Fluconazole VS. Bryopsis Discussion Thread

[Frogger]

I am still not bryopsis free after 7 days. There is still quite a bit of it and it is not looking healthy. The bryopsis took a hit but it seems to have leveled off in the past few days. I do not think it is actively growing but I will have to manually start removing it. I am wondering if starting up my skimmer after day 2 removed the fungicide. The red cyno that started to grow when I shut off the skimmer is completely gone.

Did anyone else run their skimmer while they were treating?

[kengeroo]

I removed my carbon/chemi-pure (as per Gofish)..
Skimmer was left running...

I actually put another table in on day 4, just in case...

The sps that RTN's had been recently hit by a neighbor and had a little bit of tissue loss before the medication,, I geuss it couldn't handle the change...

I did not have to manually remove the bryopsis,, it either melted away, went into the filters ,, or was consumed by my crabs,,, (for some reason they love rotting bryopsis)

Originally Posted by Frogger

I am still not bryopsis free after 7 days. There is still quite a bit of it and it is not looking healthy. The bryopsis took a hit but it seems to have leveled off in the past few days. I do not think it is actively growing but I will have to manually start removing it. I am wondering if starting up my skimmer after day 2 removed the fungicide. The red cyno that started to grow when I shut off the skimmer is completely gone.

Did anyone else run their skimmer while they were treating?

[Frogger]

Might need to add 1 more capsule.

[tang daddy]

I weeded out as much as I could before medicating as I wanted the meds to get the roots.

On day 2 now so we will see how it is.

[GoFish]

Originally Posted by tang daddy

I weeded out as much as I could before medicating as I wanted the meds to get the roots.

On day 2 now so we will see how it is.

So you're at a full dose @ 20mg/gallon instead of 5mg/gallon now? Actually read that someone was able to get rid of their bryopsis at the lower 5mg dose, didn't provide much detail or photos though. Im definitely not a scientist or doctor but suppose in theory it's possible to create a strain resistant to this medication if using too little. Kind of how vaccines are "supposed" to work.
As far as manual removal first, it isn't necessary but probably won't hurt.

Originally Posted by Frogger

I am still not bryopsis free after 7 days. There is still quite a bit of it and it is not looking healthy. The bryopsis took a hit but it seems to have leveled off in the past few days. I do not think it is actively growing but I will have to manually start removing it. I am wondering if starting up my skimmer after day 2 removed the fungicide. The red cyno that started to grow when I shut off the skimmer is completely gone.

Did anyone else run their skimmer while they were treating?

No skimmer here, I don't even have one in the tank.
Glad you're Cyano is gone, now onto the Bryopsis. If the remainder isn't looking healthy than it probably is bryopsis and just give it a bit longer. If it's not going away then it could be another type of algae mixed in?
I've yet to see anyone mention that it didn't take care of all the Bryopsis, but have seen someone say they were Bryopsis free after 18days

[tang daddy]

Originally Posted by kengeroo

for a 110 gal,, would you not need 11 capsules ????
I have a 65 gallon and I used 7 in total...

Hey Kenny display is 90 and sump 35 but only over half full, I estimated 110 of water but it could be less as the rock and corals are stuffed in pretty good. I dosed 1 blister pack in total (10 pills over 3 days) which is suppose to be good for about 100g of water so maybe alittle under....or over.

Originally Posted by GoFish

So you're at a full dose @ 20mg/gallon instead of 5mg/gallon now? Actually read that someone was able to get rid of their bryopsis at the lower 5mg dose, didn't provide much detail or photos though. Im definitely not a scientist or doctor but suppose in theory it's possible to create a strain resistant to this medication if using too little. Kind of how vaccines are "supposed" to work.
As far as manual removal first, it isn't necessary but probably won't hurt.


No skimmer here, I don't even have one in the tank.
Glad you're Cyano is gone, now onto the Bryopsis. If the remainder isn't looking healthy than it probably is bryopsis and just give it a bit longer. If it's not going away then it could be another type of algae mixed in?
I've yet to see anyone mention that it didn't take care of all the Bryopsis, but have seen someone say they were Bryopsis free after 18days

Bryant I basically couldn't add numbers and aired to the side of caution when originally dosing the fluco, it was roughly 5mg/gal initially and then added the remainder of 15mg/gal 3 days later. I will say that yesterday about 32 hrs after initial dose of the 15mg the bryopsis is completely gone, super amazed kinda like I was amazed when bubble algae started to melt. Now if we can find a wonder drug for aptaisia we are almost all covered as far as pests are concerned!

[mseepman]

So how are people getting this drug?

[kengeroo]

for a 110 gal,, would you not need 11 capsules ????
I have a 65 gallon and I used 7 in total...

Originally Posted by Frogger

Might need to add 1 more capsule.

[GoFish]

Originally Posted by kengeroo

for a 110 gal,, would you not need 11 capsules ????
I have a 65 gallon and I used 7 in total...

You may be getting people mixed up ... tang daddy has a 110 gallon and Frogger has a 40ish gallon (might need to add 1 more capsule). How many capsules did you use initially Frogger?

[Frogger]

I added 3 capsules, dissolved the contents as recommended before adding to tank on January 25. The algae is bryopsis. Tank is 38 gallons less the rock and gravel