Can BTAs get brown jelly disease?

[Reefing102]

So yea, my torch got Brown Jelly Disease earlier last week, and I was a bad reefer and didn’t get it removed. Now my otherwise healthy black widow anemone wasn’t looking great yesterday, and as of today has officially melted. All of my other corals look great. My rainbow BTA is fine, tube anemones and Curley Que anemone are fine.

Only issue was a slight salinity spike as my ATO had to be reset and wasn’t topping off (took about 2 gallons of top off to level off)

Black Widow was bought mid-February and was actively growing until deflating yesterday and melting away today.

Params are as follows:

PH: 8.33
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 30
Phos: .03
MG: 1440
CA: 430
Alk: 8.8
SG: now at 1.027 was up to 1.030.

Salifert test kits.

65 gallon tank

So unless it was super sensitive to a slight SG spike, the only other thing I can think of is BJD.

 

[blaxsun]

From what I've read (and not personally experienced), if your anemone ingests any BJD it can potentially kill it, yes. Hopefully some anemone experts can also weigh-in with any suggestions or insight.

Tip for removing BJD-infected corals: turn the pumps/flow off and use a paper towel to wrap, grab and remove the infected coral(s). This will help to minimize spread.

 

[Reefing102]

Appreciate the quick response. I wouldn’t be surprised if it got some. Like I said I foolishly didn’t remove the coral so it’s a definitely possibility