From bryopsis to green hair algae...please help

[nex64]

As everyone has hit, HA is a sign that the water chemistry is off.

If it is true what you say and the HA is taking over corals and smothering.... I would suggest not adding anymore inverts and pick up a Sea Hare. This beast will clean up the HA in a day or two. However, that doesn't solve your water chemistry issue and you also have a sea hare that you have to keep fed.

 

[Stormfront]

I'm sure I'll catch a lot of hell for giving you this suggestion, but I had a HUGE problem with byropsis in my tank several months ago and was able to get rid of it all.

People are absolutely right in saying that manual removal is the first thing you should do. It's a pain in the butt, no doubt, but to really beat it back, I feel that it's necessary. This way, you give a chance at whatever treatments you feel like trying out a chance to work without being completely overwhelmed by massive amounts of bryopsis in your tank.

Now, I had tried the Kent M magnesium stuff for a couple of weeks and it barely did anything. I know that there are some strains of bryopsis that are apparently resistant to it and sadly, I apparently had one of those strains.

So after several weeks of pulling my hair out, I went for the limited nuclear strike option: hydrogen peroxide.

Get a bottle of hydrogen peroxide and mix it 1:10 with saltwater from your tank. I used a syringe from one of my water testing kits and filled it with the solution, then gently applied the hydrogen peroxide mix at the base of your big trouble spots. Do this once a day and repeat as necessary. The hydrogen peroxide will eat the algae away and dissolve it. Between that and manual removal, I was able to get rid of all my bryopsis in about a week or so.

Just keep at it!

 

[Maxxingout]

Get a bottle of hydrogen peroxide and mix it 1:10 with saltwater from your tank. I used a syringe from one of my water testing kits and filled it with the solution, then gently applied the hydrogen peroxide mix at the base of your big trouble spots. Do this once a day and repeat as necessary. The hydrogen peroxide will eat the algae away and dissolve it. Between that and manual removal, I was able to get rid of all my bryopsis in about a week or so.

I wish that would of worked for me. I have taken rocks out of the tank, hit them up with 3% h2o2 then let them sit for 15min. Dunk the rock in old tank water and return to the DT. After 1 day the ferns turn white and by day 2 are all but gone off the rock, great right? Nope, a few wks later they grow back. I've done this while dosing tech m, applied a ATS, and heavy skimming. I'm jealous and wish I could be one of those people who say I've beat bry

 

[foxfacelo]

Thanks to you all for your input. This what I am doing:
1. put chaeto algae in sump
2. reestablish GFO reactor
3. reestablish carbon reactor
4. cleaned some rock with hydrogen peroxide
5. took a tooth brush to the rock I could not remove
6. continue NO-POX treatment
7. cut feeding in half

I will also try to find a sea hare

 

[brandon429]

For sure you can beat bryopsis Maxx

Your headache is from not using the certain fix, the rasp and test rock. Each action you do leaves the holdfast in place, for the most holdfast-known invader I can think of. Bryopsis is not hard to fix, but recovering from months of purposefully not running the rasp and test rock sure is

Most avoid the fix, and opt for water actions since it's less effort (purposefully growing it causes all bryopsis challenge tanks, the cure exists on day one)

We can beat any bryopsis tank using a test rock and a rasp, and in not one case where the rasp was used did bryopsis win. Not much wiggle room is left now lol

Bryopsis has a fix technique that works in 100% of attempted threads, we can either opt in or out of that. To have bryopsis is to have it on purpose, accepting any bryopsis challenge anyone would like to post. An important caveat will be not opting out of the rasp and test rock, which works 100% of the time.

 

[cracker]

Brandon, sorry if this query is simple. what do You mean by rasp and test rock? In rasp You mean a hand held tool(rasp)?

 

[cracker]

Brandon I just ran across your thread thanks !

 

[Tautog]

I didn't see a mention of a UV light. I haven't had HA, but I see HA on a lot of corals at the LPS. Just my 2 cents, but picking out new stuff from your LPS is everything. I have walked out of many LPS's because of HA on their stuff. No matter how hard it is for you, walk away.
If your not using a R/O, start!