featherblue Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 so I've been watching the thread on r2r, and decided to try it. I've been battling byropsis in my display most of the last year with very little sucess and huge stress to my surviving corals. I've got a 72g bow front with a 15g sump, so I dosed 1400mg fluconazole (20mg/g, approx 70g with sand and rock displacememt....might have avg displacement a lil low) on Feb 5th at lights out. Here's a few pics right before I dosed. today is 1 week after initial treatment, and I'm seeing real results. my poor pencil urchin has spines that can been seen again! here's a few shots from today. the algae is definitely turning white and dying! None of my livestock seems affected, even my nems are open and happy. I have seem a small bloom of red cyano, but there's been quite a bit of algae dying. I've got hope that it will all be dead in another week, and I can go back to enjoying my tank! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBret Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Hey that's awesom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevo5 Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Lots of positive trials of this stuff. I'm hoping that you see success with minimal effects. If so, we can all cross a super annoying algae off the list of 'reasons to break tank with bat.' I've got two tiny spots in my 180 and I've been hitting them each morning with a little H202. One is gone but the other remains. It's maybe a centimeter worth... I might just drop a bunch of super glue on it and call it even. But I'm trying to be super aggressive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markvo Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Where do you get the fluconazole? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
featherblue Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 payless pet products https://payless-petproducts.com/#2726 it's the only one I found that doesn't require a prescription and had capsules of fluconazole Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Z Reef Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 payless pet products https://payless-petproducts.com/#2726 it's the only one I found that doesn't require a prescription and had capsules of fluconazole Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Just out of curiosity, did you use PayPal or your CC? I wanted to order some just to have on hand but wasn't sure how secure the site was...maybe just being paranoid. The PayPal option does weird stuff when I try to use it. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishoutawater Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 I just used PayPal for an order. It seems legit! I have such an algae problem! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanoreefer17 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 It works! I'm on day 12, and it's nearly all gone. Mine was thick too. You can also get it prescibed it's often given by doctors to treat yeast in humans Sent from my VS986 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
featherblue Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 I used a cc, but I keep a prepaid cc on hand for Internet orders. even more algae white and dying today, still no adverse effects on livestock! Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishoutawater Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 I can't wait to get my order Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevo5 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 I also saw a thread on Metro for dinos. If that ends up working than we could be looking at eliminating two major sources of aggravation for reef keepers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N70SJ Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Thats great! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
featherblue Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 hard choice coming up on monday, to wc or wait wait. Sunday is 14 days of treatment, and I'm seeing great progress. I'm not sure if it's all going to be dead by then. I can't decide if I should do a wc and redose, or just wait til the last of it dies. it'll be close to eradicated by Sunday, but the worst spots still have a decent visible amount of byropsis. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishoutawater Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 I just received the pills today. Did you pour it all in at one time? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirena Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 I just ordered mine . Thanks for posting this. You have saved my soul lol. I spend an hour and a half wth a pair of tweezers today plucking [emoji15] soo annoying Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
featherblue Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 I poured the 14 capsules into,a cup, filled with rank water, and mixed. not all of it suspended, so I poured the cup into sump and rinsed it into my filter sock. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Z Reef Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Any updates? I just ordered 30 to have on hand just in case LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
featherblue Posted February 23, 2017 Author Share Posted February 23, 2017 (edited) I'm at 16 days and everything is slowly dying off. I do need to do a wc, the cyano is feasting on all the excess nutrients from the dead byropsis. I'm think about doing one tomw, but adding fluconazole to the new water to continue the treatment for another week. should I dose the wc at the same rate as the tank (15g wc in 75g system, so I'd an additional 300mg), or should I do my wc and dose the full tank with another total dose (70g at 20mg/g, so 1400mg to the system). haven't been finding much info on how fluconazole breaks down. Edited February 23, 2017 by featherblue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Z Reef Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 I was reading that it either gets skimmed out or can be broken down with UV. I'm sure carbon absorbs some as well. Did you skim during treatment or not? If you did I'd probably just do a full dose with the water change. I don't think there has been any negative reports of people over doing the dosage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanoreefer17 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 I was reading that it either gets skimmed out or can be broken down with UV. I'm sure carbon absorbs some as well. Did you skim during treatment or not? If you did I'd probably just do a full dose with the water change. I don't think there has been any negative reports of people over doing the dosage. I followed the r2r thread for almost a month, I am 20 days in. I re-dosed a full dosage at 10 days and no ill effects on any fish, lps, sps, ect. I ran both carbon and gfo, while skimming the entire time. I followed my normal weekly water change routine as well. I do think the UV will effect it though. Run your lights as usual, as the lights seem to be what speeds up the process. People who have high par have faster die off, also the bryopsis near the top dies faster too. I battled bryopsis for over 2 years in my sps dominant tank, and this was a life saver! IT WORKS! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirena Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 (edited) It has not even been 24 hours yet since dosing and I'm staring at the tank just waiting [emoji30] it's like watching paint dry!! I just want it gone and clearly I am the most impatient persons ever [emoji854] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited February 26, 2017 by Sirena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
featherblue Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 did a wc and a redose yesterday. I'm pretty sure using my skimmer week 2 is what slowed my results. today I can see a whole new round of white and dying gross algae. I'm leaving the skimmer off til all the byropsis is dead. shouldn't be long now! Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishoutawater Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Ok , I'm on day twelve and it is completely gone from my sand bed and rocks. I do have some algae on the back. Other than that, I am so HAPPY with this. 5 capsules on a 55 gal. Tank and 20 gallon sump. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmcbane200 Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 So idk if I'm just blind or what but I'm not seeing fluconazole on there... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisQ Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 So idk if I'm just blind or what but I'm not seeing fluconazole on there... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk https://payless-petproducts.com/fluconazole200.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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