treating bryopsis algae with magnesium (Tech M)

[y-not]

Hey Folks,

I've just started treating bryopsis with Tech M.

After sorting out an issue I had with my magnesium test kit, I was finally able to bring my magnesium level up from somewhere south of 1120 up to 1600. I've been dosing with Tech M.

Last night I dosed the Tech M and brought the level up to 1600 from 1520.

Just as an FYI:
Salinity = 1.026
Calcium = 420
Alkalinity = 9
Phosphate = 0
Ammonia = 0
Nitrite = 0
Nitrate = < 0.05
Magnesium (as of today) = 1600
Tank temp 78.0

My question is, how much higher do I need to take the magnesium and how long should I expect to have to keep it there until the bryopsis is gone?

 

[enderg60]

Might want to rethink that. The reason Tech M works when doing that is because it has trace amounts of copper in it, and overdosing the system raises the copper levels.

It works, its been done with success but be careful.

 

[jdavid]

I'm not so sure about that, I've always heard that nobody knows why Tech M works for bryopsis, and Kent wants to keep it that way!

 

[y-not]

Okay...
Word of caution has been noted.

So, let me approach this from another angle.

A) How does one manage to get bryopsisin one's tank?

B) Is there another method of eliminating bryopsis?
Will jacking up the magnesium by using a magnesium dose (not Tech M) work or is Tech M the most common method?

 

[jdavid]

It's not the magnesium that kills it. It's the secret ingredient in tech m. Breaking down and bleaching all your rock would probably work too

 

[declanisadog]

 

[declanisadog]

I know jef4y had a pretty awesome write up a while back about his experience using tech m, but I can't seem to find it.

 

[y-not]

Declanisadog;913663 wrote: I know jef4y had a pretty awesome right up a while back about his experience using tech m, but I can't seem to find it.

Thanks for the link. I'll search (or ask Jeff) for his link.

In the meantime, there appears to be some bryopsis creeping onto my Acropora Coral.

What can I do to stop this?

I'm about to jump in there with tweezers and start plucking it off the Acropora.

 

[outdrsyguy1]

can you guys tell me how to tell the difference in byropsis and regular hair algae?

 

[declanisadog]

Bryopsis is feathery. Kind of fern like.

 

[ringo®]

Y-Not;913666 wrote:
What can I do to stop this?

Frag or colony? If it can come out of the water, a good dip will help.

 

[y-not]

Ringo®;913793 wrote: Frag or colony? If it can come out of the water, a good dip will help.

It's a frag.

What would I dip it in?

 

[ringo®]

Dilluted peroxide, CoralRx.....I'm sure there's others.

 

[jdavid]

I dont know about dipping an acro in h2o2 tough call. I'd frag it an get rid of the bad parts.

 

[y-not]

JDavid;913828 wrote: I dont know about dipping an acro in h2o2 tough call. I'd frag it an get rid of the bad parts.

I don't yet have the twins to dip anything into h2o2 yet.

What about Seachem's Reef Dip™?
Will it do the same as Coral RX?

 

[ringo®]

Nope, reef dip is a iodine dip.

 

[dough]

I spot treated with peroxide this past spring and then put in sally light foot crab. Been bryopsis since then.

I did two things. Take the coral out and either dip it just enough not to get it on my coral or use a syringe to apply the peroxide where I wanted it. And I drained the tank down exposing it on the LR and again using a syringe spot applied peroxide to the bryopsis. Then just filled the tank back up.

It will definitely bleach out the LR and kill off some pods that maybe lurking in the bryopsis.

I never lost a snail, coral or fish.

 

[y-not]

dough;913974 wrote: I spot treated with peroxide this past spring and then put in sally light foot crab. Been bryopsis since then.

I did two things. Take the coral out and either dip it just enough not to get it on my coral or use a syringe to apply the peroxide where I wanted it. And I drained the tank down exposing it on the LR and again using a syringe spot applied peroxide to the bryopsis. Then just filled the tank back up.

It will definitely bleach out the LR and kill off some pods that maybe lurking in the bryopsis.

I never lost a snail, coral or fish.

When you spot treat with peroxide, I assume that you are draining the tank, spot treating and putting the same water back in. I grasp that you can not spot treat underwater. So is my assumption correct?

You are reusing the water that you drained out?

Edit: Thus far, my MA is just north of 1800.
The bryopsisis showing signs of stress.

On the other hand, so are my mushrooms and my Candy Cane colony.

I need to get this wiped out before I start stressing out anything else.

On the bright side, the fish are fat and happy.

 

[dough]

Y-Not;914846 wrote: When you spot treat with peroxide, I assume that you are draining the tank, spot treating and putting the same water back in. I grasp that you can not spot treat underwater. So is my assumption correct?

You are reusing the water that you drained out?

Edit: Thus far, my MA is just north of 1800.
The bryopsisis showing signs of stress.

On the other hand, so are my mushrooms and my Candy Cane colony.

I need to get this wiped out before I start stressing out anything else.

On the bright side, the fish are fat and happy.

I tried to spot treat under water by injecting the peroxide right on the bryopsis, but it was just too diluted to be effective. Yes I put the same tank water back in. One thing I did notice was how clear the tank was after treating it with the peroxide.

 

[ringo®]

What size tank are you treating?