Could this be bryopsis?

[MamaLovesHerReefTank]

I thought I was dealing with GHA. Used Vibrant, some died off, the rest kept growing. Using Vibrant twice a week, I ended up with cyano. Treated cyano with Chemiclean. Went back to using Vibrant but only once a week and only after I did my water change. A little more die off in some spots, lots more growth in others. No more cyano. Switched to dosing peroxide every 12 hours for 2 weeks. Nothing. Kept growing. Corals are much more vibrant and growing better than ever. I'm starting to think this could be bryopsis. I ordered fluconazol yesterday and it should be here later this week depending on Canadian Customs. Can anyone id this for me? I can get more pics if needed.

 

[MamaLovesHerReefTank]

Bump

 

[Palyzoa]

Pics are a little blurry but it certainly could be bryopsis. Does it look more like wires or turf?

 

[MamaLovesHerReefTank]

Pics are a little blurry but it certainly could be bryopsis. Does it look more like wires or turf?

not really wiry. Grows more in clumps. I've put peroxide directly on it and besides bubbling a bit it keeps on growing.

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

It looks like it is bryopsis

 

[ebushrow]

No, bryopsis has feather like “leaves”....that is just gha

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

If it's gha then it will be pretty easy to remove. What I do is take a toothbrush during a water change and use the siphon to suck it up as I brush it.

 

[MamaLovesHerReefTank]

If it's gha then it will be pretty easy to remove. What I do is take a toothbrush during a water change and use the siphon to suck it up as I brush it.

Tried that. Scrubbed a lot of my rocks last night. This morning they were covered even more. I'm about ready to take all my rock out and use muriatic acid to kill off everything. So frustrating

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

No, bryopsis has feather like “leaves”....that is just gha

This.


IMO be cautious of dosing mulitiple products.
Vibrant should work on that stuff easily if you follow the directions full. If it's not we should talk about that more.
The reason the B gives you cyano is because it is killing stuff quickly in the tank and organics are building up and we belive vibrant has a bit of carbon dosing feed and turbocharge the stuff.
Long term success with peroxide for gha (cyano too) is becuse it's an oxidizer and it's basically bleaching the cells repeatedly. It effects the smallest stuff first then the bigger stuff in concentration. So it imo isn't really good for long term use with coral and fish.
Fluconazoel works really slowly on gha and slower (and not always) on the thicker ones that just kinda look like gha. It'll also give you cyano for the same reason as the vibrant , dead stuff in the tank that the meds killed.

Really the best thing I did with the flucon was to keep blowing the detritus and let it get caught in the socks.