Revenge of the Bryposis

[Josh40996]

Evening y'all!

A few months back I upgraded from my 30 gallon to a 55. The 30 gallon was becoming swamped with Bryposis and when I upgraded I gave all the LR a FW bath and it killed, so I thought, all the Bryposis. However, a few days back I began to notice some strands of Bryposis re-emerging from a piece of LR:angryfire: I have been blasting the patches with 35% Hydrogen Peroxide with the pumps off, but it doesn't seem to be holding it back too well and the patches are beginning to grow into a plague.

I believe the only way I am going to be able to get it out once and for all is to remove the infected rock and put it in a freshwater bath with any other deadly chemicals I can conjure up :wildone: My only problem is that this piece is the rock covered in the most coralline algae, and I cringe at the idea of killing it all off as I struggle to get it to grow in other places. Not to mention that this piece makes up 1/4 of the total bacterial laden media and I fear of upsetting any balances.

Does anyone know of any other method to eradicate the Bryposis without causing too much damage to the surrounding coralline algae?

Cheers!

 

[Jpugh73]

Jack up your magnesium to around 1600

 

[Josh40996]

Sadly, I cannot access any here in the UK. No LFS carry it and the cheapest 16 Oz bottle on eBay is £82 or $140 US and is from Israel. I may try and remove the rock and pour H2O2 on the infected areas, hopefully with better results.

 

[Da Maui life]

Ebay's not the only place. What about Amazon, if you can find Kent Tech M you'll need more then 16oz. Other then that tear down the tank, dry out the rock, sand for a few weeks or get rid of it.

 

[Josh40996]

I've been looking around and have now only found 2 places online, both are out of stock and do not know when they are getting more. Tearing down the tank is a no no.

 

[radiata]

Joshua,

If I were you I'd be inclined to give the single rock a fresh water bath in an attempt to eliminate the problem. Later on, coralline algae can be induced to grow with the addition of chemicals that support it...

Good luck,
Bob

 

[toothybugs]

You should be able to buy the raw salts (mag chloride and sulfate), and blend your own solutions of magnesium. There are a few good links in the chemistry forum on how to do this.

Buying the salts is, in the long run, a LOT cheaper than buying 16oz bottles of solution. I spent $30 USD on a 10kg bag of 99+% pure mag chloride, and get 2.5kg bags of epsom salts (mag sulfate) from my local pharmacy for around $5 a piece. Blended with RODI, it makes a LOT of solution.

 

[Josh40996]

Joshua,

If I were you I'd be inclined to give the single rock a fresh water bath in an attempt to eliminate the problem. Later on, coralline algae can be induced to grow with the addition of chemicals that support it...

Good luck,
Bob

I did take out the rock and did another FW bath with a few glugs of 35% H2O2 and I can't see any on that rock now. Hopefully, I have nipped it at the bud. Doubtful...

Cheers!

You should be able to buy the raw salts (mag chloride and sulfate), and blend your own solutions of magnesium. There are a few good links in the chemistry forum on how to do this.

Buying the salts is, in the long run, a LOT cheaper than buying 16oz bottles of solution. I spent $30 USD on a 10kg bag of 99+% pure mag chloride, and get 2.5kg bags of epsom salts (mag sulfate) from my local pharmacy for around $5 a piece. Blended with RODI, it makes a LOT of solution.

It seems that most find it to be only Kent Tech M that does the trick due to some unknown contaminant. You'd think that Kent would do some looking into this and isolate the contaminant to bring a "bottled cure". :uzi:



Cheers Guys!