Euphylia suddenly dying

[Jesse Depass]

Earlier this week, a frogspawn that I have had for several months died within about 24 hours. There was a white film in was expelling as it’s flesh peeled away bit by bit. The same thing happened to two neighboring hammer colonies and a torch that I’ve had for just as long, one of them, over a year.
I tried an iodine dip, which only seemed to accelerate the dying process.

parameters:
Salinity: 34ppt
Alk: 9.1 (no recent spikes)
Cal: 425
NO3: 12
PO4: .04
Mag: 1350

After the first death I did clean my pumps, which increased the flow significantly. I did try and turn them down to match what the flow was previously. Other than that, there have been no recent changes. I do use tropic Marin salt.

It seems sort of like BJD, but there is no brown jelly of any sort. Is there anyway to save the rest of my hammers that current seem healthy, or is just a matter of time? Any help is appreciated. Thank you.

 

[Kristopher Conlin]

I had this happen to me as well. I fragged some of the healthy heads and dipped them in reef primer. After I put them in my quarantine tank. It started with one hammer and then spread to every euphyllia in my tank. I'm sorry this is happening to you

Reef builders has some research on this type of thing happening and he noticed a lot of ciliate on the tissue of the affected euphyllia. There is always so much to learn in this hobby.

 

[Jesse Depass]

I had this happen to me as well. I fragged some of the healthy heads and dipped them in reef primer. After I put them in my quarantine tank. It started with one hammer and then spread to every euphyllia in my tank. I'm sorry this is happening to you

Reef builders has some research on this type of thing happening and he noticed a lot of ciliate on the tissue of the affected euphyllia. There is always so much to learn in this hobby.

Thanks for the reply. I might give reef primer a try.

 

[Kristopher Conlin]

Thanks for the reply. I might give reef primer a try.

Hope it helps. Mine looked just like yours, otherwise completely healthy tissue sloughing off the skeleton with no brown jelly.

 

[Tabbers920]

How is it going now?

 

[Jesse Depass]

How is it going now?

I’ve lost 2 more hammers, and moved the remaining healthy ones (5 smallish frag) into a 2.5 gallon pico tank I had just set up about a month ago for my yasha goby. So far they seem ok in the new tank. I sent in an icp test as well, so hopefully I can get to the bottom of it.

 

[Shirak]

I would be doing in tank Cipro treatment. BJD isn’t always immediately obvious with big globs if brown muck especially if flow is high. No other explanation for euphyllia breaking up and disintegrating in 24 hrs if everything else is perfectly normal

 

[Jesse Depass]

I would be doing in tank Cipro treatment. BJD isn’t always immediately obvious with big globs if brown muck especially if flow is high. No other explanation for euphyllia breaking up and disintegrating in 24 hrs if everything else is perfectly normal

I’ll look into the cipro, I’ve never heard of it before. I kind of came to the same conclusion as you, I thinks it’s BJD without the jelly. Thanks for the advise.

 

[Tabbers920]

I’ve lost 2 more hammers, and moved the remaining healthy ones (5 smallish frag) into a 2.5 gallon pico tank I had just set up about a month ago for my yasha goby. So far they seem ok in the new tank. I sent in an icp test as well, so hopefully I can get to the bottom of it.

Aw I'm sorry to hear that. Keep us posted. Good luck

 

[Shirak]

Some reading
https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/exper...iotic-treatments-for-brown-jelly-disease.791/

 

[Jesse Depass]

All but one of my euphilia died. I tried the cipro which seemed to work for the one that did survive. I did an icp test which came back saying my tank was full of heavy metals, so I think that might have been the cause. I can’t find anything that could of leached so much into my tank, so I’m thinking it might have been from the Turkey tropic Marin salt. Thanks for the support and advise.

 

[Kristopher Conlin]

Wow I'm really sorry to hear that.