Bryopsis Cure: My Battle With Bryopsis Using Fluconazole
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What's your total water volume? You should subtract at least 15% for equipment,sand, rocks. 250gal - 15% is 212.50 S0 just say 200gal x 20mg/gal =4000mg which is 20 capsules.
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Okay I need some help. My Cyano runnith over! So here is the deal. Started dosing Vibrant mid November. Took care of most what I needed to - except the bryopsis which we all know can be an issue with Vibrant. About a month (maybe 6 weeks) ago started getting some bad Cyano- was doing weekly 40 gallon changes on a 320 (ish) gallon system -Vacuuming- blowing off rocks etc etc etc.
Cut back vibrant to 1x a week from 2x a week.
Last night
Phos (Hannah ULR) 0.03
Nitrate - (red Sea) Undetectable
Calc - 420 (little low for what it has been)
ALK - 7.9dkh (little low for what it has been)
Mag - 1300
So I started the flucon 2 nights ago. I came home tonight and MAN the cyano has bloomed up big time. when i did my dose of flucon - i turned off carbon, GFO and UV. I turned my skimmer down just for O2 exchange (have a reeflo orca) Have the overflow going in the sump for now instead of bucket.
My ORP dropped about 75 points from last night to tonight.
Ride it out??? I blew off the rocks - was thinking i could do a waterless waterchange (one tank would need to drain through a sock into a barrel while I pump it back into the sump to get some out.
Ideas? Bueller bueller......
Cut back vibrant to 1x a week from 2x a week.
Last night
Phos (Hannah ULR) 0.03
Nitrate - (red Sea) Undetectable
Calc - 420 (little low for what it has been)
ALK - 7.9dkh (little low for what it has been)
Mag - 1300
So I started the flucon 2 nights ago. I came home tonight and MAN the cyano has bloomed up big time. when i did my dose of flucon - i turned off carbon, GFO and UV. I turned my skimmer down just for O2 exchange (have a reeflo orca) Have the overflow going in the sump for now instead of bucket.
My ORP dropped about 75 points from last night to tonight.
Ride it out??? I blew off the rocks - was thinking i could do a waterless waterchange (one tank would need to drain through a sock into a barrel while I pump it back into the sump to get some out.
Ideas? Bueller bueller......
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I stopped taking pictures after the 8th day. I am 13 days into the treatment.
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I honestly don't know how the two will react together.
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I had a huge outbreak of cyano from using Vibrant. I treated my tank with Fluconazole for 14 days to kill the bryopsis.Afterwards I did a 10% water change,then ran 2 days of chemiclean. Cyano was gone in 2 days. Did a 25% water change after that.Waited 2 days did another 25% water change and all is well.
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okay so ride it out? I am concerned it will cover the bryopsis to the point the flucon wont work!!
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Most people are getting the cyan from using Vibrant. I'm not sure if something in the Vibrant is causing the cyano or if it is coming from Vibrant dropping certain nutrients quickly and causing it.
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and i know i am getting false readings have way to much algae and cyano to be phos 0.03 and Nitrates 0
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Thanks! !
Ill get before and after pictures loaded.
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I had the brown and red nastiness on my bryopsis and it still died off.
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The meds arrived today!!!
A little history on this tank... 30g cube, up and running beautifully for almost 18mo. No sump - I do weekly(ish) WCs.
About 4 months ago I noticed several broccoli-like clumps of algae. Then suddenly it was an algae invasion! I have red bubble algae, bryopsis, GHA, and possibly mutations of them all. I was considering dosing bleach and starting over. Then I found this thread!
I'm planning a 10g WC before dosing 600mg Saturday morning. As odd as it sounds, I'm actually looking forward to the next 2 weeks!
A little history on this tank... 30g cube, up and running beautifully for almost 18mo. No sump - I do weekly(ish) WCs.
About 4 months ago I noticed several broccoli-like clumps of algae. Then suddenly it was an algae invasion! I have red bubble algae, bryopsis, GHA, and possibly mutations of them all. I was considering dosing bleach and starting over. Then I found this thread!
I'm planning a 10g WC before dosing 600mg Saturday morning. As odd as it sounds, I'm actually looking forward to the next 2 weeks!
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I got a terrible outbreak of cyano with vibrant. Stopped vibrant and chemicleaned my system before treating with fluconazole. I did 1 26.5g wc in between. I have not seen that cyanobacteria since
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Probably so. 4 days in I went from 0 to
0.15 po4.
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Ok good, I know nothing about Vibrant. Just plan on using the fluconazole.
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I am with you on that one. At this point $40 worth of flucon. Im gonna do some waterless changes (syphon through a filter sock into the sump) to try to get some of it at bay.
