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ostrow · 12/06/2017, 09:33 AM

So the history here is long. See:
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...method+of+kill

I ended up bleaching the system, acid etching the rock, and starting over.

A sample sent to an RC contact in Guam put it under a microscope and identified as cladophoropsis with "good luck" as the essential message. Even with the bleaching, etc.

Apparently some survived. At first sign, I started trying Fluconazole as per:
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2607958

I'm in there.

I tried first at the "standard" dose and it seemed to clear up the small patch after three weeks. Came back in about 3 weeks. So tried again with aggressive GFO. Sort of helped I thought. Came back. Doubled dose. Even tripled. But with skimmer off things went kind of south.

Water change, carbon heavy, skim heavy, regroup.

Now, did another double-dose Fluconazole with aggressive GFO. But a twist. My 50gal saltwater make-up bin I also dosed with double-dose Fluconazole. Doing 10-20 gal water changes (250 gal system) weekly to export waste and keep dose steady.

Algae continued to spread. Fast.

THEN added the "dirty water" dose of Vibrant. I have had this going two weeks now. 80% of the cladophoropsis has turned brown. A couple patches have remained green but they are small. Many are just gone. Fish picking at it as it turns as far as I can tell.

Skimming is set to dry, mostly to just remove most waste. Water change regimen with fluc continues.

No pics here yet but will put some soon. Mostly want to chronicle.

And.... has anyone else tried this?

12/06/2017, 09:33 AM	#1
ostrow It's Dr. Goodluck Himself Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Oak Park, IL Posts: 11,654	Fluconazole AND Vibrant for Cladophoropsis (nasty turf/gha type algae) So the history here is long. See: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...method+of+kill I ended up bleaching the system, acid etching the rock, and starting over. A sample sent to an RC contact in Guam put it under a microscope and identified as cladophoropsis with "good luck" as the essential message. Even with the bleaching, etc. Apparently some survived. At first sign, I started trying Fluconazole as per: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2607958 I'm in there. I tried first at the "standard" dose and it seemed to clear up the small patch after three weeks. Came back in about 3 weeks. So tried again with aggressive GFO. Sort of helped I thought. Came back. Doubled dose. Even tripled. But with skimmer off things went kind of south. Water change, carbon heavy, skim heavy, regroup. Now, did another double-dose Fluconazole with aggressive GFO. But a twist. My 50gal saltwater make-up bin I also dosed with double-dose Fluconazole. Doing 10-20 gal water changes (250 gal system) weekly to export waste and keep dose steady. Algae continued to spread. Fast. THEN added the "dirty water" dose of Vibrant. I have had this going two weeks now. 80% of the cladophoropsis has turned brown. A couple patches have remained green but they are small. Many are just gone. Fish picking at it as it turns as far as I can tell. Skimming is set to dry, mostly to just remove most waste. Water change regimen with fluc continues. No pics here yet but will put some soon. Mostly want to chronicle. And.... has anyone else tried this? __________________ It's the return of Dr. Goodluck Himself. fml! Current Tank Info: 156G "brick", 150 sump and 75 fuge replaces Fire, Destruction, Sad :(