Bryopsis Cure: My Battle With Bryopsis Using Fluconazole

[NCreefguy]

I have a colony of the same hydroids in my pico tank

Ahhh man I though I had the market cornered on these lol

 

[nova65ss]

@NCreefguy pretty stoked for you and this! Thanks for the update.

 

[NCreefguy]

I guess I missed something. Do you not just open the capsul and dump it in?

Yes I opened up each capsule and mixed it into a cup of tank water and dumped it all in front of a powerhead in my DT.

 

[Rick.45cal]

@twilliard I looked for an infested rock of shippable size, however I do not have one. To top it off things have decided to start eating some of my bryopsis. I placed a small white rock in an area that has a lot of bryopsis hoping some latches on real quick. I also noticed that one of the lettuce nudibranchs laid a string of eggs on it, so it may be a self destructive idea if it works at all. I may just have to take forceps and pull as much as I can and shove it into a water bottle and send it off to you. I'm thinking I'm likely going to dose the Fluconazole as soon as I can.

The place I orginally ordered the fish flucon from hasn't sent me a shipping email, so I ordered some from the supplier y'all posted above. If it works I will keep it for the future, and share with other reefer's in desperate need of a solution. I won't lie, I am ready to be done with this stuff. Once it's gone I will be developing a strict invasive algae quarantining protocol.

 

[NCreefguy]

@NCreefguy pretty stoked for you and this! Thanks for the update.

Thank you. It has been exciting to finally see some results against this stuff. Hopefully the rest of it will continue to break up and blow away.

 

[nova65ss]

Thank you. It has been exciting to finally see some results against this stuff. Hopefully the rest of it will continue to break up and blow away.

Yea I am crossing fingers as well hoping it gets down to the roots and doesnt come back!

 

[twilliard]

@twilliard I looked for an infested rock of shippable size, however I do not have one. To top it off things have decided to start eating some of my bryopsis. I placed a small white rock in an area that has a lot of bryopsis hoping some latches on real quick. I also noticed that one of the lettuce nudibranchs laid a string of eggs on it, so it may be a self destructive idea if it works at all. I may just have to take forceps and pull as much as I can and shove it into a water bottle and send it off to you. I'm thinking I'm likely going to dose the Fluconazole as soon as I can.

The place I orginally ordered the fish flucon from hasn't sent me a shipping email, so I ordered some from the supplier y'all posted above. If it works I will keep it for the future, and share with other reefer's in desperate need of a solution. I won't lie, I am ready to be done with this stuff. Once it's gone I will be developing a strict invasive algae quarantining protocol.

I would love to get some! I need someone to send me some It doesn't take much and it does not have to be rooted although rooted is faster.

 

[stevo01]

I would love to get some! I need someone to send me some It doesn't take much and it does not have to be rooted although rooted is faster.

Talk to @JimWelsh about forwarding you some of my Bryopsis species. Pay it forward hahaha.

 

[twilliard]

Talk to @JimWelsh about forwarding you some of my Bryopsis species. Pay it forward hahaha.

I would love to have the species you have Stevo

 

[stevo01]

I have plenty of it, but the small shipment I sent Jim was $30. I just cant justify repeatedly mailing out samples at my cost.

To think we are paying to ship eachother this evil weed. Crazy, the lengths we are willing to go for answers.

 

[twilliard]

I have plenty of it, but the small shipment I sent Jim was $30. I just cant justify repeatedly mailing out samples at my cost.

To think we are paying to ship eachother this evil weed. Crazy, the lengths we are willing to go for answers.

PM delivered

 

[stevo01]

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[Joshky]

Following along, I'd really love to stop dosing vibrant or back off of dosing it at the very least. I've been dosing vibrant for over 2 months now and so far I don't know what to think, it's working somewhat but if I had my nutrients where I'd like them to be I guarantee you they'd be more of a nuisance than they are now.... so is it really working?

Bryopsis has been such a problem for this tank that I've really just lost motivation and drive, I've lost a couple of acros because of it and my magnifica anemone has been ticked off ever since I started dosing vibrant and I've had to treat it for an infection again, I'm not sure that it fully recovered from the last treatment either.... I somewhat expect to see the deflation cycle start back up in a couple of weeks.

 

[stevo01]

I will be starting Fluconazole in the next few days. Once we can be sure to get a heathy sample into Todds hands ill begin the dosing.

 

[Joshky]

I will be starting Fluconazole in the next few days. Once we can be sure to get a heathy sample into Todds hands ill begin the dosing.

I really appreciate you guys putting in some legwork for the rest of us, I don't know that I have it in me to try something new again right now; that being said if you guys get great results, I feel like I should get my order in quickly.

I would love to start dosing kno3 for my acros without worrying about a bryopsis jungle!

 

[stevo01]

I really appreciate you guys putting in some legwork for the rest of us, I don't know that I have it in me to try something new again right now; that being said if you guys get great results, I feel like I should get my order in quickly.

I would love to start dosing kno3 for my acros without worrying about a bryopsis jungle!

Everyone doesnt have to start bombing their tanks all at once. I am willing to jump on asap because I need to move these coral into the big tank. Ready to move on. But I want it gone 100% first.

Like @brandon429 would say. The only true way is rasping. The Bryopsis roots burrow into the rock. So this med here may need to be used more than once to fully irradicate. Hard to say as its so new.

 

[NCreefguy]

Everyone doesnt have to start bombing their tanks all at once. I am willing to jump on asap because I need to move these coral into the big tank. Ready to move on. But I want it gone 100% first.

Like @brandon429 would say. The only true way is rasping. The Bryopsis roots burrow into the rock. So this med here may need to be used more than once to fully irradiate. Hard to say as its so new.

If this med kills it all the way down including the roots,it won't come back unless you reintroduce it into your tank. If it leaves the roots,it may just be a matter of time. Nobody has reported any Bryopsis coming back on them yet but I think the oldest treatment that I could find was 3-4 months.

 

[NCreefguy]

I would love to have the species you have Stevo

All it takes is a few spores and BOOM you've got a tank full.

 

[twilliard]

All it takes is a few spores and BOOM you've got a tank full.

I love the biology of algae!
Too bad the state said no to a degree in that so I got stuck with I.T.

 

[NCreefguy]

We'll have to see how long Fluconazole actually stays active in our tanks or if wcs and carbon removes it completely. Who knows,it may still remain in the tank for 6 months or longer and just be hindering the Bryopsis from returning until the level of Fluconazole gets low enough. I hope this isn't the case.