Brown Jelly Disease

[chemaholic]

I bought a hulk torch at the frag swap that died recently. At the time I assumed it was stung by something but then another coral in the tank started getting the same brown goo on it and slowly began to fall apart. I am planning to try to save as much of it as I can when I get home today since it is a branching monti and I can try fragging off the infected part. I noticed this morning one of the heads on a duncan was mostly bare skeleton with the same goo on it. I will be fragging and dipping it when I get home too.

Is there any way to protect the other corals in the tank from this crap? We have been pulling out coral that we identify as infected and dipping them and rinsing them and replacing them. So far none have been cured. I need to know if there is anything we can do to protect corals in the tank from getting diseased since it looks unlikely that they will survive if they get this stuff.

So far I am thinking of doing a massive water change for starters. I am also considering dipping every single coral I have. I think I have a couple of spare UV sterilizers I could hook up off of a spare pump to do more water sterilization. I could try to cobble together a hospital tank maybe so I do not have to put the ones we dip back in the tank I suppose. Beyond this I have no idea what more I can do.

I would greatly appreciate any help or advice you all might offer. Losing the one coral was bad enough but now that it seems to be spreading I am worried about them all getting sick.

 

[hzheng33]

Try iodine dip and it may help a little. If you see a vendor who sells almost exclusively euphyllia, you can bet that most of them are wild and likely not yet adapted to home aquarium environment. That’s why I always advocate for home raised euphyllia as much as possible. I had 80% of my euphyllia wiped out by brown jelly 4-5 years ago and have since learned my lesson

 

[chemaholic]

Try iodine dip and it may help a little. If you see a vendor who sells almost exclusively euphyllia, you can bet that most of them are wild and likely not yet adapted to home aquarium environment. That’s why I always advocate for home raised euphyllia as much as possible. I had 80% of my euphyllia wiped out by brown jelly 4-5 years ago and have since learned my lesson

Yeah we have been using a solution of iodine a bit stronger than what I normally use when I frag. So far only the torch and the monti has been impacted. I examined the duncan under magnification and it looks like it is okay at least so far. Thank you for the information.

Wow I did not realize euphyllia were often wild caught. I need to start looking for people who aquaculture their euphyllia. They are some of my most favorite corals and I have a list of them that I really want, but I honestly prefer aquacultured corals anyway. Well I have a new question to ask now when I go to the next coral show. Thank you very much for sharing this information with me.

 

[enderg60]

Here is the latest treatment for euphillia

The KFC Dip - A game changer in keeping healthy Euphyllia

Version: 1.1 (Updated 8/20/22) Please check this link for the latest version as the version included in the med kit but be outdated: https://kungfucorals.com/blogs/news/the-kfc-dip-a-game-changer-in-keeping-healthy-euphyllia PRE-WASH and POST WASH:!! Make sure to pre-wash corals before going...

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[chemaholic]

Here is the latest treatment for euphillia

The KFC Dip - A game changer in keeping healthy Euphyllia

Version: 1.1 (Updated 8/20/22) Please check this link for the latest version as the version included in the med kit but be outdated: https://kungfucorals.com/blogs/news/the-kfc-dip-a-game-changer-in-keeping-healthy-euphyllia PRE-WASH and POST WASH:!! Make sure to pre-wash corals before going...

kungfucorals.com

Thank you so much! I will save this and study it. More tools for the tool belt.

Do you think this would be okay for dipping all the corals I buy instead of using a standard dipping product?

 

[enderg60]

I have not actually tried the KFC dip yet. I do coral rx, then bayer, then iodine, then peroxide if needed on all incoming corals. Id probably replace the iodine dip with the KFC for euphyllia since its an antibiotic dip.

Im going to give it a try in a few months when I move my corals from QT to the new tank.

 

[chemaholic]

Cool. I currently only do the Coral Rx. I will be switching to KFC though after this incident.

 

[chemaholic]

I assume for non-euphyllia corals I would avoid the KFC dip or maybe eliminate the antibiotics? I use Coral RX right now but I would like to do more than that for all new corals. Which Bayer product do you use after the Coral Rx and what is the dosage and dipping time? I already use iodine when I frag, so I have that readily available.

 

[Sanddollar]

It’s believed that this may be caused by a certain bacteria that’s introduced and causes the jelly. While dips may help it’s still in the water and may come back. I had a similar issue, found this article, ordered the cipro below and dosed it. I haven’t had a problem since but I also dose it again when I get new corals in the display, which is rather rare since they all hit my qt first. Hope that helps!

Experimenting with in-tank antibiotic treatments for Brown Jelly Disease

Brown Jelly Disease (BJD) is an issue many reefers have run into. Like most coral diseases, the pathogen causing BJD has not been conclusively determined. Here I will share some observations and test results supporting the idea that its caused by...

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[chemaholic]

It’s believed that this may be caused by a certain bacteria that’s introduced and causes the jelly. While dips may help it’s still in the water and may come back. I had a similar issue, found this article, ordered the cipro below and dosed it. I haven’t had a problem since but I also dose it again when I get new corals in the display, which is rather rare since they all hit my qt first. Hope that helps!

Experimenting with in-tank antibiotic treatments for Brown Jelly Disease

Brown Jelly Disease (BJD) is an issue many reefers have run into. Like most coral diseases, the pathogen causing BJD has not been conclusively determined. Here I will share some observations and test results supporting the idea that its caused by...

www.reef2reef.com

MIDLAND VET SERVICES Aqua-Cipro Forte Ciprofloxacin Fish Antibiotic, 30 count - Chewy.com

Buy Midland Vet Services Aqua-Cipro Forte Ciprofloxacin Fish Antibiotic, 30 count at Chewy.com. FREE shipping and the BEST customer service!

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It absolutely does thank you! I have some cipro on the way for the KFC dip so I can use it for this tank treatment too when it comes in. I want to stamp that mess out hard and fast.