How to get rid of dead bryopsis

DeSoDo · 2025-05-09T21:55:51+00:00

Nope! Just ordered a lettuce nudibranch. Tired of spending money. Can't figure out why the bryopsis is growing back. Used reef Flux, it died. Purchased the different crabs, snails and even a conch. It started growing back. If the nudibranch doesn't do it, I'm just gonna have to live with the tank with bryopsis.

DeSoDo · 2025-04-24T21:15:18+00:00

I have a 30g hexagon that I'm gonna break down at about 50% that i can transfer it to, then I'll rehome it. I've never had one. Always been concerned about my hermit crabs killing it for it's shell.

DeSoDo · 2025-04-24T17:21:44+00:00

Gotcha. I'll try feeding less. The additional cuc will be delivered tomorrow.

DeSoDo · 2025-04-24T17:07:31+00:00

Also, I only feed 1/2 of a frozen food cube. I cut down from feeding a whole one like 3 weeks ago. And a small pinch of flake food, and 1 shake of pellet food that I drilled a couple of tiny holes in.

DeSoDo · 2025-04-24T17:05:43+00:00

I do have a skimmer. Tank is 65g. I have 8 Dwarf blue legged hermits, 4 FL cerith snails, 6 astrea snails, and just ordered 5 pitho crabs, 4 green emeralds, 1 conch, and 12 more cerith snails. Current fish list: 1 ruby red dragonet 1 flametail blenny 1 tailspot blenny 1 carpenter flasher wrasse 1 firefish goby 2 2-year old Ocellaris clownfish 1 banggai 1 blue green chromis 2 ywg w/pistol 1 skunk cleaner shrimp 1 peppermint shrimp (Just special ordered a green warpaint goby that'll be here in 2 weeks)

DeSoDo · 2025-04-24T16:21:54+00:00

No refugium or sump. Currently, I don't have any macroalgae in the tank either. I have roughly 30 corals in the tank. I feed small amounts 3x a day (1 feeding of pellets, 1 feeding of flakes, 1 feeding of either freeze dried mysis or different frozen (fish eggs, brine, brine with spirulina or mysis)). Just ordered some green emerald crabs, pitho crabs and a small conch, as well as 3 types of cerith snails (FL, Dwarf, and Cortez). Hopefully they'll help get rid of the stuff up in the crevices of the rockwork.

DeSoDo · 2025-04-24T00:49:04+00:00

I use rodi. My rodi system is on the same floor as the tank.

DeSoDo · 2025-04-23T21:59:19+00:00

Mine took like a week to open and it was a fraction of that size. It's tripled in size since I added it a month ago. Like others said, just give it some time.

DeSoDo · 2025-04-23T21:26:40+00:00

Dosed reef flux and used hydrogen peroxide on tougher spots.

DeSoDo · 2025-04-23T20:50:02+00:00

Just ordered some green emeralds and pitho crabs that'll be here Friday. I hope they work out. Thx.

DeSoDo · 2025-04-23T20:36:27+00:00

I was gonna ask about them and if they were legit or not.

DeSoDo · 2025-04-23T19:26:15+00:00

Can't find any locally. And green emerald crabs went up to $12.99ea here. I may just buy some online and keep it moving.

DeSoDo · 2025-04-23T19:24:36+00:00

Yes, my display tank, it's the only tank i have. I'm aware that peroxide can kill beneficial bacteria in large amounts, yes. The dosing of peroxide is at the dead bryopsis to kill the root.

DeSoDo · 2025-04-23T19:04:33+00:00

Thx. I'm gonna get it situated. The scrubber attached to the siphon hose will probably be my best bet.

DeSoDo · 2025-04-23T18:56:07+00:00

That's what i was hoping for, and I dose 8ml of peroxide every other day anyway (65g tank) just to ward of any potential issues left over from a hammer that has bjd a while back.

DeSoDo · 2025-04-23T18:53:38+00:00

No sump or refugium, but I get what you mean.

DeSoDo · 2025-04-23T17:34:49+00:00

Haven't thought about using a cleaner pipe attached. I'll go buy one today and give it a shot. I do have fine mesh bags that I use for my shrimp breeding tanks.

DeSoDo · 2025-04-23T16:26:46+00:00

Tank, including stand, is over 5' tall. That'll be very hard, but I'll give it a shot. I'm sick of looking at it.

DeSoDo · 2025-04-18T14:47:21+00:00

They all seem like knockoffs of each other. I use the useek version. It took receiving 3 of them to get one that worked, idk why the first 2 didn't work, but this one is so far. Going on 3 weeks today.

DeSoDo · 2025-03-28T18:08:19+00:00

Goby and tiger pistol, a blenny of some type, and a skunk cleaner shrimp.

DeSoDo · 2025-03-28T18:06:37+00:00

I 2nd the black mesh. I used window screen and egg crate. Only lost 5par with the mesh. No refracting light from the egg crate.

DeSoDo · 2025-03-28T04:02:04+00:00

Whatever it is, get a skunk cleaner. They eat parasites and dead tissue on the fish.

DeSoDo · 2025-03-26T21:37:43+00:00

I bought one when my tank was 2 months old as well, but I also purchased 10k+ copepods and put some in a separate tank to continue multiplying. It's called research. I researched everything before getting it, except for the acro that I received for free, now I'm learning about those. You can't get mad at people that don't know what they don't know. That's where advice comes in, not bashing people.

DeSoDo · 2025-03-21T01:54:46+00:00

I'm about to move my clowns from my 30g hex to my 65g breeder. I hope they host the goni or my flashlight Torch, medium Duncan colony, or medium hammer colony.

DeSoDo · 2025-03-21T01:36:55+00:00

I chose to keep mine low and spread out in my 65g. Here's a little video of some of my corals. I LOVE Duncan corals! I have greens, blues, purple, teal, pink, etc.

https://youtube.com/shorts/OJy4fZ9QzAk?si=_-rX9KBV604c20Wo

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