Torch coral dying

[Harris4g63]

Today noticed one head on my torch recessed and has loose flesh around it can this be brown jelly disease if so what do I do to prevent the other heads from dying
Parameters
CA 450
Mg 1380
No3 15-20
Alk 9.3
Po3 0
Ph 8.33
Salinity 1.027
Temp 78.1

 

[Nalini Akolekar]

I’m battling the same thing. I think it is BJD, but I’m no expert.

 

[Harris4g63]

I’m battling the same thing. I think it is BJD, but I’m no expert.

Does this mean that all 15 heads are going to get it as well

 

[Nalini Akolekar]

If it is BJD it does spread.

 

[Harris4g63]

Well as painful as this was for me to do, I decided to remove the head with the hopes of saving the rest of the corals in the tank [emoji22][emoji17]only time will tell now fingers crossed

 

[Harris4g63]

Well day two another head just melted away I cut it off as soon as I saw it

 

[Harris4g63]

This head is alot larger so I'm going to try to save it I'll dip in peroxide and water solution then followed up with iodine bath for 3 minutes this will be all I can try to do

 

[Harris4g63]

Here's an update from yesterday after doing a peroxide dip and iodine the stuff came right back at this point might just have to throw the head out

 

[SDK]

Ugh. So sorry to see this. I hope you can get past it soon

 

[Harris4g63]

Well just another update so far two heads are completely gone now I notice a third head has a small amount growing on the side and it so I'm just going to remove it as well hopefully this is the last of it

 

[vetteguy53081]

Dip in hydrogen peroxide or Witch Hazel for a few minutes then dip in RO water before returning to tank

 

[Harris4g63]

Dip in hydrogen peroxide or Witch Hazel for a few minutes then dip in RO water before returning to tank

Do I dilute the peroxide?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Yes, do a 50/50
Some hobbyists go straight but makes me nervous

 

[Reef2Land]

What am I looking at? lol If I had a guess I'd say something nearby is stinging the hell out of it. Cause BJD usually moves a lot quicker.

 

[Harris4g63]

What am I looking at? lol If I had a guess I'd say something nearby is stinging the hell out of it. Cause BJD usually moves a lot quicker.

Look at the second set of pictures on the 1st page this brown jelly demolished a large head within hours. Also they are not next to any other corals to get stung

 

[Harris4g63]

Yes, do a 50/50
Some hobbyists go straight but makes me nervous

OK I try this if it shows back up I had to remove a 3rd head today hopefully that is the last

 

[Reef2Land]

Look at the second set of pictures on the 1st page this brown jelly demolished a large head within hours. Also they are not next to any other corals to get stung

I see at least 2-3 corals nearby with sweepers that could sting it. That's me though lol In my experience BJD would have taken them all out much quicker. I could be wrong but that's just my guess. I've seen euphyllia sting the crap out of each other. A lot of people will say it can't happy, but irritation is irritation. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the current of the tank is hitting the side that's dying first.

 

[Harris4g63]

I see at least 2-3 corals nearby with sweepers that could sting it. That's me though lol In my experience BJD would have taken them all out much quicker. I could be wrong but that's just my guess. I've seen euphyllia sting the crap out of each other. A lot of people will say it can't happy, but irritation is irritation. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the current of the tank is hitting the side that's dying first.

Yea I totally understand what you mean it is strange because it started with the top 2 corals which were by themselves. Here is a better picture to see placement overall I just recently moved my candy cane corals to the top after the outbreak

 

[Reef2Land]

Don't know. I look at the direction of the current. It oddly looks like the sweepers from these corals at night are blowing right into the areas that are having problems. Might just be the world's largest coincidence though lol Once corals get to a certain size they will start wiping out whatever is around them. Doesn't matter what it is.

 

[Harris4g63]

Don't know. I look at the direction of the current. It oddly looks like the sweepers from these corals at night are blowing right into the areas that are having problems. Might just be the world's largest coincidence though lol Once corals get to a certain size they will start wiping out whatever is around them. Doesn't matter what it is.

Yea I see what you are staying however that first photo with the arrow is a torch that I just recently glued there after removing it from the main colony and I just sat the candy cane up there temporarily while I pulled the main colony out to remove some of the heads but I can see how it looks like they were stinging each other. On the other hand so far no more brown jelly on the other heads yet fingers crossed