Bryopsis Cure: My Battle With Bryopsis Using Fluconazole

[Scoly]

Day1 vs. Day6

I think its safe to say it works for sure.
Although i may have gone through a tank crash of sorts, possibly unrelated to the medication. Not sure.
Alk, Ca, No3, PO4, and salinity are all normal. so im not sure what happened exactly to cause some corals to freak.
Coincidence im sure.
Aside from that. It works. also noticing hair algae is looking weak and can be easily removed.

Could it be from the vibrant? Weren't you using it first?

 

[Ssindt]

I dosed double vibrant for 2 1/2 months only change was bubble algae bryopsis was still growing over and taking over.

 

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Is anybody use this with clams? I dosed last night for the first time and my clam is shut tight this morning

REVISED - It is open now. Just never so shut tight!!!! Usually it opens a little earlier.

 

[Hyde2406]

Early on a multiple people had a clam in their tanks with no issue I can't remember which page this was on since this thread has gotten so long

 

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Here are some pics day 1
12 hours in

 

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The really bad areas I can not get good pics of.

 

[Up2no6ood]

Well it's been 8 days....still waiting on my shipment from payless.

 

[prsnlty]

Well it's been 8 days....still waiting on my shipment from payless.

What's going on with it? Lost?

 

[Up2no6ood]

What's going on with it? Lost?

I say it is....payless says no. First class can take 14 days.

 

[stevo01]

Here are some pics day 1
12 hours in

You've got cyano too!

 

[BoneXriffic]

I totally ket it run wild lol. This stuff is like my in tank algae scrubber...it is eating up nutrients right? Lol but i can see where its annoying. My power heads looks like alfafa bails

 

[prsnlty]

I say it is....payless says no. First class can take 14 days.

Even still they should have had tracking on it. But that is true when they are shipping it first class. Cuz first class really isn't first class anymore.

 

[ps2cho]

Day 5 update:

Byropsis 80% vanished. There are dead pieces all over the tank now and CUC is eating it up.

It's almost like a miracle it worked so well!

I'm guessing 4 more days it should be all dead and I can do a 50% water change and wait another week to see if anything comes back at all.

No visible side-effects or differences in tank Other than bryopsis.

Day 10 update -- 90% done. It slowed down considerably in the last few days. I still have some strands left, but they are totally gray and seem like they are just holding on for dear life. I'm kinda desperate to get a water change done, so I may do it and for experiment see what happens. I'm interested to see if it begins to grow back if I do a 50% water change.

 

[Areseebee]

Has a general dosage been narrowed down yet? Obviously 20mg/gallon is sufficient as of the OP but have we come any closer to determining the minimal working concentration? Obviously this stuff is a bargain compared to what it accomplishes but at the same time I'm more than happy to spend as little as possible on it!

 

[aimeriza]

Here is my before and after success using this method. Glad I found this thread!

 

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You've got cyano too!

Yeah thanks Vibrant!

I do want to clarify - over all very happy with what Vibrant did for me. You need to 100% be on top of your nutirients when using it. I am hoping for the 1-2 punch here and start to stabilize the tank back out.

 

[NCreefguy]

Here is mybefore and after success using this method. Glad I found this thread!

Amazing results! Looks great!

 

[Conscept]

Struggling to find this in the UK.. Got a reefer 450 wonder how much I'd need

 

[NCreefguy]

Has a general dosage been narrowed down yet? Obviously 20mg/gallon is sufficient as of the OP but have we come any closer to determining the minimal working concentration? Obviously this stuff is a bargain compared to what it accomplishes but at the same time I'm more than happy to spend as little as possible on it!

No not yet. Twilliard is still working on building up a healthy supply of bryopsis to begin his tests.

 

[NCreefguy]

Struggling to find this in the UK.. Got a reefer 450 wonder how much I'd need

There have been several people from the UK that were able to get Fluconazole. I think they purchased it from several different online shops.Let's see if they chime in and help you out.

How many total gallons or liters of water volume do you have?