Does anybody knows what is this??
- Thread starter Alfredomeinhardt
- Start date
- Tagged users None
Miami Reef
10K Club Member
Brown jelly disease. Little information available about what causes them. Best treatment is cipro antibiotics, and stability in parameters.
Dkmoo
Valuable Member
Could just be cyano. Does it look like a film covering coral tissue that you can blow off easily? Or is that brown stuff part of the tissue?
IME BJD starts at the base of a coral, not in the middle of a tissue.
The coral could have been injured by something so now the cyano is growing wound.
IME BJD starts at the base of a coral, not in the middle of a tissue.
The coral could have been injured by something so now the cyano is growing wound.
Miami Reef
10K Club Member
These are photos of brown jelly disease:
Do you see cyano in other places in the tank?
Do you see cyano in other places in the tank?
OP
OP
Alfredomeinhardt
Community Member
Can I pull it out or dip it??
Miami Reef
10K Club Member
I personally don’t have much luck with treating this. All my LPS corals that had it succumbed to it.
I never tried the cipro antibiotic, but a bacterial analyzer tested it with very positive results. Give me a second.
Miami Reef
10K Club Member
Experimenting with in-tank antibiotic treatments for Brown Jelly Disease
Brown Jelly Disease (BJD) is an issue many reefers have run into. Like most coral diseases, the pathogen causing BJD has not been conclusively determined. Here I will share some observations and test results supporting the idea that its caused by a bacterial pathogen, and so may be treatable...
www.reef2reef.com
