White spots on clove polyp

[chemicals]

Hi,

today I noticed some white spots on my clove polyp. It kinda looks like zoa pox. Does anyone have experience with this?

thanks

 

[Zach B]

They almost look like they are a part of the coral. Is anything nipping at it possibly? Also bump because I am curious now as well :) Best of luck!

 

[sfin52]

I believe like palys they can pick up grains of sand.

 

[Zach B]

I believe like palys they can pick up grains of sand.

My thoughts as well :)

 

[chemicals]

Thanks for the replies! It’s not that clear in the picture but it look like some kind of fungus infection. They are small bumps, kinda like how ich looks on fish. I did a iodine dip yesterday, but so far it looks the same. I will do another iodine dip tomorrow and if it wont help I might try a nitrofurazone treatment (furan 2). I’ll post some updates incase someone encounters the same problem in the future. I’ll also try to make some better pictures tomorrow.

 

[chemicals]

In this picture you can see it a little better. I can scratch it off/open with my nail but feels like thats gonna do more harm then good.

 

[MaxTremors]

Could be something similar to zoa pox.

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[chemicals]

Yeah could be something similar but luckily my zoas don’t seem to be affected (yet ). I ordered a bottle of nitrofurazone since Furan 2 is not available anymore. I got a 250 mL 0.2% solution, should be fine for corals aswell. Only contains water, PEG 300/1500 and nitrofurazone (0.2%). Will start treating it with that when I won’t see any improvements after todays iodine dip.

 

[whitasm]

Yeah could be something similar but luckily my zoas don’t seem to be affected (yet ). I ordered a bottle of nitrofurazone since Furan 2 is not available anymore. I got a 250 mL 0.2% solution, should be fine for corals aswell. Only contains water, PEG 300/1500 and nitrofurazone (0.2%). Will start treating it with that when I won’t see any improvements after todays iodine dip.

any luck with treatment? looks like my zoas have it now..