Bryopsis Cure: My Battle With Bryopsis Using Fluconazole

twilliard · Jan 22, 2017

NCreefguy said:
When the lights came on today, there were small pieces of white dead Bryopsis blowing around in the tank. It has begun to break apart and thin out now 5 days in to the treatment.

Day 5 of treatment....

On a side note (you'll notice to the far left) no hydroids were harmed during this treatment.

Nice I can see the degradation of the bryopsis. My shipment is in now just waiting to get some bryopsis.. somehow
Nice color in those hydroids

stevo01 · Jan 22, 2017

I want to see the roots die. When I see that imma do a dance!

stevo01 · Jan 22, 2017

NCreefguy said:
When the lights came on today, there were small pieces of white dead Bryopsis blowing around in the tank. It has begun to break apart and thin out now 5 days in to the treatment.

Day 5 of treatment....

On a side note (you'll notice to the far left) no hydroids were harmed during this treatment.

I have a colony of the same hydroids in my pico tank

NCreefguy · Jan 22, 2017

twilliard said:
Nice color in those hydroids

Yeah I take pride in those.

I guess that will be my next treatment when this one is over.

NCreefguy · Jan 22, 2017

stevo01 said:
I want to see the roots die. When I see that imma do a dance!

I can't help but smile every time I look at the bleached,frail looking Bryopsis struggling to hang on.

MartyF · Jan 22, 2017

NCreefguy said:
I can't help but smile every time I look at the bleached,frail looking Bryopsis struggling to hang on.

It has almost 48 hours since I dosed and already it looks to me like the Bryopsis is paling and just looking weaker.

NCreefguy · Jan 22, 2017

MartyF said:
It has almost 48 hours since I dosed and already it looks to me like the Bryopsis is paling and just looking weaker.

That's great to hear. I think the biggest changes so far have come between days 4 and 5.

Griff · Jan 22, 2017

I am using vibrant moved to 1 dose a week as the cyano started to get bad. Since dosing 1 time a week the bryopsis is trying to come back. Going back to twice a week. I'm tempted to stop now and try this.

twilliard · Jan 22, 2017

I about set up to work with the capsule content to see how much is a binder, identify it and then isolate it.

twilliard · Jan 22, 2017

Griff said:
I am using vibrant moved to 1 dose a week as the cyano started to get bad. Since dosing 1 time a week the bryopsis is trying to come back. Going back to twice a week. I'm tempted to stop now and try this.

It is a carbon source so using that needs to be kept in mind.

Antlrman · Jan 22, 2017

Can't wait, just ordered 30 capsules. Had a horrific tank crash in Nov. Under control and rebuilding sps now,, but sudden got hit with Bryopsis. Sucks, one thing after another. Hope this does the trick!

Antlrman · Jan 22, 2017

NCreefguy said:
When the lights came on today, there were small pieces of white dead Bryopsis blowing around in the tank. It has begun to break apart and thin out now 5 days in to the treatment.

Day 5 of treatment....

On a side note (you'll notice to the far left) no hydroids were harmed during this treatment.

I have a similar size tank. 220gal with 50gal sump. Based on your dose of 4000mg, what are your thoughts on your dose to volume of water? Are you happy with the dosage you use thus far? Would you now increase or decrease dose based on your findings? Just curious before I dose when I recieve the capsules.

NCreefguy · Jan 22, 2017

Antlrman said:
Can't wait, just ordered 30 capsules. Had a horrific tank crash in Nov. Under control and rebuilding sps now,, but sudden got hit with Bryopsis. Sucks, one thing after another. Hope this does the trick!

One thing after another does seem to be how it goes quite often in reefing. Sometime it would be nice to get a break from these issues and just sit back and enjoy the tank for a while.

NCreefguy · Jan 22, 2017

Antlrman said:
I have a similar size tank. 220gal with 50gal sump. Based on your dose of 4000mg, what are your thoughts on your dose to volume of water? Are you happy with the dosage you use thus far? Would you now increase or decrease dose based on your findings? Just curious before I dose when I recieve the capsules.

I think that my results so far have been right in line with the others that have tried this treatment and I'm happy with it. It's probably going to take some research from @twilliard or someone to determine what an effective minimum dosage might be for us.

MartyF · Jan 22, 2017

Griff said:
I am using vibrant moved to 1 dose a week as the cyano started to get bad. Since dosing 1 time a week the bryopsis is trying to come back. Going back to twice a week. I'm tempted to stop now and try this.

I am continuing my Vibrant dosing during this.

wattson · Jan 22, 2017

have you noticed any side effects to corals,inverts,fish or any different swings in tank params

twilliard · Jan 22, 2017

each 200 mg capsule weighs in at 380-400 mg. It is on the hotplate now heating. (1.84g)

Griff · Jan 22, 2017

twilliard said:
each 200 mg capsule weighs in at 380-400 mg. It is on the hotplate now heating. (1.84g)

I guess I missed something. Do you not just open the capsul and dump it in?

In addition the cyano is a bigger problem than the bruopsis/ha

NCreefguy · Jan 22, 2017

wattson said:
have you noticed any side effects to corals,inverts,fish or any different swings in tank params

I haven't noticed any side effects in any of my corals,fish or inverts. Everything is still eating and acting normal. My corals have kept their PE throughout the treatment. The only tank params that have changed has been a slightly lowered ph. Not a big change only slight. My daily ph range was 8.3-8.35 and for the past 3 days it's been 8.2-8.25. This change may just be from not having my skimmer cup on removing the waste from the tank.