SbCaes Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Hey John, Was hoping you'd be able to give me some input on this problem i am having with my tank. I am about to raise magnesium to 1800 to treat bryopsis. what are the effects this might have on macros in the thank during treatment? thanks let me know. Link to comment
johnmaloney Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 too be honest I don't know. Never tried it in a macro tank, never had byropsis in any tank but QT and experiment tanks. I have my experiment tanks working on breeding sea hares at the moment so I can't try. (A shame too i I found a field of byropsis so I can test all I want). My guess is more complex algae will not be effected. Keep me posted? Link to comment
angelacbishop Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 If you're worried about using the magnesium treatment here's something else that might work for you. I had a few bad patches of bryopsis in my tank and I recently ordered some red mithrax crabs (I got them from sealifeinc.net but other places might have them) and these red mithrax crabs have actually completely cleared a ball of bryopsis that was about fist sized that I've been dealing with for months. They haven't touched the other patch (yet) but this might be a safer alternative you can try before resorting to magnesium dosing. Link to comment
johnmaloney Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 mithrax won't eat byropsis. tried a bunch of times, didn't work. (I tried like almost every cleaner once looking for the golden bullet - some would pick at it, most wouldn't). The red mithrax would eat almost every other macro in your tank though sbcaes Link to comment
SbCaes Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 tried an experiment today.... (well technically a few days ago) I put a small piece of rock in the FREEZER. for 60 hrs... and uhm... put it back into my tank to see what happens to the bryopsis... i think i have a mutant strain or something as a few of the pieces are still alive in the tank.... O_O.... will be getting my magnesium soon its the only option i have now. possibly a nudi as well. gonna try mag first. Link to comment
shan Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 best of luck! raising the magnesium level worked wonders in my 12g nanocube to get rid of all my hair algae. Though I didnt raise my levels to anywhere near 1800ppm. 1300-1500 is where I took mine. Link to comment
johnmaloney Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I really like your tank shan, nice color. Link to comment
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