Same here. You should get a tracking nr. too

I have some extra capsules if anybody needs more.

AquaAddict

got mine today. time will tell how it does

Started treatment last Thursday and its very promising right now. So far, no issues with all other live stock. bio-pellet still running and so is my chaeto reactor. All things considered it has been as expected. Can't wait to put my skimmer back online though, its still running without the cup, just a flipped cap to cover it up.

Skimmers still behaving normal. Noticing some change in colour. Everything's behaving normal as far as corals and livestock

I find it kills my chaeto just a heads up

i'm not entirely understanding this comment but i'm under the assumption you just started treatment 2 days ago. if that is the case then you are doing your treatment a disservice by running that skimmer and are just pulling all the meds out of the water.

I'm sad to report that traces of bryopsis is returning after about 3 months after treatment. I dosed 4 and half tabs in my 45 + 20 tank with about 50 total volume of water. My tank has gone through a lot of ups and downs with me travelling a lot lately and with the last slight fall in tank conditions I'm seeing traces of bryopsis returning. It would seem that all isn't eradicated with the treatment and under the right (or wrong) conditions bryopsis can return. I'm preparing for another treatment.

Thanks for the update, was thinking doing another dose back to back and manually clean up as much as I can during the next waterchange. See how it goes.

Works

How long has it been?

95% gone

Gonna bump this back up. I'm hearing reports of this stuff killing hair algae too, any truth to this? After tanking my carbon dosing off line a few months ago my algae seems to be kicking in (nitrates are up to about 5 now) and I'm wondering if this stuff will help?

It can help.... But I believe there are easier and more natural remedies for hair algae. Rather than dumping in medication that we don't fully understand how and why it kills bryopsis.

I'm in my 2nd round of treatment.

45G + 20G sump

First treatment: 4.5 pills 3 months ago

Second treatment: algae started to grow back after about 2 months.

5 pills, partial wc after 2 weeks, add 5 more pills. Traces of bryopsis is gone again already but im really going to make sure there's no spores or eggs that might hatch later amd keep the med in the tank another month.

I wonder if repetitive unsuccessful treatments could one day lead to fluc immune bryopsis. Scary thought.

maybe... but consider that if it became immune to fluccanozole than we would be no different off than had we never used it to begin with.

Those were some dark days

I extended my water change schedule so the mediation was still in the tank but I was skimming. It got rid of everything only ill effects I see is my chaeto shrunk a lot

Anywhere locally in the lower mainland to get it?

Well my pills arrived in the mail this week. I'm scared...lol Other than a few really annoying patches of algae that consistently come back my tank is doing SOOOOO good right now. Amazing coral color and growth. I'm scared if I put this in something will happen...:(

What to do..........what to do...........

Its good to be scared and cautious. You have to decide if it is worth the risk or are you willing to live with what you have.

In my case it was a no brainer it was either treat or rip apart.

Treated in a system with tens of thousands of dollars worth of nice corals and anthias, no losses. Would do again in a heartbeat.

Thanks Albert, that does make me feel a bit safer...

In my case because of the age of the system (15 years old) and the nutrients that were built up in the rock, deep sand bed and the heavy volume of algae once I got the Bryopsis under control I had a bad Cyno outbreak, Once I got the Cyno under control I had a bad Dino outbreak. To get the Dino under control I had to encourage the hair algae to grow. Of the 3 things the hair algae is the easiest. This transition took over 6 months to happen. Water changes didn't stop the transition and likely encouraged the Dino outbreak

In the end to fix the root of the problem I have to tear down the tank and start again. It is in the plans anyway.

1 week in. Starting to see gha die off. Its browning and some areas that were not bad are clear now. No effect on coral or clams at all but happy to report none of my fish currently have yeast infections!

Nitrates have gone from 4 to 15 this week, turned skimmer back on...

I am glad all your fishes are fine...hahahaha

Small update - First negative. The fluconazol did kill a nice sponge I had. Those who have been to J&L have seen the cube take before you enter the fish/coral area that has a lot of that deep purple plating sponge, well I bought a frag of it about a year ago and I'm guessing the sponge obsorbed the fluc and died.

Not a huge deal but Id remove sponges in the future if I ever get another...

Ok, so in conclusion...

The fluconazole did not kill my GHA really at all. I went the full 14 days without a water change and the first 6 without any skimming. I'd read some post that it does kill GHA, some that it doesn't. It certainly did not kill it in my tank at all and I'm guessing the total lack of filtration made it grow even more because when I came back from a 5 day trip it was pretty out of control.

So if you were to ask me if it kills green hair algae, I would have to say no. If you asked if it kill sponge, I'd have to say yes.

Thats what I learned from my $50 14 day run with Flucanazole.

interesting.
are you a outside of a month since treatment? gha takes a lot longer to kill off than bryopsis does. in fact, i was probably saying the exact same things as you on week 3 then BOOM it all completely dissolved completely.

So you went without filtration for a month? I only went 2 weeks before I did a water change. What did you do exactly?

Hey Guys... any affordable options to get this stuff online other than payless pets? I need around 12 000mg for the 600g (and that's just DT volume).

That's a lot of yeast infections and I only got one wife to pick up my prescription ;p

I had 1 patch growing last month... now 6 and counting.

PM me. I have some left over that I don't need any more.

AquaAddict

So you need about 60 capsules? Payless was the best place I could find. Also tried thaipharmacy but they cancelled the order by the next day. There were some random sellers on eBay you could try? I think most were shipping out the UK though

Thanks guys, I ended up ordering 60 from payless, will let you know how it goes!

The local pharmacy wanted $1400!!! Lol.

I still have 20 capsules left over that you can have at a 33 cents per capsule discount.

AquaAddict

Thanks man, I’m good for now... already shipped mine.

Fluconazole
 

I just bought some fluconazole over the counter at the wal mart pharmacy. It is equate fluconazole 150, $13.75 for 10 capsules I believe. If anyone is wondering where to get it around here.
Please let me know if this is the wrong or right stuff, I plan on dosing On the weekend.

It will work but you would have saved money buying it online. And 1500mg enough to properly treat your tank?

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Fluconazole
 

Thanks for letting me know.
There was only 1 capsule, I thought it was 10. Me bad.
Definitely cheaper online, I will be ordering some online before I use it.

Success!
 

I felt obliged to share some result-photos... 100% Bryopsis free!

I don't like resorting to chemicals on a reef but in this specific case I can't be happier. All fish, inverts, coral, nems and even more sensitive things like tunicates and gorgs are doing great.

So far so good!

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