BRYOPSIS is GONE!!!
 

Been a while since I posted but I just had to share in some good news! Kent Tech M really works!!!

LOL and just to let you know I got an extra bottle from J&L before posting this (just in case they might run out in the next little while LOL). And I am in no way affiliated with the product or J&L :mrgreen:

For quite a while now I had 4 'contained' areas of bryopsis (I have the RSM500 S-series/130g tank). With weekly or biweekly water changes I would siphon and pull the bryopsis out, and it would slowly grow back.

Then about 2 months ago, the 4 areas started spreading out, ever so slowly (but surely) covering a bigger area. I also saw about 3 new pockets starting. My SPS is really growing in, and 2 of the areas were really hard to get at with the siphon hose - sometimes I got close, but paid with breaking off some SPS branches.

I have been using Brightwells Magnesium and have it on my dosing pump. Shut it off and switched over to Kent Tech M. I always run my Mg around 1470. I upped it to around 1600 with Tech M. BTW I generally found I had to use 3x the amount of Tech M in comparison to Brightwells.

I dosed daily by hand, as you do need to shake the product.

I brought all my new mixed water up to 1600 as well, before adding it to the tank. In my 20gallon BRUTE this took about 450mls - I use DD H20 salt.

I'd say the bryopsis started 'melting' around the 4th day - a lot of the bryopsis showed the centre stalk, but not the 'ferny' stuff. Nothing new ever grew... my existing bryosis continued to wither away.

It has now been about six weeks and there is NOTHING left that I can see, in my tank. NADA!!!!!!

The key is persistance and keeping your Magnesium level up. It REALLY REALLY works!!!!

No snails, inverts or starfish were killed off during my trial :mrgreen::mrgreen:

Of note, I also did not run any carbon while I was dosing Kent Tech M.

I have included a video link from youtube also..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=5tDG-qlFOGU

So, did you mean to post this in J&L forum? :)

I get my supplies from them :biggrin: thats the only reason for the mention :biggrin:

Figured they might up their sales LOL

So just curious why this thread got changed to the J&L forum?? Its my review of the Kent Tech M and how it worked for me.

My comment of J&L was just jokingly saying they might just run out of the stuff after my post... so I grabbed another bottle before writing this thread.

Because you posted it in Reef Supplies forum and Ray didn't think that was cool. That forum is not for supplies for your reef, it's for J&L's competitor, Reef Supplies (.ca)

Oops sorry, my apologies! Was an unintentional mistake! :sad:

Had meant to post under the general reef forum - somehow got misdirected.

Aquattro,

Can we get this discussion moved to the general forum?

Jeff
J&L Aquatics Ltd.

SEABREEZE, might need your help on this treatment.

I have been doing it for 1.5 months and still with no avail. Might have to show me how it's done...dyum bryopsis just won't die...

Done and done.

Thanks seabreeze for pointing out this product still works for this purpose. I tried once and failed and read somewhere the recipe for the product may have changed so gave up. I also found it a bit concerning dosing something in the tank higher than a level my salifert test kit can read, it only goes up to 1500. What test kit did you use to test actual levels above 1500?

A lettuce nudibranch did a very good job of keeping it out of sight but once I ran out of Bryopsis the poor little Nudi withered away and died a short time later. After its death the Bryopsis came back in all the same spots it was before so I don't think they're very capable at removing ALL of it

How many ml's of Tech M did you add per day and your tank volume? Or how many ppm per day did you raise it over how many doses by hand? You're clarification would be much appreciated :)

red sea's magnesium pro kit goes up to 1600

Be happy to BBlinks :biggrin: Have you noticed any change at all? How high are you keeping your Mg level? Are you running any carbon or GFO?

Depends on how much your tank uses daily. Mine consumes about 15mls of Brightwells every day... I now add 45mls of Kent Tech M daily - all at once - and shake it before adding. Its clear if you don't, cloudy if you do.

My tank was at 1440 to 1470 before I changed over to Kent. From what I read you can safely increase Mg by 100ppm per day, more and your snails and inverts might not be too happy. I maintained my tank at around 1600ppm.

The bottle gives the formula that 1ml per gallon will raise the level by 18.3 ppm per day. So you need roughly 5 mls per gallon to raise your Mg level by 100ppm per day.

Once you have the level to where you want it, you just have to figure out what you tank consumes per day to keep it there.

Again, I bring my new mixed water up to around 1600 before adding it to the tank. For the salt mix I use, I need about 450mls for my 20gallon bucket.

I have finished using up 2 of the 64oz jugs and am now on my third one. I will probably keep using Kent Tech M for another 2 weeks or so, and then switch back to Brightwells. As the video suggests I will also at that time run some carbon or GFO.

[quote=seabreeze;961905]Be happy to BBlinks :biggrin: Have you noticed any change at all? How high are you keeping your Mg level? Are you running any carbon or GFO?


1600-1800, no carbon just gfo for 6 weeks, I have notice some white tips on some but new sprouts are still coming our without any fern.

Salifert will test higher also fill the needle a second time when colour changes a little math with figure out your levels.

The only thing I did differently was taking my GFO offline. GFO does pull trace elements beside phosphates. IDK maybe it also pulls the 'secret ingredient' in Tech M.

Exactly! :mrgreen:

Will this method work for killing long hair algae as well? I'm having pretty huge problem with both GHA and bryopsis n hours of manual removal bi-weekly has become too troublesome. I am running Gfo,carbon, and carbon dosing.