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Do you mean it was growing new heads? I've heard wall euphyllia are pretty sensitive compared to their branching cousins and once they start going, there isn't much that can be done to save them. Sorry to hear about the piece, that's a bummer. I'd definitely give it a chance to come back. Coral can be really surprising in it's ability to save itself.

You are having a velvet outbreak?

Do you have to go under your house to get to your sump? Your sump is bigger than your tank?

I didn't know you could install flux capacitors on an aquarium! Are you planning on going back in time? Pretty awesome idea and execution. Well done!

I wouldn't say it's customary but we all love big tanks. Besides, there's a lot of combined experience on these forums and the more eyes on your project, the more likely that helpful thoughts will be contributed. If two heads are better than one... Well, there's a lot of us on here.

Emeralds are great for getting rid of bubble algae but they will eventually go after coral.

Welcome to the forum! I'm looking forward to seeing this build thread, that's a big tank!

I will give it a watch. I love their weekly bits. One of the most instructional things I have found where this hobby is concerned. Knowledge is power and this stuff is putting up a heck of a fight. One of the things that I keep seeing is people blaming it on nutrient levels. Of course any macro will thrive as it is in my fuge but I think the bigger issue was contamination in the first place. I'll be soaking any future macro in fresh water before adding it to sterilize.

I only had bryopsis in the sump. I'll dose H2O2 for the next two weeks while I black out the sump area. It's already all been soaked and scrubbed but like I said, I'm waging war.

Ceriths/nerites/nassarius form his packages and they all play vital roles in my opinion. Any other CUC is just filler and aesthetic fluff. They might fill niches, but those 3 snails are the backbone. Hermits are good too. Honestly I can't say enough good things about that site. Just order a slightly smaller pack than your tank size. Those are intended for a full on algae outbreak. He also packs extras. Another big suggestion I have if you have a sand bed is tiger conches. Neat little guys that root around in the sand. They have these little eyeball stalks that they're always watching you with. Some of my favorite reef life, strangely. I always keep a lot of weird CUC though. I really like inverts.

Looks like rock going through its initial phases of coloring up. Unless it starts getting fuzzy I wouldn't worry about it. Www.reefcleaners.org is a great place to get your CUC. As a differing opinion, turbo snails are awesome. I've had 4 of them in my 75g since it started. They're the size of raquetballs now and never knock frags off the rocks.

Thanks Daniel I'll give that a try in addition to the Vibrant. Everything that could be removed was taken out and soaked in vinegar and scrubbed down with a vengeance but I'm not taking any chances. Is H2O2 dangerous at that dosage to other reef life though? I'd rather not nuke anything with a treatment.

I guess I got a little... enthusiastic with my cleaning. This stuff has been a huge hassle and I'm very ready to be rid of it. Still, not my proudest moment to be sure.

Update: I tore everything out including taking the overflows and circulation pumps apart to sanitize them. We have a big basin sink that I filled with hot water and vinegar. A submersible pump was dropped in to stir it up. Then I did the dumbest thing I've done in a while. I was thinking about what else I could do and remembered someone mentioned using bleach. So why not dump a half gallon in there? Right? Something smelled off so I quickly googled what was happening. Yep. I chlorine bombed our kitchen. Luckily I was the only one in that part of the house because it was smelling like a swimming pool pretty quick. Anyways, after some major ventilation I finished cleaning everything. I'm no chemist and have my moments of pure genius, obviously. I'm still going to put the sump area in the dark for the next two weeks and then I'm going to add a giant mass of macro back to the fuge.

Very interesting read Chris. Thanks for the link. I'm sorry to hear your battle has been so drastic. I fear my situation is on the brink of turning in to that so I'm spending my day ripping my sump out and sterilizing everything. I think I'm going to have to take my overflows apart to get at it in there as well. This stuff is awful but there are definitely success stories out there. Let me know if you decide to try the fluconazol route. I'd be interested to see how it treats your algae.

I have a 48" Photon V2 and a 24" Photon V2 over my display and frag tanks respectively. They grow coral really well and have pretty warm colors for LED's in my opinion. I can't speak from a comparative perspective but can vouch for Reefbreeders for sure.

Yea, I'd be starting over without a doubt. This is bad timing because everything is finally running super well and growing like crazy. Edit: saw your edit. Haha thanks for the offer but I've got plenty of buckets. If that center brace isn't a problem to remove then I will remove it and pull the sump out. Yes, the tank is glass. Yikes, that sounds scary but probably is the most realistic answer.

Great suggestion! I think you're absolutely right that it needs to be a very thorough cleaning. If this is the route I go, I'll definitely take your advice and toss all current macro. It wouldn't survive several weeks of dark period anyways and I wouldn't want the bio spike from it dying off.

As many of you have heard me complaining, I caught bryopsis quite a while ago. It's been up and down with this stuff and I've thought it was eradicated several times only to have it spring back up. Luckily it has been confined to my sump and has never been spotted 'upstairs'. My nutrients are in check and my macro fuge is full of macro. Unfortunately the bryopsis keeps popping up clumps inside the other macro. I've done the tech-m thing with no success. I've been doing and am currently doing the Vibrant thing to no success. I run a heavy load of carbon at all times that is replaced frequently. My skimmer runs wet and I have a lot of those porous balls for filtration. Long story short, I'm losing this fight. This stuff is gradually spreading in my fuge and I'm mostly concerned it's going to make that jump into my display. Something drastic needs to happen because I'm pretty sure that if it jumped into the display, it'd be game over. Here's my idea: remove all macro from my sump, scrub it down as best as possible to get as much plant matter removed and turn the lights off for a few weeks. This doesn't seem like it would be a big deal except I'm losing my macro filter for a while. I've never had any algae in the display aside from the initial cycle so I don't believe my tank is prone to it and I have faith that the overall mechanical filtration is pretty solid. I've been considering this for a while now but it seems like it could be disastrous. However, the consequences of not dealing with this are very much outweighing the potential problems the dark period may cause. Please, poke holes in this. Tell me why or why not this should happen. Any better ideas? Any input is welcome and appreciated. Thanks in advance everybody, I have faith that I can beat this beast.

Having enjoyed Uni more than a few times, that was my first thought upon seeing the meat. Usually it's bright orange but even the meat on that specimen looks dull and unhealthy. Is that just because it has expired or because of the disease? My next thought was that I was unaware I was eating reproductive organs... Thanks for the post, your input on this forum is always frankly amazing to the amateur hobbyist like myself.

Oh dang man... Glad to hear you got the water sorted. Did it do much damage or is it too early to tell?

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Really impressive Brian! I love the aquascape. How do you keep the rocks together? edit: Oooooooh. Looked at the dates. Yea really, where are the pictures?

Ah, well I'd happily pay cash or I have more Oregon Mummy Eye if you'd like. Still could do some cinnamon grandis if you didn't end up getting those last month? There's maybe others. I need to take a picture of my frag tank.

Bert you're the MAN! Thank you very much! Want to just call that square with the Jack-O-Lantern?