Micro dose of flucozanole

[Gtinnel]

I added .15cc in my 125g tank and so far my chaeto is fine.

 

[thedon986]

Awesome. I have some GHA that my tang and foxface refuse to eat no matter if it’s short or long and it will not go away. Urchin and snails only make a modest impact. It’s only algae in my display but my refugium has all kinds of algae I do not want to kill off.

 

[Mickey]

Finished the 21 days. Hair algae mostly gone. Some rocks are clearing, others still covered with growth but not hair algae at least. Need the coraline to grow back and add more coral to cover the rock. Added more CUC last week and pods this week. Anemones looking much better, though two are still pretty withdrawn. Interesting that they have shorter tentacles with small bubbles when before they were just long and flowing. I'm going to start vacuuming out the "gunk"/debris over the next few days and clean things up. In the end I'd call this a success! Thanks to all.

 

[Dburr1014]

Finished the 21 days. Hair algae mostly gone. Some rocks are clearing, others still covered with growth but not hair algae at least. Need the coraline to grow back and add more coral to cover the rock. Added more CUC last week and pods this week. Anemones looking much better, though two are still pretty withdrawn. Interesting that they have shorter tentacles with small bubbles when before they were just long and flowing. I'm going to start vacuuming out the "gunk"/debris over the next few days and clean things up. In the end I'd call this a success! Thanks to all.

I like to dose a little bacteria if you have some. Helps compete for the extra landscape.

 

[thedon986]

Added half of the .15cc spoon that came with Flux Rx today. Pulled carbon and leaving skimmer on and caulerpa and ulva in. Pulled as much hair as I could. Fingers crossed

 

[REEFRIED!]

Update: it has been 5 weeks since I added my original dose of about 3/4 pill to my 110 total water volume system. I have GHA and I know that the general thought is it takes all of the 21 days to effect GHA.

First of all I am happy to say that I saw no ill effects of adding the fluconazole. All fish and coral were fine. I started with such a small dose (even though this is a micro dose thread!!), that after two weeks I decided to add more. I added about a pill and a half. This Saturday will be three weeks since adding that. I have not noticed any GHA dying off. I think I am going to do a water change Saturday, if about 15%. Then Saturday night add 3-4 pills and wait another 21 days. I will keep this thread updated.

 

[Mickey]

For reference, I added 3 pills to my 200 gal tank (system about 240) and I started seeing some results around 2 weeks in. Good luck!

 

[Dburr1014]

Update: it has been 5 weeks since I added my original dose of about 3/4 pill to my 110 total water volume system. I have GHA and I know that the general thought is it takes all of the 21 days to effect GHA.

First of all I am happy to say that I saw no ill effects of adding the fluconazole. All fish and coral were fine. I started with such a small dose (even though this is a micro dose thread!!), that after two weeks I decided to add more. I added about a pill and a half. This Saturday will be three weeks since adding that. I have not noticed any GHA dying off. I think I am going to do a water change Saturday, if about 15%. Then Saturday night add 3-4 pills and wait another 21 days. I will keep this thread updated.

Thanks for the update.
We have been guessing for the most part about how much per gallon is a "micro dose".
Good to know, please update as you see fit.

 

[Mwatts12]

worked for me as well. Less than half a pill in a 225 G.

 

[Asthix]

I'm mostly reading feedback about GHA when microdosing, what about Bryopsis, is it as effective ?

What dosage would you recommend for a 150G?

 

[REEFRIED!]

I think the micro dose is very effective against bryopsis. I would start with one pill

 

[Mickey]

worked for me as well. Less than half a pill in a 225 G.

Wow. That's a lot smaller dose than I used. How long did it take to eliminate the GHA? Any problems with any livestock? My only issues were with rose anemones.

 

[thedon986]

Added half of the .15cc spoon that came with Flux Rx today. Pulled carbon and leaving skimmer on and caulerpa and ulva in. Pulled as much hair as I could. Fingers crossed

Preliminary update. 5 days in and the algae seems to be breaking up, turning white on the tips, some strands are looking fully white. I thought it was detritus at first but the GHA seems to be disintegrating when I pinch it. I can definitely see some dino strings growing on the algae which I believe means it is dying back. Dinos are only on the GHA and very sparse. Going to try to keep pulling it out. My SPS are covered in bits of GHA that are flying around.

Caulerpa in my fuge seemed fine as of last night.

 

[Alex.qld]

I am very impressed with the effects of a small dose of fluconazole. I used 200 mg in approximately 800 liters of water, and after three days, the bryopsis is dying and being eaten by the fish.

I removed the carbon, kept the skimmer running at minimum flow, and continued using the refugium. So far, the chaeto appears to be unaffected.

Before

Day 3

 

[REEFRIED!]

I am very impressed with the effects of a small dose of fluconazole. I used 200 mg in approximately 800 liters of water, and after three days, the bryopsis is dying and being eaten by the fish.

I removed the carbon, kept the skimmer running at minimum flow, and continued using the refugium. So far, the chaeto appears to be unaffected.

Before

Day 3

Yes!! People have had great luck with bryopsis

 

[Alex.qld]

Yes!! People have had great luck with bryopsis

10 days in after using approximately 0.25 mg/L of fluconazole, Bryopsis is completely gone. No ill effects on any other organisms. Chaeto is growing really well, as is the hair algae in the refugium, suggesting a specific biological process that is unique to Bryopsis and susceptible to fluconazole. I wonder if this has been published anywhere.

 

[Dburr1014]

10 days in after using approximately 0.25 mg/L of fluconazole, Bryopsis is completely gone. No ill effects on any other organisms. Chaeto is growing really well, as is the hair algae in the refugium, suggesting a specific biological process that is unique to Bryopsis and susceptible to fluconazole. I wonder if this has been published anywhere.

If you leave it in you may see your hair die also.

 

[REEFRIED!]

So quick update. I left my larger dose of about 3.5 pills on for over three weeks. It did not do anything to kill my GHA. I finally just did a water change last weekend and added some carbon. It was about two months from my last water change, as I started with about 1 pill, then waited three weeks and did the 3.5. My nitrate started rising so I gave up on hoping it would work. I’m back to manually scrubbing, and I am going to add about 60 Scarlett hermits and ton mote snails. We will see what happens

 

[REEFRIED!]

Another update. So after the flucanazol did not work for my GHA I was planning another method. My plan was to add a huge clean up crew and keep manually brushing and removing. The worst thing is that I have a decent amount of Mexican turbos and they do eat some but they are constantly falling over and dying. Also I have three tangs, a powder blue, a tomini, and a purple. Along with a foxface. They didnt touch it.

In June I went away for three days. I did not feed for those days. When I got back I noticed the 4 fish picking at the rocks. This was awesome. So from there I lowered my feeding by about half. The fish wouldn’t touch the long stuff, but as soon as I brushed the rocks, they start nibbling on the short stuff. I am beyond excited. Then this week I purchased a $500+ clean up crew. I got 75 trochus snails, 30 astrea, 10 bumblebee, 10 large Mexican turbos, 40 scarlet hermits, 1 pincushion urchin, 1 tuxedo urchin, and 2 emerald crabs. The moment I put the emeralds in they started going after the GHA. The were ripping large long clumps of it and eating it. I felt so stupid for not thinking of them sooner!!! I will update in a few weeks.

 

[Mickey]

Great news. Keep us updated.