Ugh another algae war

[the_fish_man]

Well after a couple months battling cyano and finally getting rid of that everything was fine but about a month later i have the dreaded bryopsis. So how do i get rid of this stuff. I don't want to boil my rock but i will if I have to. I have heard raising the Mag really high works but i would think that would hurt some coral. I wish there were natural predators of it but there isn't. So any suggestions?
Thanks

 

[KhensuRa]

I battled it as well about 6months ago. What I did was scrub my rocks with a brush and pull out as much by hand. That and I did a ton of water changes, after about a month it was all gone. I almost tossed in the towel at the end but I am glad I didn't. I did loose amlost all my coral and fish but some stuff made it. I think the biggest issue was me not jumping on it right away.

There are some good post on 3reef about how to get rid of it, using a kent product. I will see if I can find the threads again for you.

Kent tech M

 

[the_fish_man]

I battled it as well about 6months ago. What I did was scrub my rocks with a brush and pull out as much by hand. That and I did a ton of water changes, after about a month it was all gone. I almost tossed in the towel at the end but I am glad I didn't. I did loose amlost all my coral and fish but some stuff made it. I think the biggest issue was me not jumping on it right away.

There are some good post on 3reef about how to get rid of it, using a kent product. I will see if I can find the threads again for you.

Kent tech M

Thanks
It isn't that bad yet. There is one rock in my tank that is really bad. I will try that

 

[Cake_Boss]

The high mg is a great way to battle it, you just have to slowly raise it. The kent product raises mg.

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[DGPets]

If it's only one rock, sometimes it is worth getting rid of the one trouble maker in order to save the rest of the tank from invasion.

Then you can boil/bleach/etc and reuse it as dead rock after cleaning it up.

High Magnesium levels can help slow it down and even kill bryopsis, but the Kent Tech M seems to be best at this as there is some secondary impurity that Bryopsis hates as concentrations increase.

 

[the_fish_man]

If it's only one rock, sometimes it is worth getting rid of the one trouble maker in order to save the rest of the tank from invasion.

Then you can boil/bleach/etc and reuse it as dead rock after cleaning it up.

High Magnesium levels can help slow it down and even kill bryopsis, but the Kent Tech M seems to be best at this as there is some secondary impurity that Bryopsis hates as concentrations increase.

I think I'm gonna use the Kent marine m. Do you guys carry it? And it is on a lot of my rocks there is just one rock that is really bad. Do you think I should take that one out?

 

[hurrafreak]

I'd take out the worst rock like others have mentioned. Raising to mag is also a pretty affective way of battling it.

 

[DGPets]

I think I'm out right now, but I should have some by the meeting next Thursday.

 

[Cake_Boss]

I just remembered, if you can pull out the rock do a 50/50 hydrogen peroxide/tank water dip for 5 min. That took care of my hair algae, you may need multiple treatments. 5 min if you have coral on it, you can do more if you have no coral. I scrubbed it while in the dip. You'll lose all life on it, but it works.

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[projectx]

Kent Tech M is what I used to kill it off in my tank, and from what all I read it has to be the Kent Tech M, something in it that the rest of them dont have, So with that I raised the MAG to 1600 slowly.
I pulled the rock and poured boiling water over it since it was too big to put into a pot, also hit it with a blowtorch as i was tired of boiling pots of water lol

 

[the_fish_man]

Okay so i have took out the worst rock right now. I was kinda avoiding these because I heard they get eaten easily but some people have had success with lettuce nudibranches eating bryopsis. Do you guys think i should give it a try?

 

[projectx]

I tried one, I dont know if he ate any of it or not, saw him for a few days after putting him in, havent seen him since.

 

[phillipj2]

Bryopsis is nasty stuff over the years i've only got it from frags from other people. And it never shows up right away. I would pick it off and it would come back so I would chuck the frag. Once you get rid of it all watch closely so you don't get it again.

 

[the_fish_man]

Ok well i got a great deal on the stuff i need from d&g. Got the kent marine m then remembering i don't have nay magnesium test kits so i got that to. So now my one question is. How often should i dose? Should i just follow the instructions on the bottle?

 

[WrasseAttack]

There's a long *** thread on Tech M on RC. The guy who invented the cure started it and people added their own experiences to it. I would read that and follow their recommended dosing instructions.

 

[KhensuRa]

You need to do it everyday but slowly raise it, so you don't shook your system. Projectx will probably chime as he has done this before.

 

[the_fish_man]

There's a long *** thread on Tech M on RC. The guy who invented the cure started it and people added their own experiences to it. I would read that and follow their recommended dosing instructions.

Do you think you could post a link to that thread? I can't find it.

 

[djkms]

Do you think you could post a link to that thread? I can't find it.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1113109

 

[Aku]

I've used that tech m mag to get rid of bryopsis in two different tanks. Works great. I just dosed a bit every day and tested a lot. Pretty much used the instructions on the bottle. 1500-1600 ppm was the sweet spot for me.

 

[projectx]

I just got in, day from hell, I followed the instructions on the bottle for when your MAG is low, and dosed it every day until I hit 1600, kept it close to that for a few weeks. I havent see it since. Hope this helps