fly guy Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Ok, i had some bryopsis growing in my last tank i broke down a few months ago.......i clipped a bunch of corals off at the base and cooked all of the rock in order to get rid of the stuff but some of it invariably ended up traveling along with my corals that were on rocks that didnt get cooked. Even though my rock is well cooked and there are no measurable phosphates and there isnt any other types of bad algae growing in my tank that bryopsis(otherwise known as the spawn of satan) was still visible in small patches here and there. I figured out how to get rid of it for good. I had it beat a few weeks ago but now i can confidently say it worked. 1. do all that usual good husbandry stuff..........cook your rock and feed and stock appropriately and skim wet...... 2. Go buy about $10 or $20(or whatever you need) worth of cheap superglue gel. Every time you see a tiny tuft of the stuff, pull off what you can and cover the rest of it in a liberal amount of crazy glue gel. Gone. I doubt im the first person to use this method but just thought i would share for anyone who is having the unfortunate luck to have to deal with it.........granted, you will have to get it down to a dealable level for this to be effective, but i wnet to fairly extreme measures and it wasnt good enough...i cant count how many bases of frags i simply cut off before i got to this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCR Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Ok, I understand you don't want it, so I'm not trying to jinks it. But do you have a picture of what it looks like. Hopefully and old one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly guy Posted September 17, 2006 Author Share Posted September 17, 2006 I just may be the only person on the planet to ever have a problem with it. (scratch) Its kind of like hair algae on steroids. It has much thicker stalks. I swear the only thing it requires is light and that little tiny bit of phosphate in your water column that Salifert is not acurate enough to pick up on. That crap will grow in a system that other nuisance algae will not. heres a pic blaine.....you know how i got rid of it on this coral about 6 months ago????? I fragged the coral and threw away the part of the coral where it had this stuff growing under the edge of it....... Now i would just pluck as much as possible cover it in crazy glue. This pic doesnt show it bery well but if it hasnt been recently plucked it has kind of feathery tips on the plant..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowboardKid26 Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 I can second his claim, its definatly bryopsis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCR Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 I don't know what fish you have in that tank or others. My question would be, would a tang/ foxface (no, not you foxy) eat this stuff. Now I perfectly understand not dropping it into a clean tank to find out, just wondered. I know I have stuff, I'll have to get a picture of it, that calcium seems to get sucked up by it, the tangs don't eat it. I have to "Yank" it off the rocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly guy Posted September 17, 2006 Author Share Posted September 17, 2006 I dont know of anything that eats it..ive heard of some fish SOMETIMES eating but what good is that???? Whatever it is youve got Blaine...when you get done plucking it off......cover it up with glue like i describe........it works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCR Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 I'll try the glue, maybe, put a frag over it to. I'll try and get a picture later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister crabs Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 put a frag over it eh? i dont see how a bundle of sticks will help....hmmmm..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitterbait Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 use a blow torch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly guy Posted September 18, 2006 Author Share Posted September 18, 2006 use a blow torch. How well do you think corals like the one pictured would react to a blow torch to the base and in between it??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitterbait Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 just shield the coral with a piece of metal. I have this crap going nuts in my nano right now. it gets so bad it will actually grow off anything. I am trying the starvation technique with my LMB and he is trying it out but does not seem very interested (even though his belly is full). i expect to torch the rock, mushrooms and all sometime this month... this is evil spawn of the lowest reaches... evil stuff. it is so evil it can even choke out hair algae (it really can!!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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