Trapboy6000 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 So the past few weeks I've really kinda neglected my tanks due to school sports and groups starting up recently. Anyway that neglect through my little bryopsis annoyance into an all out ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley000 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Bryopsis can be a tough one! What are you doing to remove nutrients? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 How do you know its bryopsis? Have pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trapboy6000 Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 Carbon, filter floss, bio ball, and an ineffective protein skimmer that is getting replaced by a brs gfo reactor once the bryopsis is calmed down. Ive had it for months but i liked it till it spread from the couple spots it looked good in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley000 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Sounds like you are probably creating a lot of nitrates. Biopellets and a good skimmer would do you well. An ATS would also be useful, as well as several other possible methods. I would spend some time reading about nutrient export and devise a game plan, then put it in action! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trapboy6000 Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 4 minutes ago, Jesse said: How do you know its bryopsis? Have pics? I posted in another group a while back and they said it was bryopsis. My tank lights are off now but ill post a pic of the overtaken tank in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trapboy6000 Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 7 minutes ago, Muttley000 said: Sounds like you are probably creating a lot of nitrates. Biopellets and a good skimmer would do you well. An ATS would also be useful, as well as several other possible methods. I would spend some time reading about nutrient export and devise a game plan, then put it in action! Ive got a plan to re work my entire filter system with a 10 g sump this summer, but i need a temporary solution till i can get the time and money together to put my plan in play. I really dont want my corals to bite the dust while i work on getting my stuff together for the build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ach6175 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I fought it several years back in a 29 gallon I had. Get nutrients under control make sure you use ro/di water for mixing new saltwater and top off, skim, water changes etc. Then use Kent marine tech-m and get the magnesium levels up to 1600 and keep it up there for a couple weeks. You'll notice it start to turn a whitish tan color and will start disappearing. For some reason you have to use the Kent tech-m product, using anything else to get it up won't kill it. I had found several threads on reef central and reef2reef about it, and it worked for me. It's a hard one to get rid of, I tried pulling the rock that had it on out and scrubbing it and even bleaching but it would appear other places. Finally tried raising the magnesium and it worked. Good luck! Ducklady Amy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trapboy6000 Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 1 minute ago, ach6175 said: I fought it several years back in a 29 gallon I had. Get nutrients under control make sure you use ro/di water for mixing new saltwater and top off, skim, water changes etc. Then use Kent marine tech-m and get the magnesium levels up to 1600 and keep it up there for a couple weeks. You'll notice it start to turn a whitish tan color and will start disappearing. For some reason you have to use the Kent tech-m product, using anything else to get it up won't kill it. I had found several threads on reef central and reef2reef about it, and it worked for me. It's a hard one to get rid of, I tried pulling the rock that had it on out and scrubbing it and even bleaching but it would appear other places. Finally tried raising the magnesium and it worked. Good luck! I will definitely try that, sounds like you had a similar set up to mine so hopefully it will work for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley000 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Great advice above. One other thing you could try before the sump comes on line would be a ATS, it could be moved to the sump later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Joe just went thru a battle with Bryopsis. I know it has made lots of people get out of the hobby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trapboy6000 Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 10 minutes ago, Jesse said: Joe just went thru a battle with Bryopsis. I know it has made lots of people get out of the hobby. Ive thought about ditching the hobby when i hit a major bump like bryopsis or tank failure. But then i think about the reason i got into this hobby, because it wasn't easy and there is always a new challenge to face. There is always that feeling of if you screw one thing up the whole system crashes, and that is just not an option to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 3 minutes ago, Trapboy6000 said: Ive thought about ditching the hobby when i hit a major bump like bryopsis or tank failure. But then i think about the reason i got into this hobby, because it wasn't easy and there is always a new challenge to face. There is always that feeling of if you screw one thing up the whole system crashes, and that is just not an option to me. The challenges are part of the fun and heartache. If it was easy everybody would be doing it right? Glad you're keeping at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trapboy6000 Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 1 minute ago, Jesse said: The challenges are part of the fun and heartache. If it was easy everybody would be doing it right? Glad you're keeping at it. Thats for sure everyone would probably have a reef if they weren't actual work to maintain. This hobby has caught me hook line and sinker lol, if i had to start from scratch tommorow i would and not think twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trapboy6000 Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 Speak of the devil, i went downstairs and my freshwater sump has sprung a leak. On the bright side ive got all spring break to fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 6 hours ago, Trapboy6000 said: Speak of the devil, i went downstairs and my freshwater sump has sprung a leak. On the bright side ive got all spring break to fix it. Sorry to hear that and good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Hope things get better for you. As far as bryopsis, I had to nuke my tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trapboy6000 Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 Thanks, really hope i don't end up haveing to nuke my tank like you did joe but if i do, i do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessica Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Untill you get a media reactor put some gfo in a small mesh filter bag or a piece of pantyhose with a zip tie and keep it under your filter floss. I use old chemi pure bags. Seachem "the bag" will also work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trapboy6000 Posted April 2, 2016 Author Share Posted April 2, 2016 2 hours ago, jessica said: Untill you get a media reactor put some gfo in a small mesh filter bag or a piece of pantyhose with a zip tie and keep it under your filter floss. I use old chemi pure bags. Seachem "the bag" will also work. Thanks for the idea, but i just ordered the last thing i need to get my reactor running so hopefully it will work to reduce the nutrients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Let us know how it goes. Trapboy6000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trapboy6000 Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 Mag isn't doing much to stop it, it did loosen its footing on the rock but it's still taking over. My new filter seems to slow the growth down but not enough. Has anyone tried lettuce nudibranchs on it, i here they eat it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Never tried them. I got mine to turn white and start dying with a bio reactor. But it was taking forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trapboy6000 Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 Im thinking my plan of attack will be to get one, take My power head and hob filter off and soak them in a beach solution to kill off the bryopsis on them, the deactivate the beach with prime. After the nudibranch eats almost all of the bryopsis in the tan. Ill take My sump offline and out a bleach soluzione through it and deactivate it, puting the powerhead back with the hob filter till all of the stuff is gone. Reinstate the sump put the power head and hob in one more bleach bath and hope i got rid of it all. Any flaws in My plan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briney dave Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 If you are sure you have the B word there is just one cure: its not nutrient control though because the algae has the uncanny ability to compost under itself. Kent brand Magnesium. use a salifert test kit and slowly dose the Kent brand Mg to 1500 or a little better. This will cause the algae to lose control of its photosynthetic process and ultimately kill it. Know that the spores will remain viable for an extended period of time so I would strongly urge you to continue with the kent treatments for a few months after you have eradicated the pest. No cleaning crew or water change will win this war. Hair algae is much different and is very well controlled with a clean up crew and proper water parameters but not this genus. Jesse 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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