brown jelly coral desease

[adamthe55galreefer]

I have a large torch and when I got home I found some brown jelly on him but only a small amount this is not he first time I have got brown jelly I have a long T plate coral [healofungia] as well and he got small but recurring brown jelly two I usually get a seringa [needle suck thingy without the needled] and blast him with it then suck the residue out of the tank how do I stop this problem from happening to future torches, plates ect.
Water
Nitrate 0
Nitrite 0
Ammonia 0
Ph 8.2
Calcium 420
Phosphate 0

Other corals
Elegance, dendrophyla, purple mushrooms, plate and torch

refugium, protein skimmer, 55gal tank, chillier and power head

Live rock 25kg
Sand 20 kg

Invertebrates
1 starfish
2 sea cucumbers
Fish
4 cardinal
2 clown
1 horned blenny [best algae remover ever]
Tank is two months old

[cutietwo]

*bump*

[fihsboy]

Are you sure its not just the dead tissue dying and seperating from the skeleton? Pics would help out a lot too.

[wharyat]

Welcome to TRT!!


I've had problems in the past with BJD, but it was only on new specimens that were not entirely healthy. I never had a problem with spreading to other LPS in the tank.

I've found long tentacle plates to be extremely susceptible to the infestation, I attribute it to how delicate they are. Be very careful when transporting the coral home, any where the tissue is lacerated is a potential infection point. Iodine dips can help slow or stop the spread in certain cases. If your colony is branching, just break off the affected heads. Make sure to quarantine any new specimens to make sure they adjust and become less stressed (a week or so) before final placement in the display tank.

[adamthe55galreefer]

thanks but last night i added a bit of iodine and it seemed to like that alot today is is big and bushy again

[adamthe55galreefer]

iodine seems to work well no sign of infection

[adamthe55galreefer]

thanks for your help everyone

[wharyat]

Good to hear the coral is doing well. My thoughts is that it probably wasn't BJD, it's usually much less responsive to treatment.

Any pics?

[adamthe55galreefer]

i will try tonight

[ckusnierek]

If it is BJD, Furan2 dips will take care of it.

[adamthe55galreefer]

sorry but i dont have a good enough camera but im getting on maby next post

[adamthe55galreefer]

on / one

[Loverotties]

Glad doing better.