my upgrade journal/journey

[smitten with ocean life]

ok got everyone off to school! thanks @ tharbin, but i think i have everything i need. i had bought stuff to keep on hand. i just need help figuring out how to do it! the tank is 180 with a huge sump. what causes bjd? does it just hit torches?

 

[kevgib67]

Jill, I've got some Cipro sitting on my shelf if you need it.

Ditto

 

[smitten with ocean life]

thanks kevin! but i bet youre just looking for an excuse to nab me for your pickle jar!

 

[kevgib67]

ok got everyone off to school! thanks @ tharbin, but i think i have everything i need. i had bought stuff to keep on hand. i just need help figuring out how to do it! the tank is 180 with a huge sump. what causes bjd? does it just hit torches?

No, it’s bacterial and will take out other lps. I will post how I dose, I’ve done it 2-3 times with no issues.

 

[smitten with ocean life]

ok. so do i try to figure in the water in the sump too? and maybe shut off the skimmer?

 

[tharbin]

ok got everyone off to school! thanks @ tharbin, but i think i have everything i need. i had bought stuff to keep on hand. i just need help figuring out how to do it! the tank is 180 with a huge sump. what causes bjd? does it just hit torches?

What Kevin said.

I usually figure volume for a display tank at 80% of quoted size and 50% for the average sump. I've measured a half dozen or so tanks I've set up and the actual display volume always comes out around 75-85% of nominal (which is always overstated because it uses outside dimension). So I would figure a 180 to be about 144 gallons and a 100 sump to be around 50 gallons although sumps can vary widely based on equipment and type.

There is an alternate method of Cipro treatment that uses less Cipro but it is used daily and is harder to calculate. I suspect that the method Kevin uses is more likely to succeed.

I've never read that they have figured out yet what causes BJD but it is bacterial and can affect most LPS corals. Euphyllia and previously classified as such (torches, bubbles, grapes, hammers frogspawn, octospawn) are especially susceptible to infection.

 

[tharbin]

Jill,

I calculated both for the dosage, although my sump is part of the main tank (AIO) and I did turn off my skimmer.

Here is a thread, with way too much info, on some of the original thought behind using Cipro for BJD. It uses the other dosing method with the idea to use just enough to knock out the BJD with minimal impact to other bacteria in the tank. I think Kevin's method is just fine and much easier.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/e...ic-treatments-for-brown-jelly-disease.782438/

 

[kevgib67]

ok. so do i try to figure in the water in the sump too? and maybe shut off the skimmer?

I took out carbon and shut off the skimmer.

 

[smitten with ocean life]

thanks guys. ill give it a try

 

[tharbin]

I took out carbon and shut off the skimmer.

I should have added that I did not have any carbon in the filtration either. I only run carbon once in a while when I feel the water is getting 'dingy'.

 

[kevgib67]

Remember Jill, the quicker you act the better the outcome.

 

[tbrown]

I calculated my old 125 + sump was 100 gallons of water almost exactly but I had a lot of rock and almost 120 pounds of sand - maybe closer to 150 pounds.

 

[smitten with ocean life]

i just drop these pills in the tank? or dissolve them first?

 

[kevgib67]

i just drop these pills in the tank? or dissolve them first?

I dissolved them first. They dissolve very quickly.

 

[smitten with ocean life]

ok. dosed.

 

[smitten with ocean life]

so when can i relax? how do i know if i got it all killed?

 

[kevgib67]

so when can i relax? how do i know if i got it all killed?

In the next couple of days you should see things turning around if you acted quick enough. If not it will prevent it from spreading to your healthy euphyllia.

 

[smitten with ocean life]

well lost the rest of the head on that torch now. its covered in brown slime. do i pull it again and clean and dip it? or will the cipro do its thing?

 

[kevgib67]

well lost the rest of the head on that torch now. its covered in brown slime. do i pull it again and clean and dip it? or will the cipro do its thing?

Suck up as much as you can with a turkey baster.

 

[smitten with ocean life]

ive got some extra pieces of live/dry rock in the garage. can i just throw them in my sump? or are you supposed to try and wash them first