Byropsis.... GGEERRRRR

FishyFishy! · #1 12-09-2011, 05:15 PM

I have been battling Byropsis on a few of my favorite pieces of rock for about a year now. Kent M works for a bit, but never destroy's it all, and it always comes back.

Since I'm just keeping the rocks live for my new build, I'm wondering what's the best way to get rid of it completely? I've heard putting it in the freezer could work. But I want to make sure. I'm worried that I'll do something, think it's gone and then have an outbreak in my new tank.

I would hate to cook the rock because it is so beautiful and full of coraline. Any suggestions?

shootingstar · #2 12-09-2011, 05:33 PM

A Peroxide dip would work quite well.

With rock submerged and in a bucket ( I have done it with old water from a water change on the tank) pour the peroxide in very slow a little bit at a time until you see air bubbles start to form on the algae.

Let is sit for five min. Remove the rock (swish around and pull off the lose tufts of algae as best as you can) and swish in another bucket of old tank water (might as well use it for something before it goes down the drain) and then put the rock back in the tank or your rock storage bin wherever it came from.

Works very well!

Aquaria · #3 12-09-2011, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

I have been battling Byropsis on a few of my favorite pieces of rock for about a year now. Kent M works for a bit, but never destroy's it all, and it always comes back.

Since I'm just keeping the rocks live for my new build, I'm wondering what's the best way to get rid of it completely? I've heard putting it in the freezer could work. But I want to make sure. I'm worried that I'll do something, think it's gone and then have an outbreak in my new tank.

I would hate to cook the rock because it is so beautiful and full of coraline. Any suggestions?

I'm having the same problem so I got long spine urchins, started vodka In the hopes of achieving ULNS an once I have accomplished that I'll be using tech M to polish off the rest hope it works cuz dam is bryopsis crappy GL with your battle I'll be following along in the hopes of someone having an idea I missed

Delphinus · #4 12-09-2011, 05:45 PM

Take boiling water and a syringe and shoot it at the stands of bryopsis (yep, right in the tank). You'd be amazed how well this works. If it's truly bryopsis nothing will eat it and it would take a miracle of low nutrients to starve it out in your lifetime (well, maybe not that extreme, but it will feel like it).

Just be careful not to miss and hit your corals or other livestock. Maybe take a finger and chase out all the copepods and whatnot that live inside it. Otherwise you'll see a whole cloud of cooked copepods drift out after you blast it with the boiling water. Do a small patch at a time and wait a day and do the next batch. It will take a day or two for it to dissolve away. If it's really stubborn you might need a couple applications.

ScubaSteve · #5 12-09-2011, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

Take boiling water and a syringe and shoot it at the stands of bryopsis (yep, right in the tank). You'd be amazed how well this works. If it's truly bryopsis nothing will eat it and it would take a miracle of low nutrients to starve it out in your lifetime (well, maybe not that extreme, but it will feel like it).

Just be careful not to miss and hit your corals or other livestock. Maybe take a finger and chase out all the copepods and whatnot that live inside it. Otherwise you'll see a whole cloud of cooked copepods drift out after you blast it with the boiling water. Do a small patch at a time and wait a day and do the next batch. It will take a day or two for it to dissolve away. If it's really stubborn you might need a couple applications.

That actually works?

FishyFishy! · #6 12-09-2011, 08:42 PM

I might try the peroxide dip. Has anyone else used this method?

I don't have anything but snails, crabs, and lots of pods in the tank currently. So i'm not worried about cooking anything with the boiling water. Its just tough to see the stands, it seems like they are anchored everywhere. I have one rock coated in the stuff in a 4" X 8" patch thats thick as crap. It really took off when I stopped dosing Kent M.

Aquaria · #7 12-09-2011, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

I might try the peroxide dip. Has anyone else used this method?

I don't have anything but snails, crabs, and lots of pods in the tank currently. So i'm not worried about cooking anything with the boiling water. Its just tough to see the stands, it seems like they are anchored everywhere. I have one rock coated in the stuff in a 4" X 8" patch thats thick as crap. It really took off when I stopped dosing Kent M.

I was told at that for Kent m to be effective that u must actually spray the bryopsis with it not just dose

FishyFishy! · #8 12-15-2011, 12:04 AM

If I remove the light from the tank (theres nothing in there anyways) would it still live? Or would that just bring it back the second there is light on it again?

ScubaSteve · #9 12-15-2011, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

Take boiling water and a syringe and shoot it at the stands of bryopsis (yep, right in the tank). You'd be amazed how well this works. If it's truly bryopsis nothing will eat it and it would take a miracle of low nutrients to starve it out in your lifetime (well, maybe not that extreme, but it will feel like it).

Just be careful not to miss and hit your corals or other livestock. Maybe take a finger and chase out all the copepods and whatnot that live inside it. Otherwise you'll see a whole cloud of cooked copepods drift out after you blast it with the boiling water. Do a small patch at a time and wait a day and do the next batch. It will take a day or two for it to dissolve away. If it's really stubborn you might need a couple applications.

Dude, that friggin' worked! Tony, maybe you're not as crazy as I thought you were

BigAl07 · #10 12-15-2011, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

If I remove the light from the tank (theres nothing in there anyways) would it still live? Or would that just bring it back the second there is light on it again?

You have to remember this crap has survived ICE ages, Fire and everything else so I can assure you lights out wont eradicate it. You'd have to go completely dark (not even room light) then you have to figure how to kill any spores it's let loss in your system. It will need some drastic measures for sure.