Trying to dose fluconazole, when is dosing and schedule?
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Why?
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Yes, why? Also it's a one time dose. But recommended dosing amounts are extremely high.
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Pull it out, siphon it out
Get a CUC
Use a brush to get it off rocks
Personally, I view GHA as a good thing. It 15 gallons, it's not like it's a lot. If I have GHA, I don't have chrysophytes
Fluconazole is a fungicide, not an algicide. I would use Vibrant, an algicide, before Fluconazole
I would use H²O² before Fluconazole.
It's obviously a new tank, one could pull the rocks, put them in a bucket of fresh saltwater and wire brush the GHA off. Rinse in fresh saltwater and put back
Feed less, filter more
This $10 waterproof toothbrush is awesome for in tank use
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Solo, vibrant is a terrible product. You are spot on about manual removal. Fight.it. over load your CUC. But please, no vibrant. Many here will attest and agree to the garbage like nature of vibrant.
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Fluconazole Is broadly a single treatment. You take off your skimmer cup (the skimmer goes crazy) and carbon (other stuff like GFO too according to some instructions) dose and wait. Don’t expect to see any change for a week, but after that the algae will start breaking off.
The thing is the half life is a day or two (depending on physical conditions) so after a week it’s virtually all gone and you can put your skimmer cup on to remove the algae, probably turn on any carbon filtration and too.
After 14 days you can re dose.
As said it’s a fungicide it works by weakening hair algae cell walls causing it to break up
The thing is the half life is a day or two (depending on physical conditions) so after a week it’s virtually all gone and you can put your skimmer cup on to remove the algae, probably turn on any carbon filtration and too.
After 14 days you can re dose.
As said it’s a fungicide it works by weakening hair algae cell walls causing it to break up
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The active ingredient is the same stuff in Algifix
A product designed for killing algae in ponds
For chrysphytes, it's the only thing I know that works. For me, it would be a last resort, last step before I broke down a system
I would not use it for GHA. I wouldn't use fluconazole either
Just for clarification
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1) don't use fluconazole until you have exhausted every other method. Manual pulling, up the cuc, brush, ect.
2) it takes about 21 days to work.
Here is my thread. Micro dosing is better than full dose to not upset the system as much, IMO.
Thread 'Fluconazole dose and why so much?' https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/fluconazole-dose-and-why-so-much.983825/
