FrankAbagnale's Sweet Mixed Reef Build

w.gurney77 · Apr 13, 2016

How did you beat the briopsis? I'm struggling to eliminate it. Emerald crabs and lettuce nudibranch are holding it at bay. Not sure how reef safe the emerald crabs are lol.

Looking good!

revhtree · Apr 13, 2016

w.gurney77 said:
How did you beat the briopsis? I'm struggling to eliminate it. Emerald crabs and lettuce nudibranch are holding it at bay. Not sure how reef safe the emerald crabs are lol.

Looking good!

I beat a bad case by raising and maintaining a high magnesium level.

w.gurney77 · Apr 13, 2016

I went to 1800 ppm with Kent tech M. My briopsis didn't budge.

FrankAbagnale · Apr 13, 2016

I first fixed the water issue I was having. 2nd I started dosing Tech M. I can't remember exactly how much I used, but it was a lot! After that, I had a lot of cyano and hair algae come in. I used Nopox for a bit but didn't use it long enough to say if it really did much. Lastly, I added a lawn mower Benny and a yellow tang. Haven't seen any algae since!

I know that's not a great answer, but I went through five months of battle and it was horrible. I would never wish that on any other reef keeper.

If you decide to try Tech M, go the Amazon route and get the larger bottle. It will save you some coin.

FrankAbagnale · Apr 13, 2016

Oh crap! I left out a large step I took!

I ended up taking out every rock and drenching them with peroxide.

That really helped! It was a major move, but I had had it up to that point.

FrankAbagnale · Apr 30, 2016

I realize I haven't done a great job of updating this thread, but this will be the last post on this build!

I am officially setting up a new 180!

Please check out my new build at the link below!

http://reef2reef.com/threads/the-bernese-mountain-dog-build.246849/