Philaster guamense detected on SPS. Should I worry?

[Planarium]

I got an acro frag from a friends tank that was struggling (STN) hoping to recover it. eventually I dipped it in revive and saw dozens of small black organisms coming off. After microscopy examination, I ID'd it as Philaster guamense based on morphology and having microalgae (zooxanthellae) in the cell.
I'm seeing mixed opinions online about Philaster spp. infections.
Are products like Fauna Marin RTN STN X ,Triton RTN-X and Prime Coral Prevent RTN worth investing in? or will this parasite only affect sick/weak colonies?

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Bumping your post for you!!

 

[sculpin01]

Philaster only consumes dead tissue. The real culprit is a bacterial infection, usually with Arcobacter or similar.

Ciliate and bacterial communities associated with White Syndrome and Brown Band Disease in reef-building corals

White Syndrome (WS) and Brown Band Disease (BrB) are important causes of reef coral mortality for which causal agents have not been definitively identified. Here we use culture-independent molecular techniques (DGGE and clone libraries) to characterize ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[Planarium]

Thanks for the reference!!

 

[Graffiti Spot]

No worries if there is no corals dying or peeling

 

[k2-]

Absolutely I have had great success with h2o2 dip , it’s gong to shock the coral so be aware if it’s only small then apply locally to stop bacterial growth. I have had 50% survival rate.

 

[k2-]

Also please check iodine levels usually elevating it helps