Bryopsis fluconazole Susan's RMS Max c250

[Susan Edwards]

Wow, day 4 has major dying going on all over the tank. I had to shift my gonipora down to the sand bed as I didn't like how pale it was under the lights. But you can still see die off. Small spot on back of tank is much smaller and the big nasty rock is almost totally white! Might see if I can rig up a light to shine in at the bottom corner of tank to speed that rock up but don't want to upset the corals on the right side. So we'll see. I'm pleased as can be at the progress thus far. Seeing brypsis turning white/gray all over tank.

 

[prsnlty]

Great! See the difference between the top of the tank die-off and bottom? I believe that lighting it up is key to a quicker death. Hope your cleanup crew is helping you out with the dead algae.

 

[Susan Edwards]

Okay, day five. Not a big difference than day 4 but seeing die off throughout tank. As soon as this tank is clear, I'll be doing the display refugium. It's not as bad but some of the rock from this tank went into that tank when I redid to catch all the fish--had to tear it all out to catch them all! In both tanks! Hard to see on the gonipora rock as I had to move it down but what I'm looking for is to see it gone!

 

[Susan Edwards]

Day Six
Seeing some bare spots now and lots of really long, stringy algae just melting away

 

[Susan Edwards]

Day 7 and just melting like ice in the mountains. Bottom is still quite a bit but the one rock on top that was like a thick mat is thining. I can see the pukani rock now. Debating turning on my skimmer as leather tip and sun
corals not opening. All else seems good. Even the new nem

 

[prsnlty]

Looking real good! Is your cleanup crew munching away on it also?

 

[Susan Edwards]

I haven't seen much munching going on. I have a small emerald crab--should have 2 others but haven't seen them for a long time. The big bully emerald crab got moved to the display refugium. Not sure how many hermits I have. Tons of trochus though. Babies and more babies....

 

[Susan Edwards]

Day 8. Had to take pics with dark tank as I forgot earlier. I put the skimmer back online very dry and I also used a turkey baster to blow off all the dead stuff and wow, there be rock beneath that evil bryopsis. I'm also seeing some cyano and a few dino's. Phos was at 0 today. Even tested it twice to be sure. Another first in a long time. Pulled all phosguard beads and dosed half a dose of flourish phosphorus. Will ck tomorrow to see what it is. Nitrates also went down to 5. Another first in a very long time. Skipped this weeks vibrant and going to every other week, half the nopox and stopped the biodigest. With no fish, there is no fish waste so will have to watch numbers.
Todays pic. Eleminated the 4th as that spot on back wall is gone. Will confirm in am when lights are on. Sand bed also looks clear now. Will stir it up some. Am seeing some cyano and a few dino's. Am truly amazed and
impressed with this treatment. From now on, every new coral gets a flucon bath in qt

 

[Susan Edwards]

Not a big difference for day nine. I had so much detritus on sand bed, had to blow and stir it off. Blew some more of the rocks too. Nice to see the die off! Moved a frag from one of my "test" rocks. I think the colt was bugging the leather so sliced it off and put it on its own rock. And put it in my display refugium. Got too many colts. 3 large and tons of "babies". Have 2 growing in sand in back of tank. Might leave them to fill that area. Maybe...

The gonipora rock is almost bryopsis free, the spot on the glass is gone. What you see are reflections of bryopsis on back of rock. Hoping for greater progress in next few days. Might have to rig up a couple lights to shine in toward bottom through sides of tank. Not sure that would work.

Didn't take the time to do the before after pics like above.

 

[Susan Edwards]

strange I must have hit post above instead of upload. Here are the rest of the pics.

 

[prsnlty]

You really could use some Mexican turbos to help clean up. At least 1 per 10g of wv. Looks great but you shouldn't have to blow anything off with a sufficient cleanup crew. They eat it

 

[Susan Edwards]

@prsnlty I have 2 turbos and tons of trochus and 6 narsarius and 2 bees. A few hermits and at least one tiny emerald. Haven't seen the others in a while. Big Daddy got booted out to the other tank. I hesitate to add any more in case there is nothing for them to eat, and the tank is now in its fallow countdown so can't add anything until October.

Didn't get a chance to upload day 10 yesterday so here are those pics. I did put the skimmer back online very dry. A bit worried that tonight will be day 11 and there is still quite a bit lower, and some small tuffs still higher. Wondering if I'm going to have to do a second treatment. Have some cyano, spotted a couple dino's. Had phos go to 0, dosed, back to .13. Nitrates hit 5 but back to 20 today

 

[prsnlty]

I think you have a mix-up bryopsis and hair algae. And I do think the lights down low would have helped but give it the full 14 days first before doing a second dose because this stuff is going to continue to die. Green hair algae takes up to 21 days but I wouldn't wait that long only from seeing others in the same situation we're better off not to wait the 21 days. I believe you're cyanobacteria was created by low nutrients. I see that every time my tank bottoms out. And for that reason I am installing a UV sterilizer over the weekend. That also helps tremendously with waterborne algae. It won't help with what's already on the rocks and the substrate but it will keep the spores from reproducing and eventually the clean up crew gets what's on the rocks so you would be algae free. The problem is that you have to have an oversized UV sterilizer. For it to take effect quickly.

 

[Susan Edwards]

So what I'll do is wait until day 15, do a water change and evaluate whether I need to do more fluconazle or do a chemi clean inbetween redosing.

 

[prsnlty]

So what I'll do is wait until day 15, do a water change and evaluate whether I need to do more fluconazle or do a chemi clean inbetween redosing.

Sounds like a good plan

 

[Susan Edwards]

Okay, today is day 14. I'm amazed at the results. Most of it is gone. There are a few spots left here and there so I'm going to retreat and also dose the display refugium. I'll keep this thread here with additional reporting.

what I have now is all this brown stringy stuff on sandbed. I'm thinking cyano, as I do have some cyano reddish in color on one rock. So I'm going to do a round of chemi clean. Question is whether I can start that tonight before a water change--let the flucon be as I won't be adding any carbon--and then just do a water change after the chemi clean and retreat as I don't want the algae, whatever is left to get a foot in the door again. I can't add any other clean up crew as my tanks are fallow but I took a hermit from the refugium as they are fallow at same time and stage. Not sure how many I have there. I only saw one and there is no fish there either so he might be better in the main where I do feed corals.

P04 now bottoms out unless I dose. Nitrates still high as I still feed tank. will see where they fall after a water change.

Here are pics of day 14. If I get rid of the icky stringy stuff will be happy. The bottom 2 are of areas still infested. The paly rock is mostly clear and I can actually see my palys. The colony really got wiped out by the bryopsis. The other pic is the bottom right side.

Before I do dose 2 I'll brush as much off all areas as I can.

 

[Carlos Danger]

Wow!! Good work Susan. It looks like that scurge has finally met its match!! I think if you do your chemiclean with a water change and wait a couple weeks then do another round. Will you opt to do a larger 20% change or 10%. If your nitrates have drifted up on you maybe opt for the larger WC? I definitely think that you had a mix of both bryopsis and GHA so if I was a betting man I'd say one more round and you'd be declared the winner. Who knows though, you may see a continual decline through the 3rd week as well. Keep up the good fight!!LOL!

 

[Susan Edwards]

@Carlos Danger I certainly cannot complain! I'm very pleased. I think I will go ahead and chemi clean tonight then in 48 hrs do a large water change, maybe 15 gal which is close to 30 %. I'll put carbon and purigen back in and see how the tank does. If the stuff doesn't continue to die, I'll retreat. This will give me a chance to glue corals where I couldn't before due to the thick patches of algae and just have a week of play time <g> as there are no fish right now... No fish until october....

 

[prsnlty]

Once you do the 2nd dose see if you an put a light on the lower or shadowed rocks. Maybe if possible turn them towards the light. For some reason lighting helps a lot in the killing process. But all in all it looks MUCH better Susan

 

[Susan Edwards]

I would say fluconazle worked very well. Still a few tough spots. Will hit with round 2 in a week. I did the wc today, brushed and blew off everything. I cannot believe how much debris there was from the 16 days of treatment and I've been blowing with the baster several times a day! Water was so full of ick after the wc still! Also added another wave maker to blow along back wall of tank. It's a bit bigger than the other two. I need it to go from end to end. Another wow! More debris from sand. I think clearing all this will help my no3!

Decided I needed to keep protein skimmer working for a few days minimum to clear the tank so I added carbon as I just also did a chemiclean and will give the tank a bit of time to recover and then re-treat and take skimmer off line. Noticed my corals seem very happy. Sun corals came out in full show and they haven't been since treating, or only a few heads. Another reason to wait a week I think.

I started my display refugium today. It's not nearly as bad as the main tank was. Will continue with my progress here every few days. Pics tomorrow.