Coral may be dying need help

[nport19]

So I have had this torch coral since I start my tank which is a year now and it seemed to be doing great. I came home today a looked at my tank like I always do an noticed something was up with him. He has brown stuff coming out of the center on his mouths and he's a small. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Salinity is 59 which is Aron's what I usually keep it at and temp is high 80s.

 

[nport19]

Also if anyone could ID that black thing next to my coral that would be great as well.

 

[sk8elenex92]

What do you mean salinity is 59? Also sounds like it might have brown jelly disease. The black thing might be a sponge.

 

[SeaMonkeys]

The black thing does look like a sponge. Also why do you keep the temp in the high 80s that is really high.

 

[RafaelsReef]

+1 on brown jelly disease. If you have some lugols iodine I'll suggest a dip right away. As is a fast spreading disease

 

[nport19]

Thanks for the help. I have a salinity reader in one of my filters that gives me a digital reading and 59 was what it was reading. As for the temp my tank usually stays around that temp because of the lights. I have my heater set to 79 I think. Any other ways I can take care of the brown jelly of i don't have anything to take care of it right away.

 

[RafaelsReef]

How about kent marine tech?

 

[RafaelsReef]

If it's possible remove the infected corql to a QT, it can quickly spread to your other lps.

 

[sk8elenex92]

The salinity of 59 does not sound right. Are you using a refractormeter. I usually go for 35ppt or 1.025.

 

[nport19]

I have Kent marine iodide and this is my only tank right now so the coral will have to stay in there. Also it's glued to the rock so I'm not sure how easy it will be to remove that coral.

 

[nport19]

I'm not using a refractormeter. I was told with whatever is in the filter that's all I would need to read salt levels.

 

[nport19]

Also I don't add any supplements other then what's in my salt I use when I do water changes so I don't know if that is effecting anything.

 

[twilliard]

Isn't it zooxanthellae expulsion he is describing?

 

[sk8elenex92]

Can you post picture of the filter you a referring to.

 

[nport19]

Here's the filter pic

 

[twilliard]

OP Here is the thing that will always get a nano in trouble.
things in a nano can change in a heartbeat.
if you have the right equipment you may slow such drastic changes by catching issues in time.

 

[sk8elenex92]

Hmm.. I never seen that thing before, but found the manual and no where does it show anything about salinity..

http://www.fluval-g.com/pdf/Fluval-G-Series-Manual-EN.pdf

 

[sk8elenex92]

Weird.. looks like on pg 26 they refer to it as conductivity... according to them it should be between 52-55

 

[reefbeard]

Thanks for the help. I have a salinity reader in one of my filters that gives me a digital reading and 59 was what it was reading. As for the temp my tank usually stays around that temp because of the lights. I have my heater set to 79 I think. Any other ways I can take care of the brown jelly of i don't have anything to take care of it right away.

It is probably measuring conductivity (ms). 59 ms/cm would give you a specific gravity of 1.029 or 39ppt which is a bit high. I would aim for 52ms/cm or between 34-35ppt. Purchase a refractometer so you know what you're dealing with.

 

[nport19]

What does OP mean? As for the comments on the filter thanks for looking up the manual for that thing. Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't conductivity the same thing as salinity? I try to keep it around 52-55 as they recommend but my corals seem to like it on the higher end for whatever reasion.