Bryopsis on Zoanthid Colony

I am getting a little growth of bryopsis on my zoanthid colony. In the past I took out the rock and scrubbed it and removed it. I don't want to damage the zoantid by scrubbing the bryopsis off. I also still have some patches of green in my sand. I just got more clean up crew yesterday. I was also recommended Algae Magic From Weiss Organics. I also put in Marineland Carbon (not the Marineland Black Diamond). They might be the same though. I bought Chemi Pure Carbon. What do people think of both of these carbons. I dont want to be adding phosphates to the tank.

 

Try raising your magnesium level first.

 

What bryposis strain is it that you dealung with ?

 

I don't know the strain but its the remnants of what I got 6 months ago at least I think so. How should I clean the zoanthid colony? I don't want to pick it out in the tank. I was thinking of lowering the hours of my lighting maybe from 11 to 10 to 9. Mabe feed every other day for a while. Has anyone used ChemiPure Carbon or marineland and does it leach any phosphates?

 

If you can removes the rock then do that and scrub it with a brush . They can set hrs out of the water I have set them up to split the them from a large coloney and forgot them come back a few hrs later then they where fine also I have done this with many sps also.. pump would go out or an alram would go off and I just forgot them. If its Caulerpa taxifolia then bump the mag up to 1700 for a few weeks wet skim and cut back on feedings and lighting just run actinics The mag needs to be Kents tech M
I'll try to load a photo I found of it a while back..

 

Hi, there are folks that have successfully dealt with bryopsis by considerably raising their mg levels using Kent Marine Tech M. I have seen people raise their levels to between 1700 and 2000 with no side effects on other tank inhabitants. Again, this is with Tech M and no other brand. The guess is that it is another element in Tech M independently or in conjunction with the Mg that is actually killing off the bryopsis.

As for Phosphates, I don't think that carbon has phosphate in it already but gathers it fron the water, stores it and then leaches it back into the column when the carbon begins to be depleted. So, in that respect, any carbon can leach phosphate. Some however are better than others in regard to leaching out stored PO4. I use Bulk Reef Supply carbon with great success. I would also recommend running GFO to absorb PO4 and silicates if you are not doing so already. Hope this helps and happy reefing.


Dave

 

All carbons contain PO4's they are organic by nature dead trees or coconuts or animal matter that has been toasted , Now Black Diamond says it contain No PO4's But put some in sterile water then allow it to leech and test that water Teck M is just a combination of magnesium Sulfate and magnesium chloride. I know it will work in a fee species of the algae But I bumped my Mag to 4000 with no side effects and the Penitta lived ): sorry to say.

 

Well I have taken a more direct approach before. I have had bryopsis before, I tried raising Mg, reduced feeding, running ferric oxide etc. but it didn't work. I had it on my Pineapple brain and mushroom rock and I had it on a small zoa colony. What I did was to get Q-tips, and mix of about 1/2 bleach and 1/2 Ro/Di water. I had two bowls of water, one with regular salt water and 1 with salt water and a conditioner added to remove chlorine and chloramine. I apply the bleach solution to the affect area and made sure to get it really good. I then dipped it in the second bowl of water with the conditioner. It worked for me, it hasn't been back on those corals. It is a much more dramatic method, but I was desperate.

 

I was thinking of first cutting back on food either a very little every day or just every other day whatever is best for the fish. Cut the 11 hours of lighting to 9. I have no actinics. I will suction of the sand good on my next water change and scrub the area of rock with the zoanthid and try not to hit the zoos. Should I wear gloves?

 

Thats was the same thing I did when we broke down the 90 that was totally over ran with what was thought to be simple hair algae then there was a scroll coral she loved and did not want to toss that ): It transfered them after the water and bleach to the 47 Gal then it reappeared then when I brought the corals over to this tank I did it again nope its back.

After over a yr of watching it take over and not being able to move and do anything with it.. I tried every algaecide know to man and lights and PO4 stopped feeding to the point of some fish starved to death and then just before My last surgery last Nov . I put a old 55K 175 M/H really worn out and yellow and red almost over that 20 H . I then took a bunch down stairs to the fuge and seeded the thing with it.. Added a heater and let the light shine 24/7 at 82F it took over killed out ever other plant in there. But it cleaned up the main tank in less then 2 months there was more improvement then the last 10 yrs of fighting the stuff . But from the looks of it now and where its came since Oct its will be history by April I hope ?