Bryopsis cure using fluconazole
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Im on day 12 now Bryopsis is pretty much gone and I am seeing the smaller strands of GHA are losing color like the Bryopsis did when it started to die off. I cant tell if the thicker strands are effected yet but signs look good.
Im going to finish out 3 weeks, If I still have any GHA after that I will do a large water change and do a second treatment.
Im going to finish out 3 weeks, If I still have any GHA after that I will do a large water change and do a second treatment.
Week 2 update. Byropsis is gone. I see no signs of it. GHA is fading. The thinner strands have died off and the thicker ones are starting to turn greyish like the bryopsis did at the start, so its dying but slowly.
I think I will watch it for the next week and decide if I will do stop treatment next week or push it to 4 weeks.
I think I will watch it for the next week and decide if I will do stop treatment next week or push it to 4 weeks.
Hair Algae
Day 12 of treatment, cut lighting to 2 hours a day! Don't see significant change in main tank, but did notice some reduction in refugium.
Question: should I go to 21 days? Or do a water change and re-treat?
Note: everything else in tank seems to be doing OK.
Thanks for any comments ��
Oh, I stopped treatment on Friday after a full 21 days. There is nothing but the small rotten nubs of some GHA left on some egg crate in my tank. Everything else is gone.
I had a few zoas come off the rocks but that may have just been due to the nutrient spike.
I did a big water change and got everything back running and all is well.
If you have GHA do the full 21 days at full dosage. It took mine more than 14 days to even show signs of distress, then it gave up and died over the next week.
I had a few zoas come off the rocks but that may have just been due to the nutrient spike.
I did a big water change and got everything back running and all is well.
If you have GHA do the full 21 days at full dosage. It took mine more than 14 days to even show signs of distress, then it gave up and died over the next week.
UPDATE. Found a few spots of GHA popping up on my frag rack. Looks like a patch I didnt see didnt fully die.
If you are trying to kill GHA Id say up the time to a full 4 weeks at full dose just to be sure. Ill be doing that when I get back from my trip in a few weeks. In the mean time I am just going to bleach that frag rack as I dont see it anywhere else.
If you are trying to kill GHA Id say up the time to a full 4 weeks at full dose just to be sure. Ill be doing that when I get back from my trip in a few weeks. In the mean time I am just going to bleach that frag rack as I dont see it anywhere else.
Treatment was over 5 weeks! Had a little left at the 4 week timeframe so kept it going!
Embarrassed to say I've done nothing else since starting! Golf has taken front stage, but everything in the tank is looking good. So I guess answer is I haven't stopped, but have been running protein skimmer non-stop. I can't imagine that the drug continues to be active after such a long period of time.
Even found one of my sea hares out grazing on other stuff! Will not credit sea hares with the GHA demise as I've never seen it grazing on anything but smaller algae .
This is an amazing discovery, Amen!
Has ANYONE had or heard of reported negative results?
Impressive pictures!
Has ANYONE had or heard of reported negative results?
Impressive pictures!
Just some additional info in case I didn't mention it earlier. Got prescription from my Vet. Had it filled at Kroger Pharm using one of those PetMed Cards. Just wasn't comfortable with imported Chinese Drugs.
Cost was $90+ vs $65 + from online source.
Note: I have no high end stuff in my tank, mushrooms, Kenya tree, snails and crabs plus a couple of fish.
