Bryopsis plague

[craigcolbert]

With no fish in my tank thinning of clearing out rock and sand etc and starting again to get rid of the bryopsis.... Someone has said Kent m magnesium has changed the ingredients so no longer works for bryopsis removal.....

I do have some corals though and a bta

What should I do and when if I do decide to do this

 

[Oscaror]

lettuce sea slug or sea hare are also an option.

 

[hybridazn]

I just used kent tech m very recently and it killed off the bryopsis.

 

[Squid]

Kent tech m still works I also used it very recently

 

[brandon429]

you should never start over due to an algae invasion. we aren't sourcing frags from algae or invader free sources, and we by and large do not ever quarantine even for one second, so re infestations w come.

better to have a plan

peroxide or tech m w work, have fixed 2000 of them

post full tank pics

the only tank invader worth starting over is neomeris annulata (100% preventable by QT btw)

 

[eja99]

Tech M worked for me. If you can remove the rock, scrub it with a toothbrush, rinse it and put it back in the tank.

If you use Tech M you'll see the bryposis start to turn white when it begins to work. Just keep an eye on your salinity while using it.

 

[brandon429]

agreed

you dont even have to dose your tank w tech m for it to work

you can simply remove rocks, treat them externally right on the bryopsis w liquid kent, wait a few mins, rinse and put back in and enjoy the decline show.

"but i dont want to remove rocks"

this is no time for laziness, that got us here. Allowing bryopsis to spread from the very first tuft is the same nonaction as I dont want to remove my rocks.

So, we reverse what got us here. Its not nutrients, its non QT that got us here. We attack each rock external until there is no bry left in the tank, easy.

but before you go to town on whole tank for hours, just do a few test rocks and watch to see how they decline, using the peroxide or the tech m as externally placed target drops. if you get a good result in a week off the test rocks, good to go. even though removing rocks is work, you dont have to start full tilt, just a tester.

 

[twilliard]

you should never start over due to an algae invasion. we aren't sourcing frags from algae or invader free sources, and we by and large do not ever quarantine even for one second, so re infestations w come.

better to have a plan

peroxide or tech m w work, have fixed 2000 of them

post full tank pics

the only tank invader worth starting over is neomeris annulata (100% preventable by QT btw)

I have to agree with Brandon
Lets see a tank shot and see how bad the situation is.

 

[craigcolbert]

Ok so not all bryopsis some normal gha in there too

 

[craigcolbert]

It bloomed after I used odinex for the ws before the fish all died

 

[twilliard]

Hey Brandon wouldn't this tank benefit from a whole tank dosing with manual removal?

OP what are you using for nutrient export?

 

[brandon429]

spot treatments out of tank, this is easy easy fix. in 48 hours w be 75% good, in a week looks like new



check out these before and afters, see if they look markedly different from the OP's:

reefmiser has given me permission to repost these as needed

simply remove each rock, douse in peroxide (skip kent) wait three mins, dont apply to the coral be creative and apply around, rinse after 3 mins soaking externally and put back in tank and take pics in 3 days
Reefmiser did this as a tank dose it should be noted, but we save that for last whereas external is preferred order ops #1
B

 

[brandon429]

many people will tell you not to touch the algae, leave it in there for mos, and slowly starve it purely w po4 attack. take either way. our way is predictable almost to the day and outcomes do not range, they are simply clean rock outcomes and regrowth is related to the typicals:
light
grazers
nutrients
other variables


simply choose a mode and get to fixin!

 

[craigcolbert]

That's mint can anyone buy peroxide? Have a mini kids tank I could use for dosing what percentage peroxide and how long do you leave in?

 

[brandon429]

remember its not a dose

you are simply lifting up this giant mass of rock coral and algae out of the tank and set it on the counter, it doesnt kill anything including the coral. you add a new bottle of 3% peroxide that you bought from a gro store and pour it only on the bad parts touching nothing coral wise, only algae, let sit for 3 mins in the air cooking.

rinse off, put back in tank. clean out all the mud and waste that is kicked up under the rocks from never being cleaned which is fueling this growth. we may need a couple retreats to finalize. eutrophication control was put off here, but isnt hard to correct. dont remove the dying algae, let it go white as you take pics of the steps to cleanliness.

we arent dosing to the tank whatsoever, that puts peroxide on the non targets.

peroxide explanation thread
http://reef2reef.com/threads/reef2reef-pest-algae-challenge-thread.187042/


No way is best, whatever makes your tank look great and sustain with lowest work is best. Many of the common ways are simply means to an end. Ats setups have cure examples, po4 and gfo threads have many, kent has many, and peroxide has many. You simply choose and run the one you want, each with pros and cons all up for fair review.

 

[craigcolbert]

When I get paid going to try the peroxide method then keep dosing nopox to keep nutrients low and hopefully I'll be rid.. Cheers for everyone's help I'll post picks as I go the rocks on the right will be easier to move so will test those first and see how I get on

 

[bwrag]

i would dose rocks out of tank with peroxide what you could get out and manualy prune the rest. i tried kent m recently with no luck. but increased my refuge out put and it has beat the byropsis down my tank was a sbad as yours.

 

[Paolissimo]

Since you don't have much in the tank, i personally would start over. Youll save your self a lot of headaches

 

[twilliard]

I don't think i would tell someone to start over. In my own opinion I would be telling them "you failed" not good for a soul.
So this tank can FULLY recover.
It will take a lot of time and effort but at that same time the soul stays directed and satisfied.
Don't Give up and ask questions

 

[Paolissimo]

He is a big boy he can handle criticism.. Beside its faster and better if it starts over, bryopsis is tough to get rid.