Bryopsis Cure: My Battle With Bryopsis Using Fluconazole

NCreefguy · Oct 25, 2017

MamaLovesHerReefTank said:
I am about to do my 1 time dose of fluconazole. I want to make sure I am dosing correctly. 125 g = 2500 divided by 200 = 12.5 capsules?

Yep that's correct.

MamaLovesHerReefTank · Oct 25, 2017

NCreefguy said:
Yep that's correct.

Thank you. Just did my water change, turned off skimmer for now, took all chemical media out. Going to take some before pictures and dose the tank. Keeping my fingers crossed.

mcarroll · Oct 25, 2017

MamaLovesHerReefTank said:
I think I have a pretty good cleanup crew. I have about 30 asst hermits, 4 turbo snails. I have to replace the turbos every few months because they fall off the rocks in the back and can't right themselves. I have smaller snails in the sand bed(not sure which kind). I have 3 tangs, 1 yellow, sailfin, and hippo. Tailspot blenny, 4 wrasses, sand sifting diamond goby. We do weekly water changes and use the baster to clean off the rocks. I just received my flucon order yesterday. Going to do a water change tonight and take out carbon. Will dose after that.

That's a really light crew for what has to be a pretty large tank (I think). Leaving the bryopsis conversation, so PM sent.

NCreefguy · Oct 25, 2017

MamaLovesHerReefTank said:
Thank you. Just did my water change, turned off skimmer for now, took all chemical media out. Going to take some before pictures and dose the tank. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Sounds good. Keep us updated.

Mengchhorn Chhun · Oct 26, 2017

So i just received ReefHD Algae buster yesterday and start treating my tank now, i pull off gfo and carbon also skimmer cup while left my Bio Reactor running. So i’m on day 1 now and it a 20g DT with 10g sump. here is the pict of my tank right now

MamaLovesHerReefTank · Oct 29, 2017

NCreefguy said:
Sounds good. Keep us updated.

Just a quick question . I use a canister filter, should I take out my filter pads while treating? All chemical media was removed prior to dosing.

stevo01 · Oct 29, 2017

Leave the filter pads in.

NCreefguy · Oct 29, 2017

MamaLovesHerReefTank said:
Just a quick question . I use a canister filter, should I take out my filter pads while treating? All chemical media was removed prior to dosing.

Yeah like stevo01 said leave them in. As the algae starts to die off it will help remove it. Although it will clog up your canister filter quicker so you'll be cleaning it more often until the treatment is over.

gfox · Oct 29, 2017

Just received Reef HD Algae Buster are the directions right on the back of the bottle?1 capsule for every 20 gallons?

NCreefguy · Oct 29, 2017

gfox said:
Just received Reef HD Algae Buster are the directions right on the back of the bottle?1 capsule for every 20 gallons?

Someone said their capsules were 200mg caps so at that rate it would be half of the dosage that we've used. I'm not sure why they chose that dosage. I was under the impression that it was pure Fluconazole and nothing else added so again I question why they chose to go with half. Maybe @ReefHD can chime in and answer that one.

gfox · Oct 29, 2017

My system is around 180 gallons i used 10 capsules on Monday haven't seen much progress yet.

stevo01 · Oct 29, 2017

I also dont understand why reefhd went half dose, when we saw from the early trials that half dosing was unsuccessful. GHA is more stubborn so I can't see this being good.

stevo01 · Oct 29, 2017

221 pages! Pretty awesome so many people have been helped in this subject.

stevo01 · Oct 29, 2017

What ever happened to twillard?

gfox · Oct 29, 2017

NCreefguy said:
Someone said their capsules were 200mg caps so at that rate it would be half of the dosage that we've used. I'm not sure why they chose that dosage. I was under the impression that it was pure Fluconazole and nothing else added so again I question why they chose to go with half. Maybe @ReefHD can chime in and answer that one.

I hope they do chime in.If what i dosed is half.
Then i won't see any results and have to redose.

NCreefguy · Oct 29, 2017

stevo01 said:
I also dont understand why reefhd went half dose, when we saw from the early trials that half dosing was unsuccessful. GHA is more stubborn so I can't see this being good.

Yeah we'll see what they say. For the most part from what we've seen it's going to take more than that if its gha. On the other hand though I'm running several different experiments using lower levels of flucon and I've seen lower levels keep hair algae from growing even in higher nutrient systems but not actually killing the gha if its already established in the tank(of course this is a very low level though).It will most likely take more to knock it out.

stevo01 said:
221 pages! Pretty awesome so many people have been helped in this subject.

Tons of people are finally enjoying their tanks without dealing with bryopsis. It's great! It's definitely a treatment that's here to stay.

stevo01 said:
What ever happened to twillard?

Haven't heard anything out of him in months.

NCreefguy · Oct 29, 2017

gfox said:
I hope they do chime in.If what i dosed is half.
Then i won't see any results and have to redose.

Yeah you may have to but I would wait to see if they have anything else added to their caps before adding more or redoing it just in case.

gfox · Oct 29, 2017

NCreefguy said:
Yeah you may have to but I would wait to see if they have anything else added to their caps before adding more or redoing it just in case.

Will do.Don't see much action on their site.

MamaLovesHerReefTank · Oct 30, 2017

gfox said:
My system is around 180 gallons i used 10 capsules on Monday haven't seen much progress yet.

I used the capsules on my 125g and I used 12.5 capsules. I am starting to see my gha lose color and thin out a bit. It will be a week this coming Wednesday.