How to get rid of bryopsis?
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Raise your Mag over 1600 using Kent Tech-m. I ran mine up to 2000 while battling Bryopsis to kill it. There were several suggestions in the other thread you posted in:
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/ne...um/46274-bryopsis-again-i-am-going-smash.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/ne...um/46274-bryopsis-again-i-am-going-smash.html
+1 this will definitely work
Alpha Aquaculture
Designer Clownfish Hatchery
Tech M did not work for me, I added it while testing everyday for over a month. My mg levels were 1700-1800 steady.
If I could turn back time... Immediately after I saw the first clump growing on one of my acan colonies I would have fragged the colony and cut away and removed the patch of bryopsis. I wish I would have done this right away. If its not that bad yet try and manually remove it by fragging off the live rock portions that have it growing and remove them from your system
Good luck man!
If I could turn back time... Immediately after I saw the first clump growing on one of my acan colonies I would have fragged the colony and cut away and removed the patch of bryopsis. I wish I would have done this right away. If its not that bad yet try and manually remove it by fragging off the live rock portions that have it growing and remove them from your system
Good luck man!
mfinn
likes zoanthids
I did a google seach on "crown snails". At bluezoo aquatics, they are listed as astreas, which imo don't touch bryopsis.
110reef
Active Member
There are a ton of things that people have said will work, from tangs to inverts. I have tried most if not all, with no luck. However, though I don't recommend any of these since they didn't work for me, many people have said that lettuce nudis will work, and ninja star snails. I have had both, and the lettuce nudis disappeared in a day, never to be seen again. The star snails may have worked, but I would have needed a million more of them in my 240 gallon tank for them to even dent the byropsis I had. I have had sea hares which did not work, but did eventually get sucked into my powerhead. Fish-wise, the only fish I ever had that consistently ate at it, but not in sufficient quantity, was my Moorish Idol. My tangs or rabbitfish never looked at the stuff. If you only have it in small areas, you may try hitting it with hydrogen peroxide, but be very careful with its use.
Ultimately, the Tech M (plus MB7 in my case) treatment did the trick easily and quickly for me, and I wished I had tried it sooner rather than spend money and time and frustration on all these other ways.
Ultimately, the Tech M (plus MB7 in my case) treatment did the trick easily and quickly for me, and I wished I had tried it sooner rather than spend money and time and frustration on all these other ways.
mfinn
likes zoanthids
My problem is I get the bryopsis growing in usually smaller frags of zoanthids, which imo is nearly impossible to get away from, even by removing the polyps off the frag plug.
I tried a experiment yesterday that was suggested ( saltwaterfishes) as a possible remedy for another type of algae.
I took a frag 12-15 polyps that were just about over run with bryopsis. I manually removed as much as I could by just pulling it out by hand.
Then I did a dip using hydrogen peroxide (3%).
I didn't measure it very well. My guess is it was about 25% to 30% hp to tank water for 2-3 minutes. Then I placed the frag directly in front of a powerhead (tunze 6055) for a minute to make sure the hp was all off the polyps.
This morning, looking at the frag, I don't see any bryopsis on the frag.
The polyps are still a little angry, but I do see color in the center of some of the polyps.
Wish I had taken a picture yesterday.
I tried a experiment yesterday that was suggested ( saltwaterfishes) as a possible remedy for another type of algae.
I took a frag 12-15 polyps that were just about over run with bryopsis. I manually removed as much as I could by just pulling it out by hand.
Then I did a dip using hydrogen peroxide (3%).
I didn't measure it very well. My guess is it was about 25% to 30% hp to tank water for 2-3 minutes. Then I placed the frag directly in front of a powerhead (tunze 6055) for a minute to make sure the hp was all off the polyps.
This morning, looking at the frag, I don't see any bryopsis on the frag.
The polyps are still a little angry, but I do see color in the center of some of the polyps.
Wish I had taken a picture yesterday.
wa108666
Community Member
I got a gallon of techM online for like $15. I dosed 250Ml the first day and 24 hrs later I could tell the bryprosis was affected/ (40 gallon tank) It almost looked dried out or burnt. I added another 250 Ml tonight.. I going aggressive.
I test tomorrow and see what I come up with. If you dose small then test everyday you will go through a $25 test kit before its even working!
I test tomorrow and see what I come up with. If you dose small then test everyday you will go through a $25 test kit before its even working!
If you want to see how well the Tech-m works, do what I did. I had two really bad patches so I got a syringe without the needle and instead of just dumping it into the tank I would squirt 5ml at a time directly at the worst patches. They immediately turned a pale color, almost white.
