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Sadly, as the result of some crazy alkalinity swings over a 5 day period when I improperly calibrated my dosing pumps, I had an outbreak of brown jelly disease ("BJD") that ended up killing four out of seven of my Euphyllia (2 torches, a frogspawn and a hammer). The BJD started on a torch and spread to the other torch - this happened about 4-5 days after I got the alkalinity stabilized. I tried my best to get the torches out once I knew it was BJD but I was probably too slow... and about 7 days after I removed the torches, my hammer coral, on the other side of the tank from the torches, succumbed to BJD as well. Finally, about 3 weeks later, one of my frogspawn that was in the vicinity of the hammer but touching, came down with BJD. It has now been 32 days since the last case of BJD on the frogspawn and my remaining Euphyllia are all doing well...
My questions are:
Salinity: 1.025
Temp. 78.5 to 78.8 Fahrenheit
Alk: 8.1
Calcium: 410
Mag: 1350
Nitrate: 3-5
Phos: 0.12
Thanks in advance for any help and please let me know if you need any more information about my tank.
My questions are:
- Am I going to always be at risk for BJD to attack my Euphyllia even if my parameters are all stable and within the acceptable ranges?
- Hypothetically let us say that all of my Euphyllia end up perishing as a result of BJD - would I need to wait to add Euphyllia again? If so, how long?
- Do I need to be concerned with BJD spreading to other corals? I have zoas, acans, favia, monti's, etc.
Salinity: 1.025
Temp. 78.5 to 78.8 Fahrenheit
Alk: 8.1
Calcium: 410
Mag: 1350
Nitrate: 3-5
Phos: 0.12
Thanks in advance for any help and please let me know if you need any more information about my tank.