Continued Fallout from Flucanazole

[Huskymaniac]

Since I discovered Flucanazole is not actually reef safe I thought I had finally turned the corner from the carnage it caused in my tank. Now I am noticing one of my stags is getting this weird slime on it. Anyone have any idea what this is. Have never have seen anything like this before.

 

[Huskymaniac]

2 more photos.

 

[Bronx19]

Strange. I've used pharmacy grade Fluc several times on my tanks including twice in a SPS dedicated tank with no problems. The only thing it ever causes me is the usual mild cyano outbreak for 3 weeks post treatment.

 

[Huskymaniac]

Strange. I've used pharmacy grade Fluc several times on my tanks including twice in a SPS dedicated tank with no problems. The only thing it ever causes me is the usual mild cyano outbreak for 3 weeks post treatment.

Total opposite for me. Caused straight carnage and immediate RTN, loss of PE, and color loss. Tank hasn't been the same since but was slowly recovering until yesterday.

 

[Jon's Reef]

Is it the Fluc or is it the change in overall reef chemistry? May be a good idea to do 1-2% daily water changes until everything stabilizes.

 

[Huskymaniac]

Is it the Fluc or is it the change in overall reef chemistry? May be a good idea to do 1-2% daily water changes until everything stabilizes.

Definitly the flux. Caused the tissues on my Acros to look diseased.

 

[Bronx19]

Which brand is the Fluc?

 

[Huskymaniac]

Which brand is the Fluc?

FluxRx

 

[Jon's Reef]

Definitly the flux. Caused the tissues on my Acros to look diseased.

My thought was more that the flux may be killing/ effecting something. That then results in a change of your system stability which causes the acro issues longer term. As long as you are skimming and did the appropriate large water change it should be out of your system by a week or two. Now the longer term chemistry changes can last a while as it oscillates to stability. For example, if your nitrates or phosphates elevate due to something dying off.

IME the best solution to regain stability is to do those small daily water changes. I had a similar issue with Vibrant. Everything seemed ok, then one day it wasn't. Did a 20% water change, threw away my chaeto, cleaned the sump and the sand. Still wasn't returning to normal so I started 1% per day (1 gallon for me so really easy). After a week things were going well and after a month it is better than ever.

 

[Huskymaniac]

Here are some updated pictures. Remember if you are thinking about dosing flucanazole in your sps dominant tank it is safer to inject yourself with a hypodermic needle that washed up on the beach.

 

[NR53]

Just finished a round of Reef Flux 3 weeks ago and all my acros acted as if nothing happened. This time I did a half dose only because that's what I had left, but still took care of an oncoming bryopsis infestation. Previous to that though I used it without issue at full dose.

Did you check other parameters? If you had a lot of bryopsis die-off from the fluc it could have spiked your nutrients.

 

[Hermie]

Fluconazole is a fungicide