fishyfish22
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I'm starting a fluconazole treatment today. I'll use this thread to log and record data as well as upload pics, hopefully it'll help someone else down the road!
It started a few months ago, when a small bit of fuzz started growing in my 60 gallon macro tank. Things were kind of relaxed until it got longer and, mistaking it for caulerpa, it started growing out of control. Soon it took over my pinecone algae garden, and even in my botryocladia! Enough was enough, I tried tech M, it didn't work. All but putting a tang in there, there seemed to be no hope for eliminating or controlling it!
I'm resorting through the final attempt, Fluconazole.
I'm going for a relatively mid range dose, my biggest worry is the affect of it on macroalgae which is something I will be monitoring as well.
I've removed carbon, but the reactor is running blank. I've put the skimmer drain into the sump. Everything shall remain the same so as to not remove and reintroduce a bryopsis cells back into the water.
I will be attempting a 1 time dose of 20mg/gallon. With 260g water volume that's about 5200mg of fluconazole. at 200 per pill, that's 26 tablets.
I carefully removed the cases, and added them into a specimen cup before stirring and adding it into the tank directly. I placed it into a powerhead so as to distribute it through the tank.
Water was cloudy maybe an hour and a half before clearing up, so far there has yet to be any affect or reaction from fish or coral. I will be posting daily with updates, feel free to ask any questions!
It started a few months ago, when a small bit of fuzz started growing in my 60 gallon macro tank. Things were kind of relaxed until it got longer and, mistaking it for caulerpa, it started growing out of control. Soon it took over my pinecone algae garden, and even in my botryocladia! Enough was enough, I tried tech M, it didn't work. All but putting a tang in there, there seemed to be no hope for eliminating or controlling it!
I'm resorting through the final attempt, Fluconazole.
I'm going for a relatively mid range dose, my biggest worry is the affect of it on macroalgae which is something I will be monitoring as well.
I've removed carbon, but the reactor is running blank. I've put the skimmer drain into the sump. Everything shall remain the same so as to not remove and reintroduce a bryopsis cells back into the water.
I will be attempting a 1 time dose of 20mg/gallon. With 260g water volume that's about 5200mg of fluconazole. at 200 per pill, that's 26 tablets.
I carefully removed the cases, and added them into a specimen cup before stirring and adding it into the tank directly. I placed it into a powerhead so as to distribute it through the tank.
Water was cloudy maybe an hour and a half before clearing up, so far there has yet to be any affect or reaction from fish or coral. I will be posting daily with updates, feel free to ask any questions!
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