Brown Jelly Disease

[jamiegrl]

I have been reading as much as possible about brown jelly disease but there seems to be conflicting information
ok so it's bacterial in nature and will kill my coral at a very fast rate (which explains why it took an entire branch in 36 hours)
I was told to brake off the affected branch and dip the rest in Lugol's solution
Now here is where the sotry conflicts
some say that's all that needs to be done, one source said it needs to be treated with an antibiotic, and another source said there is no cure it will eventually kill the coral
what is it? does anyone know?

 

[mx#28]

There are mixed opinions out there as to whether this only affects dying/dead tissue or can bring down a healthy head of coral. In my experience, which has been consistent with some 'experts' and contradicted by others, brown jelly is not a protozoan infection that spreads and attacks, but just a clean up crew of dying tissue. I'm not the say-all expert on this, but I think there is a problem and the jelly is just a more obvious scape goat.
Still, if you only have the jelly on certain branches, you can take the "better safe than sorry" method and either siphon the jelly off or remove the coral from the main tank (so that nothing spreads) and cut off the infected branch.

 

[jaymz]

Originally Posted by MX#28
http:///forum/post/2583645
In my experience, which has been consistent with some 'experts' and contradicted by others, brown jelly is not a protozoan infection that spreads and attacks, but just a clean up crew of dying tissue.
kind of like maggots only eat the rotting flesh of an animal not the living flesh.

 

[flricordia]

Originally Posted by MX#28
http:///forum/post/2583645
There are mixed opinions out there as to whether this only affects dying/dead tissue or can bring down a healthy head of coral. In my experience, which has been consistent with some 'experts' and contradicted by others, brown jelly is not a protozoan infection that spreads and attacks, but just a clean up crew of dying tissue. I'm not the say-all expert on this, but I think there is a problem and the jelly is just a more obvious scape goat.
Still, if you only have the jelly on certain branches, you can take the "better safe than sorry" method and either siphon the jelly off or remove the coral from the main tank (so that nothing spreads) and cut off the infected branch.
I am no expert by any means, just stating my opinion, but I agree. High flow over the coral once the dead tissue is removed seems to treat the problem.

 

[nbzak]

Does anyone have a picture of what this brown jelly disease looks like? I have just noticed something on my coral and not sure what it is.....Reading like mad to try and find an answer. Thanks

 

[tizzo]

I don't have a pic, but jamie, there may be a chance that the authors of what you wrote were referring to 2 different kinds of corals.
Since corals uch as sps's are actually hundreds of thousands of animals on one skeleton, then technically, if a polyp dies, the entire animal dies...
LPS's can 5 or 6 animals on one skeleton as each polyp, again, is a seperate animal.
But corals like brains are doomed if they get brown jelly.
So on a scientific microscopic level, the "animals" that get infected will die completely.
But if you can remove that community, ie, breaking off the branch, then hopefully you will save the surrounding communities.

 

[coraljunkie]

I recently had a torch Coral that had brown jelly disease. I lost 4 of the 8 heads in a matter of 48 hours. It seemd to spread from one to the next. I took it out and cut off the infected portion and rinsed of the remaining heads in freshwater. No problems since and it is doing as good as ever.