Have algae problem, you need to see this!!

[Bacon505]

So i’ve been working on a control experiment on treating algae with Anti-fungal medication(fluco).The test ran on a small scale of roughly 40g tank. The tank was heavy feed with 6500k daily lighting to encourage algae Growth to a disgusting stage . The tank is established and has fish and inverts. The treatment takes roughly 5-6 weeks to see results.
this is not my first trial, i treated my 160g with heavy sps with all inhabitants in it with great results.it work well but i did not documented so A local reefer volunteer with her tank to help me with the documentation to show the effectiveness of the treatment.
the average time it takes to see results is on the3-4th week. However, it varies on bioload and feeding regimes. expect longer if the tanks has heavy bioload.

 

[brandon429]

You have done a great job, a rare job, and thorough.

Im impressed. There are large tanks that really need this kind of research/unable to take down and clean manually 300+ etc

 

[harley32907]

Way to go!

 

[rkpetersen]

Fluconazole is like magic. I'm generally not a big fan of medicating display tanks, but fluconazole absolutely annihilated a bryopsis outbreak in my nano without any damage to anything else as far as I could tell, including some desirable red leafy macroalgae that was unharmed.

 

[legrunt]

I'm just wondering how effective Fluconazole is in freshwater! I have a turtle (red eared slider) tank outside that is growing algae all over the glass...

 

[Bacon505]

You have done a great job, a rare job, and thorough.

Im impressed. There are large tanks that really need this kind of research/unable to take down and clean manually 300+ etc

I havent done anything that big (300+) but like i stated in my post that i’ve done it on my 160g. I havent find anyone with that big of a system to pilot on.

 

[DrDeGuzman]

I need some of that!

 

[Tampaman]

This is awesome, do you have a log...or what was your dosing regime anyway? If really no harm, than why not for even small outbreaks.
Do you or someone know the biochem behind the annialation?
I assume skimmer is a must and is in overdrive?

 

[deividas]

really nice! will definently try it on my nano, question, how much did u dose per gallon?

 

[Bacon505]

This is awesome, do you have a log...or what was your dosing regime anyway? If really no harm, than why not for even small outbreaks.
Do you or someone know the biochem behind the annialation?
I assume skimmer is a must and is in overdrive?

Its just one time dose. Skimmer and all filtration has to shut down for the first stage of the treatment.

 

[Bacon505]

really nice! will definently try it on my nano, question, how much did u dose per gallon?

It depend on the tablet. The maxium strength of 250mg/10g

 

[Bacon505]

This med will kill all macro algae like chaeto if you have them in your tank. Make sure to removed them prior to dosing.

 

[Shawn_epicurious]

I just googled that drug... it requires a prescription from what I can see... can you tell us exactly what product you used and where you got it please?

 

[rkpetersen]

Fluconazole for fish doesn't require a prescription. There are several brands available.
Thomas Labs Fish Flucon and ReefHD Reef Flux, to name two.
Dosing for bryopsis is 200 mg / 10 gallons water.
Remove activated carbon, stop skimming.
Wait 14 days before doing a water change, replace carbon, resume skimming.
As noted, may harm some macroalgaes like chaeto, and some people think it can also hurt snails.
(However, none of the snails in my nano died when I used it.)
Repeat dosing may be necessary if bryopsis recurs.

 

[Michael Gray]

I have a little bryopsis. I'm scared to try flucon again. I was using vibrant and flucon and during that time dino outbreak. I just don't know what triggered my system. I wanna get rid of the bryopsis but I'm scared if I dose flucon again and get Dino's again I'll flip a lid. This dino fight was tough!

 

[dadnjesse]

I have read of more crashes from Vibrant than Fluconazole. I used Flux RX on my Sps tank and had no side effects except no more hair Algae.

 

[legrunt]

Vibrant works in two ways (if I'm not mistaken). One way is targeted attack by certain bacteria, and another is nutrient reduction via organic carbon and bacteria uptake. If the nutrient reduction is too drastic, I think thats where the dinos started.

Fluconazole is purely targeted on the algae itself, so it should not have any other side effects, unless there are other underlying issues.