Nice fish!
Nice algea.
Fluconazole works like a dream. May take up to a week but it is pretty effective.
I added it to my tank last Friday and my bryopsis is only just starting the shrivel. I did, however leave my skimmer going- on a much reduced setting but it still has been skimming some super dry foam.. I hope I didn't remove the fluco before it took full effect..
It can make nutrients jump pretty dramatically when it has taken over a tank and then begins to die off- you could have carbon and gfo and fresh saltwater at the ready..
it certainly is satisfying when it melts away!
Thanks! I'm really liking them so far. The two tangs eat while i'm doing their water changes which is really encouraging coming off the super shy blue throat experience.
I appreciate your input on the fluconazole. I have read where some people leave their skimmer running as normal and the fluc. still worked, so I wouldn't worry too much that you are skimming it out. If I end up dosing it, I plan to turn the water level way down, but leave on as well.
I also think I will take a small piece of RO tubing and try to siphon the decaying bits out as it starts to disintegrate. I know it looks like it has taken over, but its not a very thick mat yet, just lots of individual fronds, so hopefully not too much to worry about in the nutrients area. I plan on having a couple hundred gallons of new salt water made up and ready as well.
Hi Tony,
Before you use the Fluco you may want to put some of that algae where you're keeping the tangs. I had a macro algae that had those type of fronds and I thought it was byropsis.
I tested it on my desjardini tang & he devoured it..............he is housed in my frag tank.
The algae was in my display, so I bought a yellow tang another Zebrasoma species, and he cleaned it all up. The tank is spotless now.
When the algae is that long it will be harder for the tangs to eat it, so maybe clip it a bit shorter to test. Their mouths are made for scraping more so that biting off fronds. What I like about Zebrasomas is that their pointed snouts can get into crevices and tighter spots.
Hey Big E,
I appreciate the response, thanks for posting on my thread! I don't know if you remember, but I bought a few frags from you 6-8 months ago (I think? time flies...), so its highly possible that it's the same strain that you had/have in your tank. So with that advice, I will definitely try to see if my new tangs will eat it. I'm pretty confident the clown tang won't, since I had some before in the old setup and he didn't seem to bother it much. The only issue I have with the suggestion is logistical. I don't really have any small rocks that I can throw in the quarantine tank with the tangs. They are all foamed/epoxied together. So I plan on tossing one my of my powerheads that has it in there and see if they show any interest. So far, they have only eaten Mysis and no interest in nori.
The other logistical issue is they are about 3 weeks or so from going in the main system and probably 4 from the display. So I guess if they do eat it, maybe ill just manually remove it to keep it from overwhelming my coral until I can get them in?
Do you have concerns about running the fluc? Or just advocating for natural removal?
By the way, all your frags are doing really well in my tank thus far, which is rare. The only thing that hasn't done much but encrust is the red devil nasuta, but its showing some positive signs since the move, so I'm excited for that.
