Finally an easy solution to bryopsis!

That is certainaly possible peter. I figured people that got things to eat it were mis iding it because i have tried every critter or fish ever mentioned to eat bryopsis, and it never worked. So i assume that other people had some weird kind of hair algae.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9951798#post9951798 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by illcssd
I'm not sure these guys having bad result's actually have bryopsis. It may be a different type of nuisance algae and just look somewhat like bryopsis. Thats what i think is going on with the unsuccessfull ness.
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What I have is definately bryopsis. I'll take a pic when I get home from work today. My system is low nutrient as well. I keep it that way as I have a mainly sps system. I have not found a single living organism that will eat this stuff. I don't have a bad outbreak. I've just always had two or three small patches that require manual removal for well over a year now.
 
Partly to bump this back up to the runners, but, also, as I have tried raising my Mg to rid me of the few trouble spots of byropsis, I wish to report back to the hungry masses.

I do not have access to the DIY versions mentioned with Mag Flake (when I asked at the German DIY, they looked at me as if I had ten heads. I only have nine, thank you!), so I used Bio-Magnesium (an expensive alternative!). My Mg was pretty low, at around 960, despite my weekly water changes, and I had noted my Ca was too high (which I believed was from my DSB dissolving). Also, the pH was a bit low, as was the Alk.

Now, why am I telling you all of this? In raising the Mg, which I only managed to get to 1450 or so, I noted a drop in the Calcium level, by about 100ppm. The pH and the Alk seem to have stabilized, as well.

Does this mean there is a correllation between the amount of Mg to Ca? Does this connect to the acid condition which kept my pH and Alk low?

I do not know, but thought I would pass it on.

By the way, the byropsis is doing just fine!:mad2:
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9948742#post9948742 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by neelix
Well nothing nada so far. Its growing faster and according to the Sera Mg kit I am at 1620 and have been for over 24 hours:(
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I have bryopsis. I killed my anemone a couple of weeks ago trying to cut him inhalf, and the nutrient issue caused the bryopsis to grow.

I pushed the magnesium up to 1650ish, and I havent seen ANY difference. If anything, its growing faster.

I definitely is bryopsis, too.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9993930#post9993930 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by znut Reefer
RichConely, I have to ask why did you try to cut your anemone in half?

They split when they are ready to.
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Certain kinds dont. It was an experiment. Suffice to say, I wont try that species again.

FWIW, most of the commercially propogated anemones are cut, not split.
 
Ok not familar with all anemones, mainly the RBTA. All I have to do is feed mine 3 to 4 times a week and it splits. :)

lol... which I'm sure to only feed it 3 to 4 times a month.
 
I've had my GBTA for 15 months and it's not split once yet. I wish it would because it's huge. Oral disc is about 12" diameter now. I've tried frequent feedings to induce it, but no luck yet.
 
T. Wallance, I don't know anything about the GBTA's. But the RBTA's may split more often than the one you have. What do you feed it?

I feed mine small pieces of raw shrimp. :)
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9997096#post9997096 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Kolognekoral
Sorry to be stupid, but what are RBTA and GBTA acronyms for? Can you give me a latin name? :rolleyes:
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Green Bubble Tip Anemone and Red/Rose Bubble Tip Anemone. Or Entacmaea quadricolor if you prefer :)
 
Thanks, Peter,

I knew it had to be something like that, but just couldn't solve the puzzle. I tend to use latin names, as I post mainly in the European community and languages are often a problem.

Rich, now that I know the type of anemone, we see a lot of locally propogated E. quadricolor in Europe. Mainly the bright pink-red variety. I had read an article about a method, somewhere, some language (may have been in Koralle, which is translated into English). I'll try to look it up and report back.
 
I've kept my Mg level at 1700 ppm for the last 2 weeks and my bryopsis is still growing strong.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10019406#post10019406 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reeferhead
I've kept my Mg level at 1700 ppm for the last 2 weeks and my bryopsis is still growing strong.
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Any chance of a good photo of your algae? Also, what are your tank parameters besides the Mg?
 
I let my mag decline to normal levels (1280) and I have noticed one tiny stalk of bryopsis growing back on my green zoanthid rock. Unfortunately I'm out of Kent Tech M. So I ordered some Mag Flake a few days ago. I expect it to arrive Tuesday or Wednesday. I'll update this thread with the results. As others have pointed out, Kent's Tech M is most likely just Mag Flake with water added, so hopefully my results should be the same.

I don't know why others aren't having luck with magnesium killing bryopsis. As someone else pointed out, I suspect a few of those cases may be incorrect algae identification, but surely not all are. There may be more to this than just magnesium. For those that are raising magnesium with no effect on bryopsis, could you post some other water parameters? Particularly nitrates, phosphates, pH.
 
After finding this thread I decided to give this a try. I started at 1275 for magnesium (Salifert). Over 1 week I upped it to 1800. It has been sitting at 1800 for a week now and no effect on the bryopsis. I used 10:1 mag flake/epsom salts to raise the level.

Here are my parameters:
PH 8.0-8.3 (PH monitor)
NO3 undetectable (Salifert)
PO4 .03 (Hanna Colorimeter)
 
Could it be that different types of Bryopsis can handle the Mag and others can not.

Bryopsis corticulans
Bryopsis corymbosa
Bryopsis halliae
Bryopsis hypnoides
Bryopsis indica
Bryopsis pennata
(Bryopsis pennata var. leprieurii )
(Bryopsis pennata var. secundata)
(Bryopsis pennata var. secunda)
Bryopsis plumosa
Bryopsis ramulosa

The problem is finding out which.
 
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