You are purchasing 10 capsules, enough bryopsis / green hair algae killer to treat at minimum dosing level 100 US gallons or 86.26 gallons.
Maximum dosing level is 50 US gallons or 43.13 gallons 10 Reef HD branded capsules supplied.
Full instructions provided.
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Q: Will this treatment kill Bryopsis and Green Hair Algae?
A: YES. it will kill Bryopsis. There have been a couple of strains that seems to take longer to kill but if you have Bryopsis, it will kill it. It also kills most forms of Green Hair Algae although GHA takes longer to kill for some reason. Some tanks do require a second treatment after 14 days and the maximum dosage may need to used. This doesn't mean it hasn't worked it means that the original dosage wasn't strong enough to kill off the particular strain of bryopsis or green hair algae you have.
Q: Will this treatment kill anything else in my system?
A: No this treatment has not killed anything other than the bryopsis and GHA. Everything else remains unaffected.
Q: Do I do a water change before treatment?
A: Yes. It would be a good idea as the treatment is for 14 days and its normal to expect an increase in No3.
Q: How do I prepare the treatment?
A: Pour the contents out into a glass of tank water. The amount of water doesn't matter, but make it enough to be able to mix the treatment up. Pour some water in and out of the capsule to rinse it all into the glass. The treatment isn't very soluble, but mix it up best you can. Preferably dose at night when fish are asleep. Then pour the entire dose into the Display Tank, or sump return pump area.
Q: How long is the treatment?
A: Maybe up to 21 days, if you still have GHA present in the tank, longer treatments have been run without any problems so if you want to continue your treatment past the 3 weeks it will be fine.
Q: Do I remove my carbon?
A: Yes.
Q: Do I remove my skimmer cup?
A: Yes. Its suggested for at least the first few days if not the entire treatment, to remove your cup. If you remove your cup you may continue to run the skimmer, or turn the skimmer down as to not allow the skimmate to enter the cup. You do not want to remove the treatment by continued protein skimming. Some people have turned off their protein skimmer altogether for the first 3 days of treatment to stop the treatment being removed.
Q: Do I take my ATS (Algae Turf Scrubber) or algae bed filter offline?
A: Yes. Completely sanitize it, and reintroduce it after all the bryopsis is 100% gone.
Q: Do I take my bio reactor offline?
A: No.
Q: Do I take my GFO (Granular Ferric Oxide) phosphate controller offline?
A: No GFO will not remove the Reef Flux. It will also help to remove the PO4 from dying algae.
Q: Do I continue to dose H2O2 (Hydrogen Peroxide) ?
A: Yes. It will not interact with this treatment
Q: Do I continue to dose trace elements, Alkalinity, calcium, and magnesium etc?
A: Yes.
Q: Should I change or reduce my lighting?
A: No.
Q: If I take my carbon reactor, or any other equipment off line/out of the tank, do I just put them back into the system after treatment?
A: No. Do not reintroduce the algae. It would be best to sterilize any equipment and throw away old media for reactors and replace with new.
Q: Is it OK to take out my chaeto, or other algae's then put back after treatment?
A: No. this may reintroduce the algae.
Q:Should I stop using Seachem Purigen during treatment?
A:Yes.
Q: Do I take my UV Sterilizer offline?
A: No. At first it was thought that the UV would break down the treatment but further testing has shown that it doesn't seem to effect the treatment enough to remove it.
Q: Do I do a Water Change during treatment?
A: No. Unless it cannot be avoided and a WC only needs to be done to save aquarium life. If you do preform a water change the the medication will need to be re-dosed and treatment time restarted again.
Q: Will the treatment kill my chaetomorpha or other beneficial macro's?
A: Some users have reported some macro algae loss during the treatment but most have not. We are not seeing any wide spread death in macros so it's more of a judgement call on your part.
Q: What other nuisance algae's will be killed by this treatment?
A: It kills the green algae Derbesia also known as GHA. It seems that GHA takes longer to kill than the bryopsis but it still dies. This treatment can be used up to 9 mg per litre for really bad infestations. It does not appear to kill Bubble algae.
Q: When do I do a WC?
A: At the end of the full 14 day treatment. After treatment has completed you will go back to your normal running system. Do a Water Change as your No3/Po4 levels may be high from a lot of dead algae. At this time you can assess if a second dose will be required to kill off any algae that has managed to survive the initial treatment.
PLEASE NOTE THAT AT PRESENT WE ARE SHIPPING THE BRANDED CAPSULES IN CAPPED TEST TUBES TO ENABLE US TO SHIP IN PADDED ENVELOPES TO ENSURE THAT THE ITEM WILL FIT THROUGH YOUR LETTERBOX AND NOT BE LEFT OUTSIDE