

Rick.45cal said:
I am not only smiling, but I am also extremely relieved.

I think it is time to buy some colonies now!

Oh yeah! I want to see that Homewrecker when you get it.

Rick.45cal · Jan 27, 2017

Servo said:
Ergosterol is the predominant sterol of fungi and green algae. Fluconizole inhibits it's enzymatic synthesis. Although the biosynthetic pathway for sterol synthesis in fungi is well known, not much has been published regarding it's synthesis in Algae. Symbiodinium may not contain lanosterol 14- α-demethylase (the inhibited enzyme), so it may be "reef safe", but there always could be a variant species. Use caution, and congrats for venturing into the world of unknown in science.

Tagging @mcarroll so he can read your response too.

Rick.45cal · Jan 27, 2017

NCreefguy said:
Oh yeah! I want to see that Homewrecker when you get it.

I will just as soon as @mdbannister get's his homewrecker!

(I want one REAL BAD... in case you hadn't figured that out).

MartyF · Jan 27, 2017

stevo01 said:
I hope everyone is also going to @Sabellafella 's thread and giving him a shout out/props!

Definitely, he is the one who alerted me to this stuff!!

NCreefguy · Jan 27, 2017

Okay guys(and gals),There have been a lot of posts thanking me for making this thread and I just want you to know that this experiment was not done by me alone. I did research it as much as I could for a couple of weeks but there were only a few people over seas that had tried this treatment, so there wasn't much info out there.I had planned on just trying this myself and not posting anything until it was over and then share it if it worked but @Sabellafella happen to start a thread about it the same day that my order of Fluconazole came in so his post brought me out of "lurk mode"so to speak. Then while I was going to just post a few things in his thread @redfishbluefish urged(forced

) me to go ahead and start another thread to document my experience. This treatment has been a great success and I am happy for my tank and everyone else's tank that has,is and will be trying this in the future. I think this was an amazing find and will end up saving a lot of reef tanks. I hope everyone is as happy about this as I am. This experiment was a Reef2Reef team effort and I'm glad that I was a part of it.

Now let's destroy some Bryopsis!!

DominoFx · Jan 27, 2017

DeniseAndy said:
Does anyone who has used this have large sponges. I have used an antibiotic in the system (in fish food) to treat and ended up completely whiting out my sponge. It eventually came back, but now it is so large it would be devastating to lose.

I fight briopsis too. Thanks for any info.

I had only this kind of sponges and look normal. (I just treat for two days and half)

StrangeDejavu · Jan 27, 2017

I'm loving all these breakthrough treatments the hobby has been experiencing lately. We just need a reef safe treatment for ich and dinoflagellates and we'll be in great shape.

This thread comes at a good time. I just moved my tank to a new house and 2 weeks later, i'm seeing bryopsis EVERYWHERE. It's growing on almost every inch of the glass, top to bottom, all the way around the tank, including the back wall. I started dosing Vibrant again but it's nice to know there's a nuclear option if it gets out of hand.