Finally an easy solution to bryopsis!

Ok guys, I have some bryopsis starting to grow in my system.

I have a 25g and a 20g, plus a 5.5g fuge and a 5g sump w/skimmer.

All are connected in one system


My mag is currently just under 1500 (salifert) so I am going to try the Epsom Salts thing.


The brypsis hasn't reached any sort of huge infestation level, so I'm trying the cheaper Epsom Salts (Mg sulfate) first before going the more costly route.


I'm going to raise my mg by 100ppm over the next few days and see what happens.
 
Another month has passed and my Bryopsis patches have grown around 2mm or 0.1 inches since then.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15614614#post15614614 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by redfishsc


My mag is currently just under 1500 (salifert) so I am going to try the Epsom Salts thing.

I'm going to raise my mg by 100ppm over the next few days and see what happens.
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I tried that and it's futile.
 
I am winding up a successful irradication of the vile weed. Like redfishsc, I didnt have a plague by any stretch of the imagination, but everytime I pulled some out, it grew back almost before my very eyes.
I went the route of techM. My mag started off quite low at 1290. Over the period of 4 days I brought it up to 1440 and the algae just vaporized. It makes me think there isnt a magic number but more like a % of increase that causes the dieoff. I am still slowly increasing my mg as I dont want to miss any. I can see some very small green "grass" in a couple crevices I cant positively ID. I just want to be sure! I have 25% water change standing by.

I couldnt be happier with the results from the Kent TechM. Even my sand bed was becoming overrun by some clumping root system and hairy green filiments...thats all gone now too!! WHOO-HOO!!!
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15614963#post15614963 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jbird69


Even my sand bed was becoming overrun by some clumping root system and hairy green filiments...thats all gone now too!! WHOO-HOO!!!
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That's exactly what's happening with some of mine. I hate it!



How much Tech*M would I need for a 45 g system, to bump it from 1500 to potentially 2000ppm? Once I kill the bryo I won't need the Tech M.
 
Hmmmmm.... 41 oz. to raise 45g by 500ppm. I reckon the gallon is what I'd have to get and just have some leftovers.

Thanks jbird!
 
I used 2-1/2 gallons to raise the mag (TechM) level in my 240 to 1800 and keep it there for two weeks.
 
Lone_wolf, there are lots of conflicting reports on that.

Magnesium chloride (mag flake) has done NOTHING to my bryopsis outbreak.

I just started magnesium sulfate a few days a go, to NO effect.

Some have used a Seachem magnesium product to good effect, I haven't tried it.

I am about to order some Tech M. It's like $15 for a 64oz bottle and $30 for gallon from marinedepot.



Tech M has a LOT more than just magnesium in it anyhow, and the theory is that the Tech M has a trace mineral that, in higher quantities, the bryopsis can't handle. The theory is that it hits the "sweet spot" for copper toxicity (it has some copper) without being toxic to anything else in the tank.

I'm gonna bomb it and keep the levels high for a month if it works, just to make sure I nuke out all bryo.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15624785#post15624785 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by LoneWolf88
can you use any mag supplement or does it have to be Tech M to be successful
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Everything I've read on the subject tells me yes it has to be
Tech M
 
I'm ordering some tonight also ;)


Premium Aquatics has the best price on the gallons--- $20. That beats the $30 at Marine depot!
 
Hey, guys, I need your input on something.

My Tech M showed up Friday, and I started it then. I raised my mag by around 80, and again today. No change yet, but it's early in the game.


Anyhow, here is the problem.

Tech M used to list about 15 different elements in its ingredients--- stuff like copper, chromium, manganese, etc...


Now it just says "water, mag chloride and mag sulfate".



The liquid is kinda light yellow or tan looking (kinda like wet skimmate) so I'm 100% sure that the water has something other than mag chloride and mag sulfate---- but have they changed their solution???????


Has anyone used this Tech M, that lists only the sulfate and chloride in the ingredients, to successfully whip the bryo?
 
What happens when....

What happens when....

Assuming the elevated Mag levels 'kill off' the weed, what happens to the remains?
 
Either you let them rot and pollute the tank, or you siphon them out on a daily basis.

My patch of bryo isn't really all that big, so I'm actually gonna let the "rot" method take over and hope the skimmer takes out what it can. I already have 0 nitrates and very low phosphates.
 
Alright folks, while magnesium chloride didn't work, and magnesium sulfate (epsom) didn't work.... Tech M seems to DEFINITELY be doing the trick.


I don't have any before/after photos, but the bryopsis in my tank is definitely disintegrating. It's not a big patch to start with--- 3-4" diameter at it's largest, and a few other 1 or 2" patches... but it's dying day by day.

I raised my mag from 1800 (from the mag chloride and sulfate) to around 2200, but again this is only a crude measurement of whatever is in the Tech M that is killing the bryopsis. I have MASSIVE doubts that the magnesium has anything whatsoever to do with it.


I have never in my life enjoyed watching the death of something. I gleefully dance and spit on bryposis' grave.
 
Well, the good news is that it seems to have worked (or just died off on its own, which would be quite a coincidence). I didnt keep the Mg up that high, actually only slightly above "normal" but the length of time I kept it there (about 6mo) seems to have taken its toll on the GHA.

The bad news is that now I need to find the "Finally an easy solution to red slime algae" thread.... :rolleye1:
 
Unfortunately for me, the bryo came back kinda quickly. It died back to the point that there wasn't a trace of it in the tank. So I gave it a week and did a couple large water changes to bring stuff close to NSW.


In a week the !#@%^&#%^$^* had returned:hmm4::furious:, although not at a plague level.. yet.


So I'm back nuking the tank again, I'll keep it in the tank longer this time. :uzi:

I will say my frogspawn HATES this, it stays mostly closed up every day.
 
Looks like we are close to another split to..... gotta love it!
EDIT: maybe not on this new format :(... spoke too soon.
 
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