Can Bryopsis be transferred through water?

TheReefArchitect · Jul 16, 2020

As above, can Bryopsis be transferred via water?

My main display tank is struggling with a little bit of Bryopsis but i'm just about to set up a second smaller nano, potentially to shut down my larger tank in the future.

To help things cycle quickly, is it worth using water from my main display tank?

I was also going to take out some rock i have in the larger sump to kick start the cycling process, but again - with bryopsis is it easier to just start afresh 100%?

I have a dose of Fluconazole ready to treat the new tank when i start swapping frags over as unfortunately the bryopsis has taken a hold of quite a few frag plugs. But i'd rather the tank be cycling without Bryopsis for as long as possible

Thanks

ichthyogeek · Jul 16, 2020

I would say so. If quarantine (of self, of fish, of anything really) has taught me anything, Bad Actors have a nasty habit of popping up almost randomly. I think your best option would be to either dose vibrant or fluconazole until the bryopsis is 100% gone, then keep dosing for another month. And in both tanks. Bryopsis won’t be able to get a hold in a tank that has vibrant being dosed, or in a tank full of fluconazole either.

TheReefArchitect · Jul 17, 2020

ichthyogeek said:
I would say so. If quarantine (of self, of fish, of anything really) has taught me anything, Bad Actors have a nasty habit of popping up almost randomly. I think your best option would be to either dose vibrant or fluconazole until the bryopsis is 100% gone, then keep dosing for another month. And in both tanks. Bryopsis won’t be able to get a hold in a tank that has vibrant being dosed, or in a tank full of fluconazole either.

I’m fast thinking that I’ll not worry (too much) about the potential cross contamination of the Bryopsis, but be ready with an iron fist and pretty much dose straight out the gates. The chances of me passing bryopsis to the new tank is very high - even with new rocks & new water as it’s in teen frags ect. so I’ll expect the worst and prepare for it... as best I can