brown slime on torch
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jerryatrick
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Originally Posted by mp32
http:///forum/post/2726825
Well as you can see I have some brown slime on my torch and one of the heads is gone what is it and what can I do, and can it spread to my pearl bubble and other coral?
Brown jelly disease. Take it out and remove the dead head. Cut as low as you can on the skeleton. Not sure if it will spread to the bubble coral.
Act fast or you will lose every head.
http:///forum/post/2726825
Well as you can see I have some brown slime on my torch and one of the heads is gone what is it and what can I do, and can it spread to my pearl bubble and other coral?
Brown jelly disease. Take it out and remove the dead head. Cut as low as you can on the skeleton. Not sure if it will spread to the bubble coral.
Act fast or you will lose every head.
jerryatrick
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Got a camera? Any camera would do... I had two heads that had a skeleton that went all the way down to bottom. I used a sharp knife and kind of sawed it off. I would feel a lot better guiding you if I saw exactly where you need to cut.
jerryatrick
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Perfect. Cut straight down and to the left as you get close to the rock that it is attatched to. Good news is this, it looks like the two heads are far enough apart so the disease doesn't spread.
jerryatrick
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1 more thing... cut slow. I didn't and as I got close to the bottom it snapped. I guess it wasn't a big deal.
jerryatrick
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Mine did not spread to the other head which was a lot closer than yours.
Mr. X, should the OP dip the coral in anything after it is fragged?
Mr. X, should the OP dip the coral in anything after it is fragged?
mr_x
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you could try an iodine dip like lugols. i've heard that recommendation before, but i don't know of it's effectiveness. meanwhile, i've only ever seen the brown jelly disease on torches/frogspawns/hammers. i wouldn't worry too much about the bubble. keep the remaining head in a medium to high flow area. if you see more brown jelly, vacuum it out of the tank asap. you can vacuum it right off of the head in question.
jerryatrick has been more successful at saving the remaining coral than i- all the colonies of Euphyllia i had that were effected, are now in the sump, as expensive pieces of live rock.
jerryatrick has been more successful at saving the remaining coral than i- all the colonies of Euphyllia i had that were effected, are now in the sump, as expensive pieces of live rock.
jerryatrick
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Let us know tomorrow. Make sure you placed it in an area of good flow.
jerryatrick
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Glad to hear it
