Fluconazole and Hair Algae

Dipan00

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Bryopsis is completely dead and 90% gone some dead white patches remain but very little. Hair Algae is super stubborn none the less still dying. Couple updated images. 20171211_164318.jpg 20171211_164328.jpg 20171211_164336.jpg
 

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Green Hair Algae still holding but slowly dying. Starting look like I may have to do one more treatment to fully eradicate it but we will see.
 

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Bryopsis 100% gone. Hair algae very brown and brittle and about 50-60% gone. Looking so much better. I ended up pulling out a few loose pieces after these shots. I cant believe how awesome this worked and is continuously working. Anyone on the fence on this don't hesitate and get your beautiful tank back. All coral are fine and also chaeto still thriving. 20171216_160343.jpg 20171216_160350.jpg 20171216_160354.jpg
 

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Day 1 vs Day 15

Conclusion great success! This will be the only way I ever deal with nuisance algae ever again. Still have a tiny bit of hair algae but its all dying. Huge difference from day 1 to today Day 15. If you want to read others experience here is a huge thread.

Fluconazole and Algae


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wow. im am using vibrant and getting good result too. but my is really bad we started about the same time. im half way there
 

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[MENTION=654]lowbudget[/MENTION] are you battling HA or Bryopsis?
 

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[MENTION=654]lowbudget[/MENTION] Dude get on the Fluconazole. Its 90% gone within 2 weeks. I may do one more treatment but still waiting it out to see what the next few weeks do as it is still dying. 0 negative effects and chaeto still thriving. I think I dosed a bit more than I was suppose to also. I didn't take into consideration rocks in my tank so I added enough for 130G which was 2600 mg.
 

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[MENTION=654]lowbudget[/MENTION] Dude get on the Fluconazole. Its 90% gone within 2 weeks. I may do one more treatment but still waiting it out to see what the next few weeks do as it is still dying. 0 negative effects and chaeto still thriving. I think I dosed a bit more than I was suppose to also. I didn't take into consideration rocks in my tank so I added enough for 130G which was 2600 mg.
hahahah vibrant is working for me too. i think they are the same thing. i also didnt take in account for my rocks lol. put 20ml every other day
 

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From the thread on reef2reef you can do both vibrant and flucanozole if it's not working fast enough.
 

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Update hair algae does seem to be coming back which I kinda expected so doing one more round probably around 21 days. Bryopsis is completely gone.
 

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Did you do a large water change yet? I'm using the ReefHD (fluconazole) combined with KZ Coral Snow and it's working pretty fast on the Hair algae. Almost completely gone. I plan on following up with a 30-40% water change to export as much die off as I can. Hopefully that will prevent a regrowth of GHA.
 

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I didn't do a water change at all. I tested my No3 and po4 levels and they are still really low.
 

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