Bryopsis Cure: My Battle With Bryopsis Using Fluconazole

[Antlrman]

My macros are fine. Weird thing is that my fuge is still loaded with Bryopsis and GHA. That part I don't understand so much. But glad it is there and not in my DT. Anyone have the same experience?

 

[prsnlty]

Carbon dosing would only be effective if you were running your skimmer. This might help, but as others have pointed out, it's possible the skimming could remove a portion of the medication. If you are carbon dosing, I suggest continuing so the bacterial population doesn't crash, however if you remove your skimmer, you won't be lowering your phosphate/nitrate during treatment.

Given how much a PITA bryopsis can be, my viewpoint is that bryopsis takes priority and if I have to do a couple more water changes after treatment to lower my nutrient levels, that's a fraction of the work I would have put towards battling the bryopsis . Sometimes you can't hit two birds with one stone, but given the magic bullet fluconazole has been, who's complaining

+1!

 

[Rob Lion]

day 4 - 250L tank

NO3 = 0 (dosing 4ml NOPOX per day)
PO4 = 0.036 (dosing 1ml Lanthanum Chloride per day) GFO / GAC STILL OFF

Skimmer running from day 2. Still pulling lots out.

All I can say is OMG!

Bryopsis Pennata is already disappearing and turning very light green!

Water is a little cloudy, normally run with no filter socks, but have now put in a filter 200micro mesh bag in to catch the floating algae

Reminder to all, what I have done is when I dosed the Fluconazole, I used a turkey baster and with all pumps off, I target covered all main areas of bryopsis and left the pumps off for 30 mins.

CUC not yet attacking areas, I'll move them by hand if they don't start eating it soon.

 

[prsnlty]

My macros are fine. Weird thing is that my fuge is still loaded with Bryopsis and GHA. That part I don't understand so much. But glad it is there and not in my DT. Anyone have the same experience?

That's very interesting! Was anything at all in the refugium effected? Do you have any kind of clean up crew in it? Maybe you could isolate the fuge for 30min-an hour and target dose then return to normal.

 

[jason_mazzy]

My macros are fine. Weird thing is that my fuge is still loaded with Bryopsis and GHA. That part I don't understand so much. But glad it is there and not in my DT. Anyone have the same experience?

Is it possible that ergosterol and anything else affected causes the plant to be weak to light? That would explain the death from the tip down.

 

[Antlrman]

That's very interesting! Was anything at all in the refugium effected? Do you have any kind of clean up crew in it? Maybe you could isolate the fuge for 30min-an hour and target dose then return to normal.

Have not done anything with the fuge. Turned off skimmer for 10 days and stopped the reactor. Other than that I did nothing. It is weird. I don't quite get it. I have live rock, mud, and Chaeto in the fuge. Opposite light schedule from DT. Hmm. Not sure what the deal is. But like I said, doesn't worry me much down there. Just curious of others results.

 

[Antlrman]

Is it possible that ergosterol and anything else affected causes the plant to be weak to light? That would explain the death from the tip down.

Not sure. I run a LED bar light in the fuge. So it gets good light when on. Really odd.

 

[jason_mazzy]

That is odd

 

[Ru_dark]

Has anyone dosed a tank with scolymia in it?

 

[prsnlty]

Day 13 update!
Cleanup crew arrived about an hour ago and are now in the tank munching away.

As most of you know I put the cup back on my skimmer and begin skimming on day 8. I had also pulled long strands from a couple of sections after having dosed fluconazole. I do believe that pulling the strands when I get hampered its demise. I also believe that I skimmed out medication that was still in the water column. Having said that I am still thrilled with the results as 99% is gone from the system! What is left appears to be roots that are Browning. I'm not sure if that is because it's regrowing or continuing to die. So, after I do a water change this weekend I will do another water change midweek and giving the tank a chance to rest just a little then I intend to dose the tank a second time simply to be sure that everything is gone including roots.

Here are some comparison pictures and tomorrow (day 14) I'll do a video.

2 areas I pulled and had some of the thickest bryopsis on them.

Top of the return column in constant high flow and light

Look, you can now see the plumbing at the bottom between the overflows! Couldn't get a before as it was thick and dark.

Fts

 

[Ru_dark]

Today I dosed fluconazole... within the hour my kole tang was drifting on the Sand bed [emoji24][emoji22], I immediately pulled him and put him into an up and running qt that is med free. Fingers crossed I can bring him back, his gills and still functioning, and he has a little fight in him, I can see it. I'm not sure what the issue was after reading so many personal experiences with success, especially given that this is a fish treatment... anyways I added more surface agitation in the sump to increase gas exchange for my dt. I really hope this guy pulls threw[emoji22]

 

[prsnlty]

Here are what may be dieing roots or regrowth.

Anyone have this and did it disappear with ought a second treatment?

 

[prsnlty]

Today I dosed fluconazole... within the hour my kole tang was drifting on the Sand bed [emoji24][emoji22], I immediately pulled him and put him into an up and running qt that is med free. Fingers crossed I can bring him back, his gills and still functioning, and he has a little fight in him, I can see it. I'm not sure what the issue was after reading so many personal experiences with success, especially given that this is a fish treatment... anyways I added more surface agitation in the sump to increase gas exchange for my dt. I really hope this guy pulls threw[emoji22]

Sorry to hear. None of my fish including the Kole even noticed. I did however treat it after lights out. Maybe that makes a difference

 

[Ru_dark]

Sorry to hear. None of my fish including the Kole even noticed. I did however treat it after lights out. Maybe that makes a difference

possibly, my two platinums, two wrasse, diamond gobi and Catalina haven't flinched, but the kole not so much [emoji17]

 

[stevo01]

Your all doing so awesome on digging for answers!

I have suggested somewhere in this thread that light may play a role in speeding up the treatment. So weak light in the fuge may be a topic. Also for the GHA reefers, the GHA takes longer to kill off than the bryopsis. I didnt start seeing the GHA go down until weeks 3 and 4.

As far as I can see there is no adverse effects, and I have still not done a WC since the 1st dose. Tanks looking great! Have i mentioned there is no skimmer on my 20g? Muahahaha.

 

[prsnlty]

possibly, my two platinums, two wrasse, diamond gobi and Catalina haven't flinched, but the kole not so much [emoji17]

Did you use capsules or tablets? Did you also premix with tank water before adding it and in a high flow area? Was the Kole in the immediate area when added? Just trying to see what could have caused it. What is your water volume and how many of what mg meds did you dose?

 

[Ru_dark]

Did you use capsules or tablets? Did you also premix with tank water before adding it and in a high flow area? Was the Kole in the immediate area when added? Just trying to see what could have caused it. What is your water volume and how many of what mg meds did you dose?

Pre mixed it with 4 cups of water, added it to right in front of the power head. It's only a 65gallon tank so no mater where the kole was at the time he'd have been pretty deep in the s*** pretty quick lol

 

[prsnlty]

Your all doing so awesome on digging for answers!

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I have suggested somewhere in this thread that light may play a role in speeding up the treatment. So weak light in the fuge may be a topic. Also for the GHA reefers, the GHA takes longer to kill off than the bryopsis. I didnt start seeing the GHA go down until weeks 3 and 4.

Yes you did and I concur [emoji4]

As far as I can see there is no adverse effects, and I have still not done a WC since the 1st dose. Tanks looking great! Have i mentioned there is no skimmer on my 20g? Muahahaha.

Wish I could get away with no skimmer! I need mine for drawing in air from outside if no other reason. My tank is generally way too clean and I barely pull skimmate. For a while there I was thinking my skimmer was not doing its job but it was simply that the tank was too clean haha!

My tank looks 1000 times better also! Not only that but the corals seem happier. If you look at the first two pictures in my post you will see the sunset Monti. Look at the difference in coloration and polyps...

 

[stevo01]

Sorry to hear about the kole tang @Ru_dark. Hope he makes it! I find it hard to believe that Fluconazole had anything to do with this though, unless maybe the kole ate a bunch of it when it was added to the tank. Still doubt it. I also added mine after the fish went to bed, but its used to treat fish sooooo.

 

[prsnlty]

Pre mixed it with 4 cups of water, added it to right in front of the power head. It's only a 65gallon tank so no mater where the kole was at the time he'd have been pretty deep in the s*** pretty quick lol

That's the right stuff.... you didn't use all of that correct? How many did you use?