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[Iotari]

Hey guys. Tank still up and running doing pretty well. The green stuff was bryopsis and I've been treating it back and making progress. I really need help with that red macro algea. It's slowly taking over the right side of the tank. Growing over zoa's even.

I try to manually remove it every maintenance but the roots of it are dug in so hard to the rich even a toothbrush won't get it off. Blenny won't eat it, vibrant won't kill it. Any advice much appreciated

 

[diana a]

Reef Flux or Fluconazole are an antifungal fish medication.

 

[Iotari]

Reef Flux or Fluconazole are an antifungal fish medication.

Yea the fluconazole definitely helped with the bryopsis but it's not touching this red stuff. It's invincible

 

[Iotari]

The red stuff remains invincible 1 year later. I've been told it's Gelidium and nearly impossible to equate manually.

Nonetheless I decided to rescape the tank due to other issues, namely ugly palys and GSP taking over my main structure. I ordered some Marco rock and finally pulled the trigger. Im pleased that the tank is up and running still 2 years later despite some time of neglect due to health issues.

Before: Attack of the GSP

Before: Overtaking palys

Working on the new scape


New FTS: learned my lesson and GSP will stay on this island and the ugly palys were pulled for good


New side shot: added black backing to the side that faced the window. I think it improves this angle a lot



Added a few new frags in the last couple days and parameters looking great. Phos 0.07, Nitrate 1, Alk 9.3, pH 8.4, Cal 400, Mg 1280.

The red Gelidium is still in there in tiny spots on the frags. So the war will continue. Luckily it grows slowly enough

 

[vondoom]

Beautiful tank! I really love the Caribsea Liferocks and had a lot of fun building with mine, though I wish they shipped them a bit more carefully.