Frogspawn sudden death?

jbones1001 · Feb 10, 2019

Had this wall frogspawn for about two weeks now. Out of now where yesterday just up and seems to be dying off. Was quite happy before and my torch coral as well as my hammer seem to be doing as happy as ever. Pretty sure hes done fore but just really bothered how this one guy went from happy to death so quick. Water was just checked by both myself and my goto lfs where I buy most my stock. He was fine yesterday morning as the light turned on. No signs of stress that I could visually see.

nautical_nathaniel · Feb 10, 2019

Looks like brown jelly disease :( it's sort of like a bacterial/fungal infection that can affect many different corals, but it is most know for taking out Euphyllia corals.

If there is a head of the coral that is not covered in it, you might be able to save it with a clean-cut style coral dip such as Coral RX.

jbones1001 · Feb 10, 2019

Thanks for the quick feedback. Yeah sadly that was what i was thinking too. I do have two other corals in this tank. Its a wall frog as well. I do not have a dip avail ATM however and am very concerned for my other two guys. Just wondering it i should cut my losses now and remove him but since I already suspected BJD... im wondering if its not to late? Sadly I don't really have much personal experience with BJD.

nautical_nathaniel · Feb 10, 2019

If you can't dip the coral I would at least take it out of the tank, especially if you think it is past saving with a dip

jbones1001 · Feb 10, 2019

I only cant dip BC of snow emergency tonight here local and now everything is closed. Otherwise I would go pick more up. Just unsure if its worth the risk waiting until tomorrow. :( I'm Thinking i should just pull him and cut my losses? So unsure ATM...