Bryopsis Cure: My Battle With Bryopsis Using Fluconazole

stevo01 · Feb 13, 2017

High Mg helps in stunting growth but its hard on corals over time and kills snails. In the end the bry wins this battle against Mg.

Abhishek · Feb 13, 2017

stevo01 said:
High Mg helps in stunting growth but its hard on corals over time and kills snails. In the end the bry wins this battle against Mg.

You are so right .. Am slowly stabilizing my system to bring the Mg to acceptable number of 1400 and already can see the byropsis increasing .
Can't wait to start with the treatment. Only worry is - I have a shipment of acros from Adam coming on Friday. Hopefully as all of you have attested nothing should happen to them .

Regards,
Abhishek

prsnlty · Feb 13, 2017

stevo01 said:
High Mg helps in stunting growth but its hard on corals over time and kills snails. In the end the bry wins this battle against Mg.

So true! I lost so much money and snails running high magnesium 4 months and not have it do any damage to it other than possibly slow it down. Once you get so much of it it's hard to tell LOL!

Juliano · Feb 13, 2017

Is there a certain brand of fluconazole everyone uses an do I have to order or can I buy at a store?

prsnlty · Feb 13, 2017

My newly cycled 45g that had it in it is now clear except for on the return nozzle. This tank had it even in the sb and on the glass. I used only 2-200mg capsules (half dose) and kept everything running but I did remove the skimmer cup. I introduced a minor cuc of 2 Mexican turbos, 5 scarlet legs, 5 margarita and 5 astrea.

Everything is clean except for that return.

Now I can put Livestock in this tank! Yay!!!

prsnlty · Feb 13, 2017

Abhishek said:
You are so right .. Am slowly stabilizing my system to bring the Mg to acceptable number of 1400 and already can see the byropsis increasing .
Can't wait to start with the treatment. Only worry is - I have a shipment of acros from Adam coming on Friday. Hopefully as all of you have attested nothing should happen to them .

Regards,
Abhishek

I have a ton of acro's and it had no effect on any of them [emoji3]

andrewey · Feb 13, 2017

Juliano said:
Is there a certain brand of fluconazole everyone uses an do I have to order or can I buy at a store?

I'm not sure where you are located, but it's a prescription antifungal, so depending on your local laws either you can buy in the store or if you're in the USA, you'll have to order online. Many individuals are getting it from here:

https://www.payless-petproducts.com/fluconazole200.html

Juliano · Feb 13, 2017

andrewey said:
I'm not sure where you are located, but it's a prescription antifungal, so depending on your local laws either you can buy in the store or if you're in the USA, you'll have to order online. Many individuals are getting it from here:

https://www.payless-petproducts.com/fluconazole200.html

I'm upstate ny is there a pic of the bottle or whatever package it comes in so I know to buy the exact one I appreciate the response too thank you

prsnlty · Feb 13, 2017

andrewey said:
I'm not sure where you are located, but it's a prescription antifungal, so depending on your local laws either you can buy in the store or if you're in the USA, you'll have to order online. Many individuals are getting it from here:

https://www.payless-petproducts.com/fluconazole200.html

Yes and I noticed yesterday they are limiting the capsules to 20ct as their supplies are running low.

Haha, I wonder if we have anything to do with that?! [emoji12]

NCreefguy · Feb 13, 2017

prsnlty said:
Yes and I noticed yesterday they are limiting the capsules to 20ct as their supplies are running low.

Haha, I wonder if we have anything to do with that?! [emoji12]

That's a good possibility.

NCreefguy · Feb 13, 2017

Juliano said:
I'm upstate ny is there a pic of the bottle or whatever package it comes in so I know to buy the exact one I appreciate the response too thank you

There's a picture of what it looks like in the first post.

Juliano · Feb 13, 2017

prsnlty said:
Yes and I noticed yesterday they are limiting the capsules to 20ct as their supplies are running low.

Haha, I wonder if we have anything to do with that?! [emoji12]

Lol hopefully they don't run out now do i dose this once a day or is one time good enough?

tonymacc · Feb 13, 2017

couple of pre treatment pics, my fluco should arrive any day now.

NCreefguy · Feb 13, 2017

Juliano said:
Lol hopefully they don't run out now do i dose this once a day or is one time good enough?

Just a one time dose...Don't just throw something in your tank without reading!

The FAQs has the answers... http://reef2reef.com/threads/bryopsis-cure-my-battle-with-bryopsis-using-fluconazole.285096/

Juliano · Feb 13, 2017

NCreefguy said:
Just a one time dose...Don't just throw something in your tank without reading!

The FAQs has the answers... http://reef2reef.com/threads/bryopsis-cure-my-battle-with-bryopsis-using-fluconazole.285096/

I read just wanna make sure I'm askin the wright questions before I try something new rather do my research first lol

prsnlty · Feb 13, 2017

Juliano said:
Lol hopefully they don't run out now do i dose this once a day or is one time good enough?

Just one time

Juliano · Feb 13, 2017

prsnlty said:
Just one time

Thank u [emoji57]

prsnlty · Feb 13, 2017

Juliano said:
Thank u [emoji57]

You should read this thread at least the 1st few pages minimum because there is a faq and a lot of information that will concern your treatment

NCreefguy · Feb 13, 2017

Juliano said:
I read just wanna make sure I'm askin the wright questions before I try something new rather do my research first lol

I understand...
Q: How much Fluconazole do I use?
A: The suggested dose is one SINGLE dose in the amount of 20mg per gallon of water. There are reefers who are experimenting with using 10mg per gallon right now, but none with completing the 1st "round".