Bryopsis? How to eradicate...
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Anemonebuff
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Pull it by hand.
Do water changes with high quality water.
Have an excellent skimmer.
A diverse clean up crew.
Do water changes with high quality water.
Have an excellent skimmer.
A diverse clean up crew.
Atomikk
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No offense, that doesnt work at all.
When deitrus settles down in the bryopsis area, the weed just grows. Skimming wont do anything. Clean up crews dont even touch it. Snails dont eat it, crabs dont eat it, cucumbers dont eat it.....
I know slugs eat it... Which ones are readily available?
Anemonebuff
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None taken.
However, you are wrong. It does work.
You should not rely on one critter, if there were such a magical critter, to rid you of any one algae. Many of the encountered algae are eat by a particular fish or snail, but not that fish or snail in particular. It seems that fish/snails, like us, have their own unique preferences. It is better IMO, and that of many others here, to eliminate what causes it to grow and not put bandaids on the underlying problem.
However, you are wrong. It does work.
You should not rely on one critter, if there were such a magical critter, to rid you of any one algae. Many of the encountered algae are eat by a particular fish or snail, but not that fish or snail in particular. It seems that fish/snails, like us, have their own unique preferences. It is better IMO, and that of many others here, to eliminate what causes it to grow and not put bandaids on the underlying problem.
Anemonebuff
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BTW, if detrius is settling than you probably need more flow in the tank. I should have added that to my original list.
Anemonebuff
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I had bryopsis in my 55 and after using better filtered water and a better skimmer I was able to rid the tank of it. I also had a yellow tang, fighting conch, and a mix of snails(turbo,astrea,cerith, and stomatella).
whiteshark
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Every now and then I see a very little bit of it pop up. The yellow tang pecs at it a little. Then, either the snails or crabs mow it down.
waterfaller1
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And when you go back to the same method of maintaining your tank it will return.
Anemonebuff
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Some, but not enough to combat the problem. Only the turbos and the conchs ate the bryopsis, but that was a minor dent as well. You really need to eliminate what is feeding the algae(not including the light if you have corlas).
Phosphates, silicates, and nitrates all help to feed algae problems(phos and silicates more so). Good RO or RO/DI water for make up water and water changes will help eliminate them so that you are not compounding the problem. A skimmer will also remove these elements whether you get them from tap water or feedings. So if you can reduce your photoperiod, skim, waterchange, feed less, and add a clean up crew the algae should susbide in time. Pruning the algae present is also necessary so that these nutrients trapped inside them can be exported and not released into the tank. Adding a refugium with macro algae can help as well.
Phosphates, silicates, and nitrates all help to feed algae problems(phos and silicates more so). Good RO or RO/DI water for make up water and water changes will help eliminate them so that you are not compounding the problem. A skimmer will also remove these elements whether you get them from tap water or feedings. So if you can reduce your photoperiod, skim, waterchange, feed less, and add a clean up crew the algae should susbide in time. Pruning the algae present is also necessary so that these nutrients trapped inside them can be exported and not released into the tank. Adding a refugium with macro algae can help as well.
Anemonebuff
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7030909#post7030909 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by waterfaller1
And when you go back to the same method of maintaining your tank it will return.
Exactly my point about bandaids.
hawaiianwargod
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One method that does work : cook your liverocks= bye bye bryopsis!!!
waterfaller1
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Same thing can happen here.I don't get the "cook the rock" idea. Unless you plan on changing your method of care ie: more water changes,changing filters on your RO/DI, backing off on feeding, lowering your bio-load, increasing your clean-up crew..SOMETHING different in how you keep the tank...it will come back eventually.
Anemonebuff
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Urchins are great algae eaters, but they also eat your coralline. When the coralline is gone it makes room on the rock for undesirable algae to grow in it's place.
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