Euphyllia Crisis!

[Sharkbait19]

Hi!
A few weeks ago I did a major rescape of my tank, which caused a terrible ammonia spike. All my euphyllia began to shrink down and die, and I did two large water changes to counteract the parameter shift. Everything has been stable since, and one of my frogspawns fully recovered. However, my Aussie torch and octospawn continue to become worse, and since countless water changes aren’t helping, I am beginning to believe there is some sort of bacterial infection. In the past few days, things have gone from bad to worse, especially for the torch. Additionally, a new indo torch was added, which is 100% fine, which confirms to me that there is some sort of infection, rather than a reaction to parameters. I should note that the two euphyllia in question were never moved at all during the rescape. Does anyone have a similar experience, and what should be done to save them? The octospawn has one head and the torch is two heads, splitting into four. Would an iodine dip be wise, or could that cause further problems? The Aussie torch is one of my first and favorite corals, and I’d hate to lose it...
Thanks in advance!

 

[Sharkbait19]

Some photos pre water change, just for reference. Note that previously, the torch’s flesh completely covered the skeleton.

 

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[srobertb]

It sounds like you identified the issue and fixed it. That doesn’t mean everything will survive . I have a second small tank and it has worked to move things over to it for a while. I don’t know why it works since the parameters aren’t as good and the light isn’t as strong but it’s my last ditch effort and it’s worked a couple times. The coral heals and I put it back in the DT. Can you setup a second tank with fresh seawater, a light, do big water changes, and see if that helps?

alternatively stay the course and maybe they will bounce back.

You are bold for putting in an Indo torch in a tank in the middle of an LOS crisis.

 

[Sharkbait19]

You are bold for putting in an Indo torch in a tank in the middle of an LOS crisis.

Adding the indo was part of the rescape, and I only noticed the issues after adding it.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Today is a waterchange day for my tank. Should I run carbon afterwards, and see where that goes?
Also, the other frogspawn began to recover after I moved it. Should I try the same with the other two?

 

[PeterC99]

I’m a big believer in moving euphyllia when they are not happy. Also if one of the heads is not doing well, I remove that head and split the remaining heads in half and then reposition the euphyllia in different parts of the aquarium.

Here’s a pic of a recent euphyllia that had one head bail. Did exactly what I described above and now doing much better.

 

[Sharkbait19]

I’m a big believer in moving euphyllia when they are not happy. Also if one of the heads is not doing well, I remove that head and split the remaining heads in half and then reposition the euphyllia in different parts of the aquarium.

Here’s a pic of a recent euphyllia that had one head bail. Did exactly what I described above and now doing much better.

It seems as though both heads on my torch are doing poorly. I’ll try moving it, though, and see what that does.

 

[Sharkbait19]

As far as an iodine dip goes, would that be wise to do, or could that make matters worse?

 

[PeterC99]

As far as an iodine dip goes, would that be wise to do, or could that make matters worse?

Probably already stressed. My recommendation is to move but not dip. Don’t want to add any additional stress.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Just another bit of information, I did have a wall hammer that quickly got BJD way back in January. I decided to remove it before it was even 100% dead, because I wasn’t taking any risks. Is it possible that the bacteria has been in the water column, and is only now causing problems?? Would it act this slow, seeing that the euphyllia have been like this for almost three weeks?

 

[Sharkbait19]

Here’s a pic of it splitting a few months ago, showing how the base ran all the way down the skeleton.

 

[Sharkbait19]

During the water change, the flesh between the two heads bubbles up, like so:

Thoughts?

 

[Sharkbait19]

I moved everything around. Looking at the situation, it seems as though the frog has a chance of recovery, but the torch seems to be done for. I suppose that time will tell.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Update to this thread: the torch got BJD, and it is currently in Quarantine being treated. You can follow that thread here:

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