Bryopsis

[Tankkeepers]

Who has is and what are you doing about it


I myself have chosen to go with the learn to live with route see latest in my build thread

Just looking to see what others have done I have tryed alot but wanted to see what has and has not worked

 

[Ludders]

Reef Flux, or Fluconazole worked for me

 

[vetteguy53081]

What is your phosphate level and are you using RODI water or tap water from the faucet ?

Lower white light intensity and pull as much as you can.
If not diminishing, liquid vibrant or flux will work
Look at water first

 

[Dark_Knightt]

My simple solution: emerald crab. Thats all i did. I went and bought one, added him to the tank right into a patch of bryopsis, 3 days later there was no hair algae or bryopsis in the tnak. I have a 20g, so if you have a bigger one i would get more.

 

[Lazydayz]

Reef flux worked great for me, it was gone in a week. I waited the 3 weeks like it said on the instructions and it got rid of my gha as well

 

[Tankkeepers]

So far so good keep it comming I want to see what everyone has had work and or not work thanks all

 

[ReeferWarrant]

+1 on any fluconazole product, takes about a week and it'll shrivel up and die. I also had good luck with dwarf blue hermit crabs from reef cleaners. Absolutely devoured it when I had it growing on the base of a rock in the sand bed.

EDIT: You probably need to start testing PO4 and Nitrate, I had to get those down to tolerable range before I stopped seeing it.

 

[Stuartmercer]

I had alot of bryopsis and just left it. Eventually it kinda just poofed put of existence and now my rocks are the cleanest they habe ever been.

 

[Dark_Knightt]

Im gonna say it again: Emerald crabs dude. It legit works. Try and get a (or some) males, they are usually more voracious eaters.

 

[ApoIsland]

My simple solution: emerald crab. Thats all i did. I went and bought one, added him to the tank right into a patch of bryopsis, 3 days later there was no hair algae or bryopsis in the tnak. I have a 20g, so if you have a bigger one i would get more.

I also went the emerald crab route. I have a 40g sump that gets covered in bryopsis. Luckily nothing in the display tank. I have been resigned to pulling it once a month during water changes but thought I could make things easier with an emerald crab. Unfortunately he does not appear to have made a dent at all in the last month. I will try to add a couple more and see if that helps. Glad you had better luck than me.

 

[Ludders]

Read this
5-things-you-need-to-know-about-fighting-bryopsis-algae

 

[Tankkeepers]

All looks good so far

 

[Tankkeepers]

Anyone else have any positive or negative experience with this just trying to get everyone in one place for others who stumble upon the fourm

 

[Tankkeepers]

Thank you to everyone for contributing to this thread I hipe others will find it usefull I was not askung for help for myself as I already know how to handle it I was hoping to have a good place for info to share a link anytime anyone asks about bryopsis thank you again for all the controbutions