Brown jelly disease ?

[Carson b]

Just picked this green wall hammer up from my lfs and noticed a small part of its skeleton exposed.

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

Yes does it get to much flow, the tentacles get flown all around and hit each other? Very common for it to set in in 2-3 weeks after picking one up

 

[Carson b]

Yes does it get to much flow, the tentacles get flown all around and hit each other? Very common for it to set in in 2-3 weeks after picking one up

It is in a fairly low flow area of the tank. I just picked it up a few hours ago and did not notice it at the lfs but all of the tentacles are moving from the flow.

 

[Carson b]

here is a better pic

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

How about light

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

Looks like it’s on the sand try to just move it up a little bit they don’t like super high light but they like a little more then on the sand in my experience

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

Also have you dipped it and what’s your water prams and tank info

 

[Carson b]

I have dipped it
Cal:460ppm
Alk:7.3dkh
Phosphate:.05ppm
Nitrate:.2ppm

 

[Carson b]

Also have you dipped it and what’s your water prams and tank info

 

[TripleDogDareYah]

I think it's fine. It is a wall hammer. That area is where it was fragged from the rest of the colony. Pretty normal looking to me. Keep in mind that wall hammers are more difficult to keep than other euphyllia. They do have a poor track record in general of survival.

 

[Carson b]

I think it's fine. It is a wall hammer. That area is where it was fragged from the rest of the colony. Pretty normal looking to me. Keep in mind that wall hammers are more difficult to keep than other euphyllia. They do have a poor track record in general of survival.

It appears that it was cut from the opposite side and the area where the skeleton is exposed looks to have a small amount of of brown stuff on it.

 

[samnaz]

what dip did you use?

hard to tell if it's just shriveled up a bit temporarily due to stress of moving/etc. a pic with the whites turned up a bit might help to diagnose. if something is wrong you wanna catch it asap. I've had a Euphyllia go from alive to dead in a day.

 

[TripleDogDareYah]

Brown jelly is more of a symptom than the actual culprit. An infection starts liquidizing the flesh which manifests as brown jelly like material... Probably bacterial in nature I imagine. Could try an antibiotic dip?

 

[Carson b]

what dip did you use?

hard to tell if it's just shriveled up a bit temporarily due to stress of moving/etc. a pic with the whites turned up a bit might help to diagnose. if something is wrong you wanna catch it asap. I've had a Euphyllia go from alive to dead in a day.

I used revive dip here is a pic with the whites on.

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

Your phosphate is a bit high

 

[Shep]

So I can't see any brown slime looking gunk on the skeleton, is there any?

 

[Carson b]

So I can't see any brown slime looking gunk on the skeleton, is there any?

Yes I examined the coral this night when it closed up and saw a tiny bit of brown slime I used a Turkey basted to blow on it and the slime came off but exposed a small amount of the corals skeleton.

 

[Shep]

Then there is a high probability that it BJD, do you have a QT tank you could move it to?

 

[Carson b]

Then there is a high probability that it BJD, do you have a QT tank you could move it to?

No I am thinking of asking my lfs if they would take it back because I haven't even had the coral for a day.

 

[Billdogg]

I think it's fine. It is a wall hammer. That area is where it was fragged from the rest of the colony. Pretty normal looking to me. Keep in mind that wall hammers are more difficult to keep than other euphyllia. They do have a poor track record in general of survival.

^^^This^^^

If you can take it back, I probably would. I've yet to have a wall hammer survive long term due to the inevitable tearing of it's flesh when it's fragged.