Fluconazole and algae

[billdogg]

That's a bit discouraging. :worried:

Could folks tell me if I what I have below seems correct please?

I have a 55 gallon tank with a 20 gallon sump.

I bought one bottle of REEF FLUX which has ten capsules. Am I buying the right stuff? Does fluconazole come in bottles of 10 capsules?

The directions say to use one capsule for every ten gallon. So I'd use five or six capsules for my system.

Is this per day?

If its per day then I'd be using one bottle of REEF FLUX every two days.

It seems like, I would have to dose every day for at least a couple of weeks.

So, at a minimum, that would be 7 REEF FLUX over the two week period.

At about $16 per bottle that comes to $112 for a two week treatment.

Does that sound about right or am I off somewhere? Not that expensive, but... not nothing either.

It sounds like artieg had a bad experience with fluconazole. Anyone else have a similar experience?

Thanks!:beer:

You are confusing yourself. The dosage is for a ONE TIME treatment that will take about two weeks to work it's magic. As others have noted, you might have to repeat the treatment a second time, but if you take care of the root cause(s), you should be able to use it just once. For your 55g tank, I would use 6 capsules per treatment. IMHO, better to slightly over-medicate.

 

[Emma1234]

You are confusing yourself. The dosage is for a ONE TIME treatment that will take about two weeks to work it's magic. As others have noted, you might have to repeat the treatment a second time, but if you take care of the root cause(s), you should be able to use it just once. For your 55g tank, I would use 6 capsules per treatment. IMHO, better to slightly over-medicate.

Oh:facepalm::facepalm: I was afraid that might be a dumb question. I bought the automatic top-off as recommended by SKR8. Once I have that I'll give the REEFFLEX a go and provide an update in a couple of weeks. Thanks!

 

[Sk8r]

Yep, just keep it even salinity and don't do water changes until the treatment time is up. If you still have a tad of algae, just extend the time a few days. You DO have a skimmer, right? It will skim quite a lot of crud out, which is the badness leaving your system.

 

[Emma1234]

Yep, just keep it even salinity and don't do water changes until the treatment time is up. If you still have a tad of algae, just extend the time a few days. You DO have a skimmer, right? It will skim quite a lot of crud out, which is the badness leaving your system.

I'm checking the post and :reading: and am probably just going to ask another dumb question :facepalm: so thanks in advance for your patience

I do have a skimmer, an Eshopps, which I have to clean frequently or else it either overflows or doesn't bubble up to the skimmer cup. I probably should buy another one but money doesn't grow on, you know.

Here goes my potentially stupid question: should the skimmer be on or off in the two weeks after dosing with the REEFFLUX? In the earlier post in this thread it seems to say it should be off. But SKR8's latest seems it should be on. Maybe it should be off during the two weeks following the dose but it will pick up a lot of bad stuff after the two weeks are up.

Hope you all are enjoying your weekend. Finally have a nice weekend here. 80 or so with low humidity. Having a :beer: cheers to you all!

 

[billdogg]

Skimmer off during treatment or you will drown in a sea of foam. Once the treatment is finished, then skim the heck out of your tank to get the decayed HA out of the system before it breaks down and causes a repeat episode.

 

[Emma1234]

Skimmer off during treatment or you will drown in a sea of foam. Once the treatment is finished, then skim the heck out of your tank to get the decayed HA out of the system before it breaks down and causes a repeat episode.

OK. Got it. Thanks so much!

 

[garwood]

be careful it can kill other things in the food web and cause other problems like dinos

 

[Rover88]

Don't be concerned by what I posted Emma,

The fluconazole worked like a charm. The issue that caused it to reoccur is an underlying problem in my system.

 

[Emma1234]

Hi all,

The picture shows the algae I'm starting with. I'll post pictures after I dose with REEFFLUX to show the change.

Hoping for the best.

Thanks

 

[mr9iron]

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Hi all,



The picture shows the algae I'm starting with. I'll post pictures after I dose with REEFFLUX to show the change.



Hoping for the best.



Thanks

Can't wait to see how it goes for you.


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[Mrs. Music]

I did not do a water change and at 4-6 weeks I saw the biggest die off.

 

[Mrs. Music]

be careful it can kill other things in the food web and cause other problems like dinos

This happened to me a couple months later.

 

[Emma1234]

This happened to me a couple months later.

Could you be more specific. Did you lose some corals and fish? I'm sorry to hear this. Algae sucks!

 

[Mrs. Music]

Could you be more specific. Did you lose some corals and fish? I'm sorry to hear this. Algae sucks!

My tank looked amazing after the fluconazole killed off the algae. I let the fluconazole stay in the tank without a water change for 6 weeks and saw the biggest die off around 4-6 weeks. However within a few months I developed dinos. A very toxic form. . Two fish died before I realized what it was. And then neomaris annulata took over my tank. all we t down hill from there. I am on a restart now. I think after a flucanozole treatment you HAVE to address the issues that allowed the algae to take over a tank in the first place.

 

[ausgus09]

Water Change instructions?

Water Change instructions?

I just did this treatment myself, which is kind of unusual for me, as I'm normally not a fan of magic bullet type cures, but I have to say, this worked like a charm, and no ill affects whatsoever.

I had bought used rock, and bryopsis came up, fairly severe, and some HA too.
I had scrubbed my rock clean several times and did all the right things to keep it that way, and bry and HA kept coming back.

I followed instructions exactly as sk8r mentioned w/ 30% WC's, pulled all chaeto from fuge, skimmer off 5 days.

All corals and fish fine, even my sensitive magnifica anemone was not phased at all.

$15 for enough to treat my 120g, money well spent!

Can anyone on this thread provide the water change instructions mentioned all throughout this thread? My Flux Rx only has directions in terms of treatment and waiting 72 hours to reactive skimmer and activated carbon. I'm looking for more direction on when to do water change, how much and when it may be time to dose again. I'm only 48 hours in and most of the algae is coming off very easily. I'd like to do a water change this weekend to vacuum as much as possible but do not want to alter the treatments effectiveness. Thanks!

 

[Sk8r]

I wouldn't repeat the treatment. Once should do it. Give your skimmer all the help it can use, and prep for your water change (for me, with a 32 gallon exchange, it takes 48 hours, but it's not a race. Just start preparing and I do it twice for a 100 gallon tank, which helps reset my trace elements and generally makes everything happy.)

 

[ausgus09]

When should I plan to complete the water change? This weekend since i'm already seeing a die off? Allow more time to make sure the algae is fully taken care of?
I have a 125g w/ 55g sump. Was planning on doing a 32 gal water change but don't have any direction as to when to do that.. Should plan to do a larger amount to rid the system of the fluconazole?

 

[Sk8r]

This from Reef Flux: "After 14 days perform a minimum 30% water change. Do not overdose. Filter socks are recommended during treatment in order to help clean the aquarium."