Bryopsis removal without any chemicals

[Baronen]

Hello there. I’ve had some gulf live rock in a tank for about six weeks now. It is beautiful rock but is completely covered in Bryopsis. I have one peace of LR from a trusted lfs and funny enough there isn’t a price of Bryopsis growing.
My question is, has anyone had luck just plucking it out every day? I do not want to use chemicals. My first saltwater tank I used fluc on Bryopsis and Dino’s settles in and I never regained a healthy ecosystem in the tank. I had to tear it down I am in the belief that everything evens out in the end. The main reason I bought the gulf rock was to have as much bio diversity as possible so I do not want to add any chemicals to harm the balance.

 

[Baronen]

Any thoughts on this? The tank has a bunch of coral frags but i haven’t really glued anything down. I could take out the rocks and scrub them with a wire brush. Also could a nudibranch work?

 

[HuduVudu]

Use a clean up crew to deal with this issue.

The aged rock is going to have solid competion to deal with it, and since you didn't have to worry about any transportation or shipping loss it is going to have most of it's biodiversity. My guess is that you didn't get "fresh" live rock. If that is true some of the die off is fueling the algae bloom add reef level lighting and it you get an outbreak. Be patient. It will pass.

 

[Boxofpurplerocks]

Not the answer you’re looking for, but after two years of trying to eradicate byropsis from my tank, I finally gave in and used fluconazole. I tried manual removal, clean up crew, all to no avail. I got pretty close a few times with manual removal where everything would look good for a month, but the problem is, if you leave even a single stalk of it in your tank, it WILL grow back. Just relaying my own experience with bryopsis. I’m curious to see what others experience has been.

 

[Baronen]

Use a clean up crew to deal with this issue.

The aged rock is going to have solid competion to deal with it, and since you didn't have to worry about any transportation or shipping loss it is going to have most of it's biodiversity. My guess is that you didn't get "fresh" live rock. If that is true some of the die off is fueling the algae bloom add reef level lighting and it you get an outbreak. Be patient. It will pass.

It came through a company that ships it wrapped, not submerged. And it took 5 days, so the die off, and smell was immense. It has rebounded well and even a few corals survived. I just bought 4 emerald crabs and some more snails. We will see if it subsides.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Clean up crew generally does not clean it up. Its because as long as there are roots, it will continue to regenerate.
Reducing white lights and pulling by hand will indeed slow it down but not stop it.
I have had success with use of liquid vibrant which IS less harsh than fluconasal(flux). With light Off or white light reduced, you will conquer this

 

[Baronen]

Clean up crew generally does not clean it up. Its because as long as there are roots, it will continue to regenerate.
Reducing white lights and pulling by hand will indeed slow it down but not stop it.
I have had success with use of liquid vibrant which IS less harsh than fluconasal(flux). With light Off or white light reduced, you will conquer this

I I just released them into the tank and one of the four just started eating it like spaghetti. I will change my preset on my reefled50. I have it on the whitest (I like the natural look of white light)