Bryopsis out of control. Help!!!!!!!

[dgasmd]

Had this crap come out from one rock. Started to pluck it out by hand and over time it has spread to every place in the tank. Bought a foxface and get doesn't eat it. Bought some nudibranches and they made a tiny dint to it, but they have all either died or god knows where they are. Any suggestion?
This is on a 360 SPS tank with 4x400 radiums, 100 gal sump, ca and kalk reactor and even UV. Heavy fish population that is heavily fed.

[organicreefer]

reduce feeding -maybe even the number of fish -and increase export- add a refugium and or a better skimmer .

replenish the cleanup crew and keep pulling it.do not allow it to remain in the tank -it releases spores that will settle elswhere.it also will grow back in the same spot when you pluck it -by covering the area where it was with a frag /epoxy or rocks or whatever will keep it from regrowing there.another thing you can do is use an exacto to scrape the algea out along with a layer of rock -thereby removing the "roots"-(or stolons or holdfasts or whatever the heck it is).

ive had goods success with a combination of these techniques and eventually beat bryopsis myself.

stick with it and it will go away in time .hth

[dgasmd]

reduce feeding -maybe even the number of fish -and increase export- add a refugium and or a better skimmer .

I could reduce the feeding. I amy be able to start a 100 gal refugium in a week or so. I already ahve an aerofoamer 848 on a iwaki 100 that makes about 1 gal of dark and nasty skimmate/week. Getting fish out is not an option.

The worst part is that it is spreading so much, now it is in an area I can't get to very well. Here we go.

[organicreefer]

i predict a 100 gallon refugium will help alot -but you have to do the best you can to keep it out of the tank....the more algea you have -the more algea you will have...

good luck -hope someone else will have something else to add.

oh yeah-how much flow do you have in the tank -bryopsis is traps alot of sediment and low flow can contribute to the problem -the more flow you have the better-ime.

[dattack]

Borrow a nudibranch.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=168659

[Northman_with_reef]

You should add Kaklwasser, i had ALOT of Bryopsis in my old tank and the Kalkwasser + a better skimmer completley eliminated the problem...

You should also get as Many hermit crabs and snails as possible.
And if available a Seahare, it will eat your Algea like crazy, but it might be a potential danger to your fih if their small...
Urchins also help ALOT, but they eat Calcaerous algea and they will move anything that is not securely fastend.

Good luck!

[dgasmd]

You know, as much as I appreciate the suggestions, most of them are already done and I put it in the original post.

Borrow a nudibranch.

Orignal post:

Bought some nudibranches and they made a tiny dint to it, but they have all either died or god knows where they are.

You should add Kaklwasser, i had ALOT of Bryopsis in my old tank and the Kalkwasser + a better skimmer completley eliminated the problem.

Original post:

ca and kalk reactor

From my reply:

I already ahve an aerofoamer 848 on a iwaki 100 that makes about 1 gal of dark and nasty skimmate/week.

Thanks anyway!

[Reinhold]

Good luck with it.

You may need to get drastic with it. Temporarily adopt out your fish and corals and darken the tank until it dies. Or scrub every single piece of LR.

I'll be interested in hearing if anything works.