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kinetic

kinetic

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So much for my "sterile" tank. I started my tank with no live rock, instead I dosed with ammonia until the cycle was done. I've been very careful with frags I put in my tank, I also remove the base and have always just put frags of a frag into the tank.

Somehow, I still got bryposis and bubble algae.

Skimmer is skimming wet, I use a ton of GFO, I have bought three different brands of PO4 testers to test, and everything looks ok. The only thing I haven't tried is new lamps (which are coming in next week, hopefully).

Now the bryposis has literally taken over all my rock. I've pulled it out manually, but I feel like that has just helped it spread.

I've heard stories of increasing magnesium levels to 1800 in order to kill them. Is this just a myth? Is it possible?

Here are some things I think I could try, but still not sure:
  • Enclosing tank so it gets zero light for a week, hopefully corals don't die
  • Replacing lamps, coming soon
    Remove all fish and don't feed anymore (i have no LPS to feed)
    Raise magnesium levels to 1800mg

Will corals make it without light for a week? how about clams?
 
Do a quick search on Tech•M and Bryopsis, you'll get a ton of info.

Ditching your lights will just cause it to come back later.

I've had limited success with two different methods (take with a grain of salt please), one method is to ramp up the pH via Kalk, you're riding a fine line though. Take a rock with Bryopsis to your LFS and move it from tank to tank until you find a tang that will eat it, usually the ones that eat it really like it IME and go after it with gusto.

GL, it sucks...
 
I did a search on this forum, as well as others, and it seems like these are good solutions:
  • Raise Mag to 1600 with Tech-M - lose some snails
  • Lettuce Nudis eat them, but I haven't seen someone totally eradicate bryposis this way, just that the lettuce nudis ate some
    Dwarf sea hares eat it too, though also no huge success. Lots of poop siphoning probably needed to be done
    Certain urchins will eat it

I think I'll do it all. I'll try to find some lettuce slugs, dwarf sea hare, and get a new tuxedo urchin ;)

Thanks!
 
kinetic said:
I did a search on this forum, as well as others, and it seems like these are good solutions:
  • Raise Mag to 1600 with Tech-M - lose some snails
  • Lettuce Nudis eat them, but I haven't seen someone totally eradicate bryposis this way, just that the lettuce nudis ate some
  • Dwarf sea hares eat it too, though also no huge success. Lots of poop siphoning probably needed to be done
  • Certain urchins will eat it


    I think I'll do it all. I'll try to find some lettuce slugs, dwarf sea hare, and get a new tuxedo urchin ;)

    Thanks!
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  • kinetic said:
    I did a search on this forum, as well as others, and it seems like these are good solutions:

    Raise Mag to 1600 with Tech-M - lose some snails
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    You can lose coral too, so be careful. You need to leave the level and keep it up for like 2 months. Must be Tech M.

    The Mg additions also help encourage coralline which will take real estate from bryopsis.
    Lettuce Nudis eat them, but I haven't seen someone totally eradicate bryposis this way, just that the lettuce nudis ate some
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    I wouldn't bother with these guys - they don't do well in tank 'reef' enviornments.
    Dwarf sea hares eat it too, though also no huge success. Lots of poop siphoning probably needed to be done
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    I believe there is a particular species, but its no miracle worker.
    Certain urchins will eat it
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Which have you read about?

pH can be effective. I got me a Siganus chrysospilos and its done a great job for me. Got it small and know it will get big. :D
 
kinetic said:
I wonder if I can just pick some tech-m up at a petco? anybody know? I guess I'll drive over and find out.
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kinetic said:
I wonder if I can just pick some tech-m up at a petco? anybody know? I guess I'll drive over and find out.
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I think I have a gallon of it you can have.
 
Recently apparently I stowed away on your boat. I always had rock but it was pretty much a desert in there until last month. Valonia, bryopsis, asparagopsis (although the latter is retreating quickly). Debating another fish to help out, just haven't reached that point yet. GL
 
My tangs must eat the stuff. I find it only at the top of the overflow(among other assorted algae)

Yellow
Purple
Dejardini
 
tuberider said:
Take a rock with Bryopsis to your LFS and move it from tank to tank until you find a tang that will eat it, usually the ones that eat it really like it IME and go after it with gusto.

GL, it sucks...
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Thats exactly how i ended up getting a Kole tang for my 180....that was the only little bugger that did it for me...
 
I had a break out of Bryopsis when I first started my tank. A sea hare totally chomped most of the long strands of it all over my 120g.

Eventually, I added my GFO and Carbon BRS reactor, and it killed the rest. After not changing out the GFO and Carbon for a while, I had a hair algae outbreak and some bubble algae... replaced GFO and Carbon, and it all went away. (I believe it's the GFO that removes the phosphates that the algae feeds upon, not the Carbon, so maybe just running GFO does the trick)
 
Thanks for the suggestion yellojello! I constantly run GFO and carbon, I switch it out a lot more frequently than directed too, since the reactor gets full of junk sometimes.

Anyhow, ordered the Tech-M. I will take a before FTS photo, and progression photos every day ;) why not? hah
 
100 per day is the recommended amount, but that came from the air. Its fine though, as it gets higher I would go slower.

Let me know about those clowns
 
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