Leather coral toxic?

[cweimer1]

Will cutting a leather coral inside reef tank make hammer a coral brown jelly? Asking cause after I cut the leather inside I noticed the hammer next day brown jellied a few heads on a colony. Thanks!

 

[Tahoe61]

Any correlation would be speculative at best. Running some charcoal may be of assistance.
BJD can spread quickly.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/treating-brown-jelly-disease-successfully.909433/