Torch coral dying

[new2salt3]

HELP! Last night one of the heads started to die, then we woke up this am and the one next to it is dying. Is this normal? If one starts to die, do they all die? Is it the oooze that kills them? Please help!

 

[cherylann]

Need pic's, could be anything from Brown Jelly infection, to bad water parameters to preditors. You know the routine, need more information.

 

[new2salt3]

Ok, here are some pics of it.. we think we didn't get to it fast enough as we have a clown that was bothering it.... we got a bubble tip but we don't think we did it quick enough. Our water is fine.... it does that that oooze brown stuff coming out of it... what do you think?

 

[cherylann]

Looks like a bacterial infection, could have come with it if its new and stress of acculamation let it take hold, the clown fish could have irritated enough to cause it, though that is ususally not the case. Euphylla: elegance corals, frog spawn and torch corals are more likely to develop bacterial infections, I do not know the reason why, maybe some one else can provide that answer. I would remove it from the tank. That just my opinion

 

[kpatrick]

I had a similar situation and removed the two dying heads using my Dremel. I then soaked the other two heads in Revive coral cleaner. Two weeks later the other two heads are doing great. Not sure if removing the dying heads was the solution or if soaking them helped but either way it saved the coral. Not sure if your situation is the same but its worth a try at this point.