Fluconazole Treatment for Nuisance Algae

[Mike Lemming]

So...is this just a one dose treatment? Do I need to buy enough to have multiple doses on hand? I'm planning to use this for bryopsis.

I only dosed mine once. It would be nice to have another dose on hand just in case but it's not necessary..

 

[AdamNC]

So what’s the difference between

http://m.drsfostersmith.com/product...x8eGJNzUYNlBE_GfNtBoCGmcQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

And

https://www.payless-petproducts.com...less-petproducts.com/fluconazole200.html#2691

Other than price?

 

[Sabellafella]

So what’s the difference between

http://m.drsfostersmith.com/product...x8eGJNzUYNlBE_GfNtBoCGmcQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

And

https://www.payless-petproducts.com/site/mobile?url=https://www.payless-petproducts.com/fluconazole200.html#2691

Other than price?

Most likely nothing, just the price lol

 

[Doubbler]

Proof that it works

 

[crisalex]

thanks. I once used it. I was worried and just got a prescription for humans and my tank looked awesome. I was worried that my herbivores would die but they did fine with supplements.

Hello, I have a question, I am from far far away in Europe. In my country there is no fluconazole available for fish disease, only for humans (150g/pill). Can I use it against Green Hair Algae, even if it is for human treatment?

 

[Brandon Rush]

Coming to the end of my 14 days and still have a ton of algae, is it safe to put the protein skimmer back online? Should I do another dose? Leave the current stuff in longer? Any help would be appreciated

 

[airvicconcre]

Hello Mike. I have the hair algae problem in my aquarium. I have read and seen your video and I will use fluconazole to treat my tank. I needed to ask if I have to dose 20mg/gallon of fluconazole in the tank every day for 14 days or just one time 20mg/gallon and then do a 20% water change after two weeks? I also have chaeto in my sump, should I remove it?
Thanking you in advance.
Z

 

[Mike Lemming]

Coming to the end of my 14 days and still have a ton of algae, is it safe to put the protein skimmer back online? Should I do another dose? Leave the current stuff in longer? Any help would be appreciated

Must have done something wrong.. did you use flux rx? That stuff didn’t work for me either. My green hair algae was almost gone before the 1st week was over..

 

[Mike Lemming]

Hello Mike. I have the hair algae problem in my aquarium. I have read and seen your video and I will use fluconazole to treat my tank. I needed to ask if I have to dose 20mg/gallon of fluconazole in the tank every day for 14 days or just one time 20mg/gallon and then do a 20% water change after two weeks? I also have chaeto in my sump, should I remove it?
Thanking you in advance.
Z

I used 1 pill per 10 gallons. One dose. No need to continue to dose. I would do a 20% ish water change and then throw carbon in and then your skimmer on. I also left my cheato in the tank and there wasn’t any effects on the cheato. Good luck!

 

[airvicconcre]

Must have done something wrong.. did you use flux rx? That stuff didn’t work for me either. My green hair algae was almost gone before the 1st week was over..

Hello Mike.
I did not use Flux RX however for us living in India it’s easier to procure the original Fluconazole in the dose of our choice. I have a 150 gallon aquarium and I dosed 2mg/gallon. Today it is day 9 and till yesterday the gha was going very strong. I tried to manually remove them from rocks and scrape the walls. I was surprised that the gha was easily wasting out, I didn’t have to put much effort in plucking them. I tried to manually scrape off most of it. I believe the treatment is working however I will wait for the entire 2 weeks (a couple of days more) before I do a 20% water change. I now have a green slime algae problem on my sand bed, maybe due to nutrient from the treatment?