Brown Jelly Diease

[1979fishgeek]

I am very upset, I bought a golden wall Hammer and a few days later noticed Brown Jelly on the tissue where the wall had been cut. Not going to blame seller as he's sent me some truely superb specimens I only mention it because it was the first coral to show symptoms. Despite iodine dips and sucking of diseased tissue it died within days. Then my beautiful bubble coral dies literally within 3 days gone. Then I lost 9 headed torch, this all happened in a month. I thought it had burnt itself out but this morning I came down to a head of frogspawm melted to nothing.

With every infected coral I dipped twice a day and removed from my DS.

What do I do now? It's a Protozoa infection that must be now in the water column I have loads of hammer, frogspawn, bubble and even a hybrid hamspawn.... I can't loose any more.

I had been running ozone up until Xmas day when it destroyed my protein skimmer tubing and removed till safer equipment could be sourced. But clearly had no effect when the diease got started?

Would UV steriliser help?

Is there a reef safe/filter safe protoza medication?

Water parameters have been very stable.

Salinity 1,025
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate between 0.3 and 0.5
Phosphates undetectable
KH/Alk 8.6/3.09
Calc 440
PH 8.08
Mag 1200
Temp 26C

Use a calcium reactor for stability in my mixed reef, have bio pellet reactor, GFO and carbon reactor, Cheato, refug, ATO.

Please help.

 

[twilliard]

Ever thought to dose metronidazole?

 

[1979fishgeek]

I am in the U.K. where all the good stuff is usually band. Not sure I can get hold of it? But if I can would it effect anything else in the tank as well?

Wondered if installing a 72w UV would kill it?

 

[1979fishgeek]

Hmmmm if metronidazole is a antibiotic I will not be able to get hold of it without robbing a pharmacy. We don't get given antibiotics unless we are close to death these days...NHS national help (yourself) service.

My vet would require I bring in my 900l tank for a checkup and would not even treat a coral.

 

[twilliard]

Oh man sorry I did not see where you are located.