Preventing Bryopsis from getting intro to tank?

[FishPersonFL]

Hi
How do you keep your tanks from getting 'infected' with bryopsis once you have it wiped out after fluconzole (or something else)?

If you acquire a acro colony, for example, do you cut the rocky base off the coral is grown onto if there is one? and then to you dip the coral in a fluconozole solution? Or is that pointless? and just add it to tank (or qt if you do that then add to tank) and if/when bryopsis pops up again then do the fluconozole treatment again? I'm just thikning the moment bryopsis retouches my tank it's a matter of days/weeks til it's everywhere.

TY!

 

[Garf]

Don’t think there’s a 100% way of preventing it. Just gotta deal with it if it happens.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Using undiluted hydrogen peroxide, spot treat the rock. While some reefers soak the entire rock in a hydrogen peroxide solution, I find spot treatments work best.
A safer approach would be to get Hydrat-MG by Brightwell which is a concentrated solution of hydrated magnesium salts. This ionically balanced product quickly and safely elevates water magnesium levels to achieve your desired outcome. In this case, it prevents and kills Bryopsis without harming coral, fish and other inhabitants.

 

[Flippers4pups]

As stated, there is an a 100% guarantee that you won't have anything enter your tank that you don't want. The idea is that when it comes to nuisance algae, you want your tank to mature to the point where what you keep in the tank out competes any algae.

Having a very good cleanup crew in your tank helps as well.

 

[BBoley24]

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[Flippers4pups]

Dipping your corals helps, but closely inspecting each and every coral frag that you purchase for unwanted pets and nuisance algae before placing into your tank is where you can do the most good.

 

[FishPersonFL]

Using undiluted hydrogen peroxide, spot treat the rock. While some reefers soak the entire rock in a hydrogen peroxide solution, I find spot treatments work best.
A safer approach would be to get Hydrat-MG by Brightwell which is a concentrated solution of hydrated magnesium salts. This ionically balanced product quickly and safely elevates water magnesium levels to achieve your desired outcome. In this case, it prevents and kills Bryopsis without harming coral, fish and other inhabitants.

Hi vetter
Did you mean to use the above mentioned solutions as a dip? B/c that's what I was meaning, not re-treating the entire tank.

Flippers,
Thank you ,dip it in the above mentioned by Vetter? THis is luckly my only nuisance algae (knock on wood). I have an imbalance in nutirents. That's topic for other threads already posted :-D

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hi vetter
Did you mean to use the above mentioned solutions as a dip? B/c that's what I was meaning, not re-treating the entire tank.

Flippers,
Thank you ,dip it in the above mentioned by Vetter? THis is luckly my only nuisance algae (knock on wood). I have an imbalance in nutirents. That's topic for other threads already posted :-D

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