RX Flux: Multiple Cycles:

[brandon429]

I truly think fluc has a good place in reefing, there's no practical way to rip clean large tanks like that.

if fluconazole happens to work without any invasion cycling then it produces the sharpest after pics, with very very low work required. Its saved many tanks before, a permanently valid reef tool.

for especially algae-prone reefs, we like to rip clean them back to 0% invasion mass using no chems, then in the clean condition run a 1/2 dose of fluc to prevent growback, not to kill an initial mass. this way is ideal where tank size and practicality allows. that simply closes out the risk of invasion cycling for folks that kill + rot the invasion cells in the tank, starting clean and working from the prevention angle is often never tried/powerful method given easy tank sizes.

before Fluc though, big reefs like that above were pretty much stuck with foresting, it truly ushered in a change of pace in the gha wars.

 

[SAM89]

I truly think fluc has a good place in reefing, there's no practical way to rip clean large tanks like that.

if fluconazole happens to work without any invasion cycling then it produces the sharpest after pics, with very very low work required. Its saved many tanks before, a permanently valid reef tool.

for especially algae-prone reefs, we like to rip clean them back to 0% invasion mass using no chems, then in the clean condition run a 1/2 dose of fluc to prevent growback, not to kill an initial mass. this way is ideal where tank size and practicality allows. that simply closes out the risk of invasion cycling for folks that kill + rot the invasion cells in the tank, starting clean and working from the prevention angle is often never tried/powerful method given easy tank sizes.

before Fluc though, big reefs like that above were pretty much stuck with foresting, it truly ushered in a change of pace in the gha wars.

Thanks so much.

 

[Susan Edwards]

I truly think fluc has a good place in reefing, there's no practical way to rip clean large tanks like that.

if fluconazole happens to work without any invasion cycling then it produces the sharpest after pics, with very very low work required. Its saved many tanks before, a permanently valid reef tool.

for especially algae-prone reefs, we like to rip clean them back to 0% invasion mass using no chems, then in the clean condition run a 1/2 dose of fluc to prevent growback, not to kill an initial mass. this way is ideal where tank size and practicality allows. that simply closes out the risk of invasion cycling for folks that kill + rot the invasion cells in the tank, starting clean and working from the prevention angle is often never tried/powerful method given easy tank sizes.

before Fluc though, big reefs like that above were pretty much stuck with foresting, it truly ushered in a change of pace in the gha wars.

Yeah, there is no way in this tank to pull rocks or sand. I can't even get to it all, and those rock structures are 35-50 lbs before soaked in water. Only the far left is in 3 pieces. Plus, what I didn't realize, those Real Reef branches are faily fragile. They break, so can't even scrub hard! I was hoping to be able to have this tank chemical free but didn't happen/won't happen. So I do the best I can with testing and trying to keep it all stable

 

[SAM89]

It is a little hard to tell from the photo but it looks like GHA. Is it feathery at all or maybe kind of fern like? Those would most likely be Bryopsis. I've read that there is some success with Flux Rx against GHA but it targets a lipid that is present in Bryopsis, and in Fungi thus weaking the cell walls (this is a real amateur pseudo-explanation but close enough). From what I've read the areas of GHA, and Bryopsis, that are in high light will weaken and make it easier both for you and your CUC to remove but will probably not outright kill GHA. If it did there wouldn't be reefer in the world that didn't have cases of it sitting in their cabinets.

That is a fair amount of algae but not beyond fixing. You are going to want to pull some of the longer stuff manually as, if the Flux Rx works, you don't want all of that dying in the tank. I'm assuming your nitrates and phosphates are kind of high based on the algae growth. It may be hard to get a really accurate reading with a test kit as the algae will be holding a lot of it. I'm also not sure if Flux Rx interferes with the reading or not although I doubt it does.

How big a water change did you do before adding the Flux Rx?

You may want to run some carbon after a three or four days to help with the clean up. I would also limit feeding as much as possible. You don't need any excess nutrients at this point. Good luck and keep us posted. I'm sure others with more direct experience with Flux Rx with GHA will chime in.

It''s been almost 72 hours and I don't see a change. The parameters all look ok. Do you think there is any harm in adding more RX Flux?

 

[Susan Edwards]

It''s been almost 72 hours and I don't see a change. The parameters all look ok. Do you think there is any harm in adding more RX Flux?

I'd wait closer to 10 days. That is not enough time, esp if it is mostly gha. Treatment is for 14 days. So adding closer to the end would be okay.

 

[SAM89]

I'd wait closer to 10 days. That is not enough time, esp if it is mostly gha. Treatment is for 14 days. So adding closer to the end would be okay.

Thank you.

 

[k9kevin87]

The last time I used it=--march I think, it got rid of most of it. I had a couple small areas in shaded rock areas that were not completely gone. And they came back. Also had cyano after which chemi clean took care of in 24 hrs. This time I will be adding mb7 to my diy "snow" (calcium carbonite) to avoid cyano.

I've been waiting to see if I could get rid of it on my own. I dose mb clean 1 to 2times a week, my nutrients are almost bottoming out--had to dose po4 for a while and yet algae getting worse. Looking into dosing a daily dosse of clean. Because my numbers say I shouldn't have algae issues, this has to mean either bryopsis or the algae is acting like an algae scrubber, esp in high flow and just using the nutrients before my test kits see them. I'll be watching my numbers and ready to up my dosing of nopox and nyos zero/bio

Here is what I did last time. Mar 17 dose. Apr 13 add half dose. Apr 26 water change.

Mar before treatment. Bad on left rock and rock before the right rock. In front of gsp in back

End April Algae gone mostly . Esp the forked rock in front of gsp

In July. Algae not bad. but starting. esp on fork

Here are pics of what I have today. You can see in a month the algae got super bad. Even choking some corals.

The issue you posted here looks and sounds like what I am dealing with now, and have been for over a year. I know it’s an old post but did you ever have success getting rid of the algae for good?

 

[k9kevin87]

The issue you posted here looks and sounds like what I am dealing with now, and have been for over a year. I know it’s an old post but did you ever have success getting rid of the algae for good?

The last time I used it=--march I think, it got rid of most of it. I had a couple small areas in shaded rock areas that were not completely gone. And they came back. Also had cyano after which chemi clean took care of in 24 hrs. This time I will be adding mb7 to my diy "snow" (calcium carbonite) to avoid cyano.

I've been waiting to see if I could get rid of it on my own. I dose mb clean 1 to 2times a week, my nutrients are almost bottoming out--had to dose po4 for a while and yet algae getting worse. Looking into dosing a daily dosse of clean. Because my numbers say I shouldn't have algae issues, this has to mean either bryopsis or the algae is acting like an algae scrubber, esp in high flow and just using the nutrients before my test kits see them. I'll be watching my numbers and ready to up my dosing of nopox and nyos zero/bio

Here is what I did last time. Mar 17 dose. Apr 13 add half dose. Apr 26 water change.

Mar before treatment. Bad on left rock and rock before the right rock. In front of gsp in back

End April Algae gone mostly . Esp the forked rock in front of gsp

In July. Algae not bad. but starting. esp on fork

Here are pics of what I have today. You can see in a month the algae got super bad. Even choking some corals.