Brown jelly or necrosis? Can this be saved?

[thatone08]

Noticed one head of my hammer seemed to be closed up more then usual. It’s a small tank so I was able to rotate it to see a different angle and that’s when I saw this. Newer to the hobby haven’t had any experience with brown jelly or nerosis, but this isn’t looking good.

 

[Timfish]

Not ever good to see brown jelly. I'd use a section of airline or small diameter tubing to carefully siphon off all the necrotizing stuff then dip the colony in iodine or similar coral dip.

 

[thatone08]

After taking it out of the tank and looking at it. I played it safe and removed the head. The other 2 look good. Was worried about spread to the other hammer and octospawn.

 

[LegendaryCG]

After taking it out of the tank and looking at it. I played it safe and removed the head. The other 2 look good. Was worried about spread to the other hammer and octospawn.

Fragging off healthy tissue and iodine dip can save a colony infected with BJD.

 

[thatone08]

Fragging off healthy tissue and iodine dip can save a colony infected with BJD.

I fragged off the decaying head, removed a vemitid snail and dipped the remaining good heads in iodine. They are back in the tank. And are looking good. A little angry right now. But should be out fully again tomorrow.