SPS jelly help

Oscar Bravo · Apr 7, 2018

I notice a few weeks ago some type of jelly on the base of my acro and it was eating it. I blew it off and luckily it came back. Now I notice it again on a small acro in the center second pic, I blew it off again and there is a dead spot now. Picture is not very good. But what is this jelly thing that is attaching to my acros? How do I get it out of my tank? I think it all started when my frog spown and torch got brown jelly.

Sashaka · Apr 7, 2018

I'm no expert. Ask #reefsquad. They might know.

In the meantime, I wouldn't blow it off. I think that might spread whatever it is around and make it even harder to get rid of the bug. I would pull the coral and dip it if possible instead. You want to kill the bug rather then blow it onto a new home.

Crabs McJones · Apr 7, 2018

Are you sure the brown jelly like stuff is causing the spot on the acro? Or is the acro suffering tissue necrosis and the brown jelly is a result of that?

Sabellafella · Apr 7, 2018

Oscar Bravo said:
I notice a few weeks ago some type of jelly on the base of my acro and it was eating it. I blew it off and luckily it came back. Now I notice it again on a small acro in the center second pic, I blew it off again and there is a dead spot now. Picture is not very good. But what is this jelly thing that is attaching to my acros? How do I get it out of my tank? I think it all started when my frog spown and torch got brown jelly.

I'm pretty sure this is a pest. If it looks like white mucus (sorta like a piece of frozen food). Suck it out with a turkey baster and check it out under a mag glass. I think the pest creates a film over healthy tissue.

Oscar Bravo · Apr 7, 2018

yes its some type of white jelly film over the coral. I just blew it off hope it comes back like my other. But I am afraid that its jumping around. I will try to such it out next time see what it is. The first pic is from the acro that first got it. Its now back to normal.

Lasse · Apr 8, 2018

Eggs from acropora eating worms (AEW) ?

Sincerely Lasse

Graffiti Spot · Apr 8, 2018

Spa don't get brown jelly disease. We need better pics to even guess at what it is.

Oscar Bravo · Apr 8, 2018

YEah if I see it again I will repost.

Bacon505 · Apr 8, 2018

Its probably result from tissue necrosis. I just recently had a whole colony of the abrohoensis trn and it has the brown jelly like film from the dead tissue.

Oscar Bravo · Apr 9, 2018

But it can come back if you take it off.

Oscar Bravo · Apr 10, 2018

I think I just found what caused it. It looked like it was a acro crab. I don’t know what it was doing to it but there was again jelly and the crab was almost on top of it. It looked like eggs on the acro. I was unable to catch the crab.