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Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo
Bryopsis was actually pretty easy for me to get rid of. First solve your phosphate problem, here is how:
Phosphate and the Reef Aquarium
by Holmes-Farley, Randy
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-09/rhf/index.php
Second, buy a few jugs of Kent Tech M and use them to keep your Magnesium up at 1500ppm until the bryopsis goes away. Thats what worked for me anyways.
I've also used natural control for aptasia and any majano that I've seen have peeled easily off of the hard surface that they were on. A friend of mine shared a trick with me that worked well for him. While cooking some live rock he shined a narrow light onto a spot in the tub where he was keeping his rock. Slowly all of the aptasia and/or majano migrated to the spot of light where he was then able to remove them. |
I have done all of the above and it's great for a couple months, but it always returns. The thing is, that I don't want to be dealing with these problems in a new tank. I feel like these are all temporary solutions to the problem. This is why I would like to boil or bleach. I would just like to see if there are any solutions out there that might make sure that they don't come back, other than those stated in the main post. I assure you I have spent countless hours researching this topic and have found no real methods to erradicate pests for sure without killing the rock.
Seems like there isn't much of a point to do anything but kill the rock entirely to ensure a problem free rock in the future. I just hate to see all of this nice coraline and beneficial bacteria die. A lot of my rock was imported from Jakarta and as soon as it was put into my tanks it flourished with amazing amounts of life and coraline on it. Will be sad to see it killed.