Bryopsis Nightmare

jesusq

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Hello all,

I quaranteen all of my corals, but somehow, one brought Bryopsis to my tank. last year, it got really bad. In the mediation, I have turned down my lights (intensity and timing) multiple times to now just 6 hrs. I have also reduced my feeding and have also turn to making my own frozen food so that I don't feed pellets. I try to syphone most of the bryopsis out when I do my water change, but within days it just grows again.

Back in Oct of last year, I tried FluxRX at the recommended rate, I saw some results, but it came back again. In January, my LFS suggested that I try FluxRX at double the recommended rate, which I saw results. I thought I won the battle with Bryopsis. But unfortunately, after six months, it came backa gain. I just tried FluxRX again a month ago, and it did absolutely nothing. Could it be that the bacterial has gotten used to FluxRX or can it be that FluxRX doesn't work. I am still running my lights at 6 hrs and I'm feeding my own homemade fish food in smaller amounts.

I have rampped up my cleaning crew with getting another lawnmower blenning totalling two, a Mexican Sea Hare, three urchins, and a bunch of snails and hermits.

But the Bryopsis continues to take over.

What can I do?
 

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How long did you use the fluconazole, and did you remove carbon and turned off the skimmer? From reading many posts the dose seems to be less important. See here:

Also, bryopsis in the shade can survive.
 

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Do you mind posting pics of the algae?
 

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I used reeflux (flucozanole) and while it did get rid of the bryopsis i did lose some corals because of it and it through my tank out of whack for months.
 

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Ye man, this stuff is tough to completely rid of especially if it is rooted in real live rock ( Fiji, Tonga, etc. ) The only good thing about my 330 gallon breaking to me was that I finally got to rid my tank of Byropsis.

Good Luck!
 
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