Fluanzacole treatment

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Hello,
I dosed fluanzacole 3 days ago and all my GHA is turning white and dying. However there is still a small part that is actually pretty healthy. Is this normal? And will it die along with the rest or will I need a bit more of a dose?
 

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Hello,
I dosed fluanzacole 3 days ago and all my GHA is turning white and dying. However there is still a small part that is actually pretty healthy. Is this normal? And will it die along with the rest or will I need a bit more of a dose?

Hi there. Anything turning white and dying off that quickly is almost assuredly bryposis, not GHA. They look very similar. While some reefers have reported success knocking back GHA with this treatment, it's never going to be immediately effective like it is against bryposis. Some GHA seems to be immune.

That said, what's left over that appears healthy is probably GHA.

I am not an expert here, but I would personally not dose again in an attempt to kill off the GHA. If you still have algae it's because you have the nutrients and conditions for it to thrive. If that isn't consumed by bryposis or GHA, something else is going to grow as long as those conditions persist.

Good luck!
 
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Hi there. Anything turning white and dying off that quickly is almost assuredly bryposis, not GHA. They look very similar. While some reefers have reported success knocking back GHA with this treatment, it's never going to be immediately effective like it is against bryposis. Some GHA seems to be immune.

That said, what's left over that appears healthy is probably GHA.

I am not an expert here, but I would personally not dose again in an attempt to kill off the GHA. If you still have algae it's because you have the nutrients and conditions for it to thrive. If that isn't consumed by bryposis or GHA, something else is going to grow as long as those conditions persist.

Good luck!
Everything turned white but most didnt die.
 

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IME it didn't happen immediately and provided you don't do anything to remove the medication (water change, run carbon, run your skimmer) it will weaken if the dose was appropriate.
That being said, having used it twice i'm not convinced its a fix for GHA as while it will eliminate it down to the base rock it just grows back again.
The fix is a combination of controlling feeding habits, improving maintenance, filtration or in my case was for the base rock to deplete the dead organics fueling the nutrients.
 
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IME it didn't happen immediately and provided you don't do anything to remove the medication (water change, run carbon, run your skimmer) it will weaken if the dose was appropriate.
That being said, having used it twice i'm not convinced its a fix for GHA as while it will eliminate it down to the base rock it just grows back again.
The fix is a combination of controlling feeding habits, improving maintenance, filtration or in my case was for the base rock to deplete the dead organics fueling the nutrients.
I have water, I'm ordering a skimmer, and I am gonna begin dosing reef elixir.
 

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That's a bandaid fix that doesn't correct the underlying problem. Better watch parameters because those harsh chemicals bottom out nutrients and often lead to dinos next.
 

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That's a bandaid fix that doesn't correct the underlying problem. Better watch parameters because those harsh chemicals bottom out nutrients and often lead to dinos next.

While I agree with almost every chemical additions to kill things, I would offer this for fluconazole: It's a fungicide. It's not known to affect anything in the tank other than Bryopsis and a couple types of GHA. It won't affect anything else and really shouldn't affect nutrients other than a linear increase with the amount of die-off until something else starts growing to replace them.

It really is kind of a miracle dose... as long as it's for bryposis. :)
 

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While I agree with almost every chemical additions to kill things, I would offer this for fluconazole: It's a fungicide. It's not known to affect anything in the tank other than Bryopsis and a couple types of GHA. It won't affect anything else and really shouldn't affect nutrients other than a linear increase with the amount of die-off until something else starts growing to replace them.

It really is kind of a miracle dose... as long as it's for bryposis. :)
 

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Did a fluke dose a few months ago to nip bryopsis at the bud. it killed the bryopsis, but the gha was unaffected. During the last week of it my corals would stay closed for days and it took them around two weeks to recover after the treatment was removed. TLDR I'm not convinced it's a totally harmless solution.
 
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