Byropsis keeps coming back help

Fredrxn · Feb 12, 2022

Sup guys I been beating byropsis with flux rx but it’s comes back after 2 weeks…why dose this keep happening…what can I do to stop is from coming back

G Santana · Feb 12, 2022

I have two spots in my tank where I had patches of it, I really did not want to use Flux because previously I used Vibrant for GHA, it worked but I lost the ability to grow algae in my ATS for several months after dosing and don't want to go that route again.
I took two 3x3 inch frag tiles and covered the spots to deprive it of light, I left the tiles there for months and the algae died. I'm not sure if it eradicated altogether, but those two spots have been free for over a month.

lapin · Feb 12, 2022

Find something that eats it. That will not be easy. My Lawnmower ate all of mine. I have read that Sacoglossan sea slugs of the genus Elysia will feed on it. Finding them will not be easy either.

Dolphins18 · Feb 12, 2022

Lettuce nudibranch as long as your sure its bryopsis.

bruno3047 · Feb 12, 2022

Can you take the rock out and put it in boiling water? That’ll do it. Boil it for a good 30 to 60 minutes. Anything on that rock will be dead. Including your bryopsis.

lapin · Feb 12, 2022

I would not boil rocks. If its reef rock, it will fall apart.

bruno3047 · Feb 12, 2022

I had this prickly red algae on one of my rocks. Bad previous experience with that stuff. So I just saw it on one of my rocks and I boiled it and now it’s a just starting to purple up again. I definitely would not suggest boiling that liferock stuff. The paint would probably come off.

Reef Jockey · Feb 12, 2022

I've been dealing with this for a while also. Not sure if it's Byropsis or GHA but i picked up a Lawnmower blenny and an emerald crab and they've got rid of about 70% of it. I also pull as much out as i can manually.
I'm trying not to use chemicals as well

bruno3047 · Feb 12, 2022

I had this little tuft of pretty red algae growing on my rock wall on my last tank. I thought it was pretty. And then something happened and it started growing uncontrollably and I found that there was no way to remove it. I couldn’t scrape it off, I couldn’t scrub it off. I couldn’t pull it off. It was fused to the rock. Soon, it had spread to my entire tank. I had to tear the whole thing down and I was so disgusted, I left the hobby.

bruno3047 · Feb 12, 2022

Reef Jockey said:
I've been dealing with this for a while also. Not sure if it's Byropsis or GHA but i picked up a Lawnmower blenny and an emerald crab and they've got rid of about 70% of it. I also pull as much out as i can manually.
I'm trying not to use chemicals as well

I would put that rock in boiling water, if it’s not too big.

RobertTheNurse · Feb 12, 2022

Never scrub it, it'll tick it off and grow faster. People say to pick it (from the root) but quite honestly I don't find this reasonable.

I currently have the same issue...I overdosed (a bit) using Flux Rx...this is the third attempt. I've left the med in for about 4 weeks now, and instead of running carbon to remove the medication I am just starting my usual water change routine. After about a month of this I am going to do a monthly low dose. After a few months I may run some carbon (as I used to always run carbon) and see if it grows back.

It's a weed. Just gotta keep trucking I think.

bruno3047 · Feb 12, 2022

Just a little reminder. If you dose your tank to kill algae, and it’s successful, remember to clean your sand bed. Because the dead algae is probably in there rotting.