Help- coral dieing

[Rocktron1]

Hi Guys
See below pics - not sure what coral it is but its flesh is dieing over night and turned to brown mush that sucked right off . The flat coral above the poly

I have dosed the following this week before this happened - iodide, magnesium, reef carbonate, reef complete , and added some phyto plankton and zoo plankton

Alkinity 9.8
Calcium 540
Salinity 1.025
Nittrite 0
Ammonia 0

Is it brown jelly disease?

I also seem to be having what appears to be a bacteria out real on surface of water which I think is from overdosing seachem phyto and zoo plankton possibly? It's a brown film on surface on water column

Mushrooms don't look like they normally do either- appear more "stalky"

 

[blaxsun]

It could be BJD, yes (sorry, I can't identify the type of coral).

 

[Uncle99]

Stung by the coral just to the left?
All else looks fine to me.

 

[Rocktron1]

I don't think it's been stung. It's been hard against the green coral for 18months as I bought it like that
Hope it's not bjd

 

[Rocktron1]

Hopefully video is easier to identify

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hi Guys
See below pics - not sure what coral it is but its flesh is dieing over night and turned to brown mush that sucked right off . The flat coral above the poly

I have dosed the following this week before this happened - iodide, magnesium, reef carbonate, reef complete , and added some phyto plankton and zoo plankton

Alkinity 9.8
Calcium 540
Salinity 1.025
Nittrite 0
Ammonia 0

Is it brown jelly disease?

I also seem to be having what appears to be a bacteria out real on surface of water which I think is from overdosing seachem phyto and zoo plankton possibly? It's a brown film on surface on water column

Mushrooms don't look like they normally do either- appear more "stalky"

Im looking for something bad and tank actually looks good. I see your Calcium is very high and may be due to addition of magnesium, reef carbonate, reef complete all at once. I have large mixed reef and would better have a reason to dose all of these simultaneously.
You mentioned nitrate which is often in an Api kit which is unreliable. What is your phosphate and nitrate level?

 

[Llyod276]

As an accomplished murderer of many aquatic species, your corals look fine. If it's a problem to you, try to break that rock up and separate the corals. Maybe isolate the one you think is dying.

You see these palys in pic 1, they are losing a battle against the mushrooms and gsp (satan spawn) is going to kill them both.

The zoas in pic 2 the little tiny ones are losing againt both mushrooms and the anemone.

An of course here is a pic (3) of the latest kill, the green birdsnest who developed some kind of rtn.

 

[Rocktron1]

Im looking for something bad and tank actually looks good. I see your Calcium is very high and may be due to addition of magnesium, reef carbonate, reef complete all at once. I have large mixed reef and would better have a reason to dose all of these simultaneously.
You mentioned nitrate which is often in an Api kit which is unreliable. What is your phosphate and nitrate level?

Hi mate my pO4 test kit is salifert. No3 aquarium systems seatest, and I use Hanna testers for calcium and alkinity.

Will test po4 and no3 now and report back shortly (sorry was asleep when you replied as I'm in Australia )

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hi mate my pO4 test kit is salifert. No3 aquarium systems seatest, and I use Hanna testers for calcium and alkinity.

Will test po4 and no3 now and report back shortly (sorry was asleep when you replied as I'm in Australia )

i wouldnt mind coming out by you and help you with the testing

 

[Rocktron1]

i wouldnt mind coming out by you and help you with the testing

Haha always welcome. I'm off up north of western Australia next week for 2 week holiday to Ningaloo reef in Exmouth. 2 weeks of snorkeling on what I think is the world's best coral reef is going to be hard.

NO3 results = approx 2mg/l
PO4 = 0.02

Only other thing I haven't checked is my cheap RO unit is old so filters probably stuffed. Have ordered a new 4 stage RODI so hopefully that creates more stability

 

[vetteguy53081]

Haha always welcome. I'm off up north of western Australia next week for 2 week holiday to Ningaloo reef in Exmouth. 2 weeks of snorkeling on what I think is the world's best coral reef is going to be hard.

NO3 results = approx 2mg/l
PO4 = 0.02

Only other thing I haven't checked is my cheap RO unit is old so filters probably stuffed. Have ordered a new 4 stage RODI so hopefully that creates more stability

Silica, and metals can escape if cartridges are expired not to mention the strain placed on membrane. have you checked the TDS on the output of unit at all?

 

[CoastalTownLayabout]

Tank still looking good mate! Have you always dosed those products at same intervals and quantities?

 

[Rocktron1]

No I don't have a TDs tester unfortunately. But the unit is 18months old so no doubt the cartridges are expired/used
Hopefully the new unit arrives next few days

 

[Rocktron1]

Tank still looking good mate! Have you always dosed those products at same intervals and quantities?

Hey mate yeah I usually put a capful (5ml) of reef complete (calcium) and the food supplements in once a week, and carbonate only every 2 weeks or so as alkinity usually pretty stable. The reef carbonate seems to be an issue if I don't mix with water 1st but this week I threw a afew of these products in together for the first time mixed with approx 2L of RO water

Calcium is normally 450-480 range, but I think I put a few too many in this week as I also put a small amount of purple up which is also calcium based

 

[CoastalTownLayabout]

Might be related, pretty hard to isolate especially when everything else looks nice, clean and healthy. How’d you go with the heatwave recently? I’m on the other side to you but we had a few scorchers here last week. Pushed temps up in my little box a bit.

 

[Rocktron1]

No worries with the heat. Waterbox 25 is in front room ,I just leave the ceiling fan on on hot days. Sits around 27c sometimes creaps into 28's and then I'll turn AC unit on

Thanks for replies guys good to know everything looking alright except that one coral . Still got no idea what type of coral it is other than its from Karratha