Does my torch have brown jelly?

[Tay Kendall]

Posting a picture to see what you all think. This is my purple torch that I do love but I have much higher end torches in my aquarium so I'm super concerned. Please help!

 

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Posting a picture to see what you all think. This is my purple torch that I do love but I have much higher end torches in my aquarium so I'm super concerned. Please help!

That head definitely looks compromised and could turn into a jelly outbreak. Might be worth a dip or frag and remove the affected head(s)

 

[Tay Kendall]

That head definitely looks compromised and could turn into a jelly outbreak. Might be worth a dip or frag and remove the affected head(s)

Thanks for such a quick reply! Should I dip it with coral rx or a mix of peroxide and salt water? I work at a salt water shop so another thought I had was to bring a dremel after work tomorrow, cut off what isn't happy then dip the good part.. but ugh idk

 

[KrisReef]

The dip/treatment for Bjd is Cipro, peroxide is for whitening your teeth.

Google KFC coral dip (Ku Fu Corals)

The picture has an issue between the zoa’s and the torch? Both look unhappy like they are fighting. I don’t see brown jelly on the lps, but as was mentioned before keep an eye on both of those corals and treat the torch with cipro if it gets covered over with necrotic tissue. Might want to treat the hole tank because it is a contagious infection, not just dipping IF the torch gets worse.

Oh, and I would separate those two and see if that helps solve the battle?

 

[JoJosReef]

Like Kris said, looks like something is irritating the torch (and zoas), but I don't see the nasty necrotic tissue you usually see with BJD. It is believed to be a bacterial infection, possibly caused by Arcobacter found throughout the tank, which is highly susceptible to ciprofloxacin, even at very low doses, so recommendation for treatment is whole tank treatment for 6 days. Google cipro tank treatment for bjd and top hit should be the thread with instructions. KFC dip would be effective on a diseased LPS, but best done before introducing the coral into the tank or for urgent treatment before whole tank treatment. Hope that helps!

 

[Tay Kendall]

The dip/treatment for Bjd is Cipro, peroxide is for whitening your teeth.

Google KFC coral dip (Ku Fu Corals)

The picture has an issue between the zoa’s and the torch? Both look unhappy like they are fighting. I don’t see brown jelly on the lps, but as was mentioned before keep an eye on both of those corals and treat the torch with cipro if it gets covered over with necrotic tissue. Might want to treat the hole tank because it is a contagious infection, not just dipping IF the torch gets worse.

Oh, and I would separate those two and see if that helps solve the bat

The dip/treatment for Bjd is Cipro, peroxide is for whitening your teeth.

Google KFC coral dip (Ku Fu Corals)

The picture has an issue between the zoa’s and the torch? Both look unhappy like they are fighting. I don’t see brown jelly on the lps, but as was mentioned before keep an eye on both of those corals and treat the torch with cipro if it gets covered over with necrotic tissue. Might want to treat the hole tank because it is a contagious infection, not just dipping IF the torch gets worse.

Oh, and I would separate those two and see if that helps solve the battle?

Thanks for the reply, I just put the torch there for a second to take the picture. The torch has a place above where it has plenty of room and doesn't touch anything.

Also I pulled the torch out last night to cut it but it didn't smell like rot so now I'm confused on if I should leave it alone and let it do its thing or not. But ill look into that dip if it gets worse!

 

[Tay Kendall]

Like Kris said, looks like something is irritating the torch (and zoas), but I don't see the nasty necrotic tissue you usually see with BJD. It is believed to be a bacterial infection, possibly caused by Arcobacter found throughout the tank, which is highly susceptible to ciprofloxacin, even at very low doses, so recommendation for treatment is whole tank treatment for 6 days. Google cipro tank treatment for bjd and top hit should be the thread with instructions. KFC dip would be effective on a diseased LPS, but best done before introducing the coral into the tank or for urgent treatment before whole tank treatment. Hope that helps!

The zoas look upset because I had just put the torch there to take a picture and I had also moved the zoas. Everything in my tank is doing really good except my torch. :/ but thanks for all the advice.

And I did notice that the torch doesn't seem to have brown jelly like you said, I pulled out the torch to smell it last night and it didn't have an odor. So im thinking it's something else. I'll look into that treatment! Thanks again!

 

[KrisReef]

Good, I think we’re all seeing the same thing.

I would encourage everyone who has lps to stock up on Cipro before they need it. The BJD can appear over night and it only takes a day or two to wipe out a head. It is known to be contagious and once it is present it can move around and take out a lot of lps in very short order. Treatments are very good at stopping the spread of infection and preventing losses. Waiting for the Cipro to come in the mail has the potential to allow the disease to wipe out the tank before the meds arrive.

Lots of people are against widespread use of the drug because of the potential for immune strains to develop with over use. If you do treat with Cipro be cautious to remove the drug with carbon before dumping water. Send the carbon to a landfill, etc.

My 2 cents, I think the coral will pull through on its own.

 

[zoomonster]

Don't see any BJD but it's in distress and BJD is likely.

After screwing around with peroxide, iodine, CoralRX etc. and losing ($$$) some hammers, torches and frogs I bought a bottle of "fish" Cipro and have not had a problem since. KFC is among some good treatments but for IMO those pieces already in decline and of course out of tank. For my 200 I mix 2x 500mg cipro into a 100ml of RO water and dose 10ml a night for 10 days with carbon out and skimmer off at night. New pieces get usual dip treatment with iodine, CoralRX and a cipro soak. I have never noticed any negative effect on the system or its inhabitants.

A lot of people are against the use of antibiotics but if you have Euphyllia you better have cipro on hand. It's the only proven solution for BJD. Right now, I have 31 healthy and thriving pieces. Keep in mind many shops don't want to lose stuff before they sell and run cipro continuously in Euphyllia systems which IMO is a bad thing. Some have speculated that's why a lot of Euphyllia perishes when it goes into your tank.

 

[Lavey29]

I agree with the above posters and have used cipro effectively in the past for LPS coral problems in my tank.

 

[Tcook]

The background is blurry but it that a warcoral behind it to the right (not the plating coral on the left)? They can put out long mesenteric filaments. What fish do you have in the tank? Any chance one is picking at it? I also see no current evidence of bjd.