Euphyllia Coral Heads Dying - Help

[bryan3536]

Need some advice on what to do about something taking out my hammers and torches. I bought two large wall hammer corals from a LFS that were actually dropped while the poor guy was bagging them. One was cracked and he gave me a steep discount on both in the hopes that I could salvage some or all of it. They opened up for a few days but after about a week they died off, first one then the other. Thought it was result of the drop.

Now I’ve lost a head on two other branching torches, and one head on a branching hammer receding as of last night. When the first of the two store corals was bought it did give off a brown slime, I’m wondering if I have a euphyllia parasite in the tank and if so, what do I do??? Should I pull them out into a QT tank and treat?

 

[Crabs McJones]

Can you share some pictures with us of the effected coral? Also what lighting are they under and what are your parameters?

 

[kendavjac]

water parameters? pictures? Lights? how long has the tank been set up?

Did you dip them when you got them? Dipping them now wouldn't hurt anything.

I doubt its because its because of being dropped. keep them in the tank in a low flow area even after they are dead. I have had them come back after a couple of weeks when it looked like there was only skeleton left

 

[bryan3536]

The dropped corals are dead. I think those corals brought something into the tank that is causing other euphyllia to die. When the first of the dropped corals died, it released a brown slime. I have read there is a protozoan that attacks euphyllia and am wondering if that is it and if so, how do you treat?

My parameters are solid and I’ve had these affected corals for a year under same conditions (location, light, flow). Nothing has changed. Every other coral (including sps) thriving. It’s unique to torches.

Having trouble uploading photo will try in a bit.

 

[reef lover]

Dip and look for polyclad flatworms .

 

[Dane87]

I just had a torch die on me. Was doing great then just kind of melted. Found out the issue was my alk. Torches need very stable parameters in my experience. I’m betting if u test ur alk it either dropped or raised. I keep mine at 9 dkh but it dropped to 6 and that did it

 

[eshtog]

Brown jelly syndrome?

 

[The Big Chill]

Need some advice on what to do about something taking out my hammers and torches. I bought two large wall hammer corals from a LFS that were actually dropped while the poor guy was bagging them. One was cracked and he gave me a steep discount on both in the hopes that I could salvage some or all of it. They opened up for a few days but after about a week they died off, first one then the other. Thought it was result of the drop.

Now I’ve lost a head on two other branching torches, and one head on a branching hammer receding as of last night. When the first of the two store corals was bought it did give off a brown slime, I’m wondering if I have a euphyllia parasite in the tank and if so, what do I do??? Should I pull them out into a QT tank and treat?

Exact same problem. All of my other corals (about 30 corals in all from sps, lps and soft) are growing like weeds with no issues, parameters are good. I had 5 euphyllias, 3 torches, 1 hammer and 1 frogspawn. All started off very strong for about 4 days. 2 Torches along with the hammer started slowly receding over the next 7 days until they all ultimately died. Fast forwad 5 months......the frogspawn is still doing extremely well and 1 torch is doing very well.....very strange. So I am left with 2 very healthy euphyllias, but afraid the same fate will 1 day happen to them, but not sure exactly what happened to the others. They were in the same area of the tank so lighting and flow were the same with them all. I am glad I am not the only one going through this euphyllia mystery. My assumption is my tank may have a parasite that attacks certain euphyllia. Scared to add any new euphyllia to the tank (tried twice and they died the same way) and maybe the 2 survivors (again extremely healthy) are immune to it and don't let that parasite kill them.....or the parasite don't like those 2 particular euphyllia.....??

 

[AquaBiomics]

Sounds bacterial, here is an article describing a similar situation in my Euphyllia tank

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