Bryopsis?

[AFHokie]

I feel reasonably confident this is a type of Bryopsis. If so I’m thinking best bet is to pop that plug and give it a h2o2 soak? Haven’t really noticed it elsewhere so I don’t want to jump to fluconazole quite yet.

 

[mdb_talon]

Yes it does appear to be bryopsis. Personally i have had bad luck with acans and peroxide and that would not be route i go

 

[AFHokie]

Yes it does appear to be bryopsis. Personally i have had bad luck with acans and peroxide and that would not be route i go

That was a worry, not always the most resilient coral. Fluconazole then? Do they seem to tolerate that better?

 

[AFHokie]

Perhaps a localized treatment rather than full dip?

 

[mdb_talon]

Perhaps a localized treatment rather than full dip?

I would do that after i used a razor blade or similar to scrape down all skeleton until i could see anymore on it(and put on new plug or no plug). Then maybe a qtip rub of peroxide everywhere but the flesh.

 

[Spare time]

You can paint peroxide on the skeleton and frag plug. Just be careful not to get it on the soft tissue

 

[AFHokie]

Thanks

 

[vetteguy53081]

Bryopsis it is. First pull what you can by hand - More the better.
Then using a dental pick or small crochet needle, pull off the roots. YOU MUST remove roots or it will keep coming back.
You can then reduce white light intensity . Add cleaners to finish cleanup such as Emerald crabs (which I do not trust, LG astrea snails. chiton snails, Pitho crabs, and pin cushion urchins.
IF you CANT get to all the roots, although I do not favor use of - Fluconasal (FLUX) will work

 

[The Ginga Ninja]

I feel reasonably confident this is a type of Bryopsis. If so I’m thinking best bet is to pop that plug and give it a h2o2 soak? Haven’t really noticed it elsewhere so I don’t want to jump to fluconazole quite yet.

I’ve actually had really great results using fluconazole… completely reef safe in my opinion. I used flux rx, here’s a video of my experience in case you’d like to see: