Live rocks removed due to bryopsis

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  1. swreefer

    swreefer Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    I had to remove all my LR due to bryopsis patches growing about 0.5" every day. I'm thinking of scrubbing and soaking LR in Vinegar/Peroxide solution and may be bake it after that? Or bake it and then soak it? Any ideas?
     
    swreefer, Aug 21, 2012
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  2. Dingo

    Dingo Giant Squid

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    have you tried magnesium?
     
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  3. swreefer

    swreefer Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Yup, but it's Magnesium Chloride from BRS, not Tech M. I raised my level to 1800 or so, but growth wasn't even slowing down.
     
    swreefer, Aug 21, 2012
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  4. mikev15101

    mikev15101 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    I used tech m on mine, I did remove one rock it was the highest one and just think patches of it. The other stuff I manually removed and sucked out during water change. I raised mag to 1800 for about a week. I then soaked a paper towel in tech m and laid it on the covered spots. A day later it was white and grey and very easy to pull off. Hasn't been back since.
     
    mikev15101, Aug 21, 2012
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  5. swreefer

    swreefer Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Soaked all my LR in the bucket filled with Vinegar for 1 day, then rinsed and soaked again for 1 day in peroxide. I also bought a Tech-M, so far so good for 1 month.
     
    swreefer, Sep 17, 2012
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  6. mikev15101

    mikev15101 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Great news
     
    mikev15101, Sep 17, 2012
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