Is this rapid tissue loss?

[Redbird5]

This morning I looked at my aquarium and noticed that my orange hammer coral looked like this. It was completely fine yesterday. I suspect rapid tissue loss. Whenever my lfs opens I'll get some coral rx. The second picture is from yesterday evening. I'm concerned about my other hammers and coral. If it's rtl what can I do to save it and my other coral?

 

[GHOSTLY]

Some better photos would be helpful but that looks like polyp bailout. You can hope it recovers but its hard to reverse

 

[Redbird5]

Some better photos would be helpful but that looks like polyp bailout. You can hope it recovers but its hard to reverse

Should I try coral rx? Should I dip my other coral, specifically the other hammer?

 

[Marine Betta]

This morning I looked at my aquarium and noticed that my orange hammer coral looked like this. It was completely fine yesterday. I suspect rapid tissue loss. Whenever my lfs opens I'll get some coral rx. The second picture is from yesterday evening. I'm concerned about my other hammers and coral. If it's rtl what can I do to save it and my other coral?

Can you post a clearer picture of all of the euphyllia? If it’s polyp bailout, you would likely see the polyp somewhere in the tank unless it got sucked up. With euphyllia, I always suspect a bacterial infection (possibly brown jelly disease). Are the heads disintegrating or turning into brown/grey sludge? If so, it’s BJD, and you will want to immediately remove the affected coral from the tank. I would dip all euphyllia in an iodine dip. I use Lugol’s.

 

[Redbird5]

Can you post a clearer picture of all of the euphyllia? If it’s polyp bailout, you would likely see the polyp somewhere in the tank unless it got sucked up. With euphyllia, I always suspect a bacterial infection (possibly brown jelly disease). Are the heads disintegrating or turning into brown/grey sludge? If so, it’s BJD, and you will want to immediately remove the affected coral from the tank. I would dip all euphyllia in an iodine dip. I use Lugol’s.

There was no brown jelly on it. The polyps were drifting away from the skeleton. My phosphates were 1.4 on Friday. My kh was 9. calc was 380.

 

[Marine Betta]

Can you post a clearer picture of all of the euphyllia? If it’s polyp bailout, you would likely see the polyp somewhere in the tank unless it got sucked up. With euphyllia, I always suspect a bacterial infection (possibly brown jelly disease). Are the heads disintegrating or turning into brown/grey sludge? If so, it’s BJD, and you will want to immediately remove the affected coral from the tank. I would dip all euphyllia in an iodine dip. I use Lugol’s.

There was no brown jelly on it. The polyps were drifting away from the skeleton. My phosphates were 1.4 on Friday. My kh was 9. calc was 380.

That’s good. I still prefer iodine for initial dips, and I save Coral RX for removing pests, but I have used it as a secondary dip if the coral didn’t bounce back after using iodine. How much flow and light is it getting? What about nitrates and magnesium? Phosphates at 1.4 ppm is pretty high. I would currently suspect that as the culprit.

 

[Redbird5]

That’s good. I still prefer iodine for initial dips, and I save Coral RX for removing pests, but I have used it as a secondary dip if the coral didn’t bounce back after using iodine. How much flow and light is it getting? What about nitrates and magnesium? Phosphates at 1.4 ppm is pretty high. I would currently suspect that as the culprit.

I'm working on lowering the phosphates level. I've reduced the food I'm feeding the tank by half. I'm also using phosphates pads.

 

[Redbird5]

That’s good. I still prefer iodine for initial dips, and I save Coral RX for removing pests, but I have used it as a secondary dip if the coral didn’t bounce back after using iodine. How much flow and light is it getting? What about nitrates and magnesium? Phosphates at 1.4 ppm is pretty high. I would currently suspect that as the culprit.

Is more of a bacterial infection. If it's polyp detaching what can I do?

 

[Marine Betta]

That’s good. I still prefer iodine for initial dips, and I save Coral RX for removing pests, but I have used it as a secondary dip if the coral didn’t bounce back after using iodine. How much flow and light is it getting? What about nitrates and magnesium? Phosphates at 1.4 ppm is pretty high. I would currently suspect that as the culprit.

Is more of a bacterial infection. If it's polyp detaching what can I do?

There’s not much you can do unfortunately. It’s hard to stop once it starts. I would still dip as there is still a possibility of it stopping the detachment and preventing the infection from spreading. Place the coral in a low flow area or separate coral qt/hospital/frag tank. As for the detatched polyp, there is a very low chance that it will reform a skeleton, but it is possible.

 

[Redbird5]

There’s not much you can do unfortunately. It’s hard to stop once it starts. I would still dip as there is still a possibility of it stopping the detachment and preventing the infection from spreading. Place the coral in a low flow area or separate coral qt/hospital/frag tank. As for the detatched polyp, there is a very low chance that it will reform a skeleton, but it is possible.

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