有许多不同种类的那讨厌的海藻t can cause problems in the reef aquarium andBryopsiscan be one of the worst, or one of the ‘best’ depending on your perspective. No fish or invertebrate herbivores will eatBryopsisso it won’t go away on its own, but there is a simple treatment that easily eradicates it from reef tanks.
Long before fluconazole was discovered as a treatment forBryopsis, old school reefers once turned to Kent Marine’s Tech-M magnesium supplement which had a unique formulation that happens to killBryopsisalgae. Brightwell Aquatics has resurrected this special magnesium supplement now namedHydrat-MGand invited us to test this new additive.
It just so happened that I had a small patch ofBryopsisdeveloping in my current reef aquarium and figured it’d be a good chance to document whether Hydrat-MG works as well as the old stuff. The 60 gallon tank consumes a fair share of Magnesium so I generally dose it with 20 ml of magnesium supplement everyday.
It only took 10 days to see a big turnaround in the health and growth of the algae, so 200 ml of the Hydrat-MG for a 70 gallon system (including 10 gallons in the sump). At the start of the treatment magnesium level was around 1,350 ppm and now 25 days later the concentration is 1,500 ppm. Four weeks after the start of the treatment and about 500ml total, I haven’t physically touched the algae yet theBryopsisis virtually gone and has stopped spreading.
If you’ve got any problems with unwanted algae get a firm ID on what kind it is first. If it turns out that you have unwantedBryopsis在你的坦克你可能当我们ll kill two birds with one stone and use Hydrat-MG as your magnesium supplement. Hydrat-MG has clearly succeeded in replicating the effectiveness of Tech-M in both increasing magnesium levelsandkilling this unwanted algae species. [Brightwell Aquatics]
