The dreaded BJD?

[OrchidMiss]

Ugh, hi guys.
I think I'm dealing with the horrible brown jelly...
Can you guys confirm this?
I was actually reading about this earlier today in someone else's thread, and thought that's what is going on here...
I know there are MANY mixes opinions on treating this. What's your best opinion of how to treat this properly and prevent it from spreading?

In this same system, I currently have 2 other torches, 2 frogspawn, and 2 hammers that look perfectly healthy and don't want to risk them.

 

[Ajayabb]

Sure looks like what I was dealing with on my Torch Coral. In my case my I pulled it from the tank and treated the tank with Cipro to prevent damage to my other corals

 

[vetteguy53081]

Take a 3/8" tube and siphon up the jelly like substance and then give it a quick dip in Peroxide

 

[OrchidMiss]

Take a 3/8" tube and siphon up the jelly like substance and then give it a quick dip in Peroxide

Pure peroxide? Or a ratio to tank water?

 

[Lavey29]

I went through this several months back. Lost 5 torches, duncan and a hammer very fast. Dips did not work. What solved my issue was 3 things. First get your water parameters perfect with correct amounts of nitrates and phosphate. Second I ran chemiclean treatment for 48 hours then water change. Third, I added big bag of carbon to my sump. The BJD went away completely from my remaining corals. If you have ciprofloaxin that works better then chemiclean treatment for the tank.

 

[Cell]

Not so sure on the BJD. Could also be some cyano or algae of some sort growing on the exposed skeleton where the coral flesh receded.

 

[Lavey29]

Not so sure on the BJD. Could also be some cyano or algae of some sort growing on the exposed skeleton where the coral flesh receded.

This is true unless she sees some oozing jelly at the top which was clearly visible in the heads of my dying corals.

 

[Ajayabb]

The timeline in which BJD develops is much quicker than Cyanobacteria IME. BJD tends to progress rapidly over hours to days whereas Cyano tends to develop over days to weeks.

 

[Cell]

If that's my torch, I'm doing an H202 dip and monitoring closely.

 

[OrchidMiss]

The timeline in which BJD develops is much quicker than Cyanobacteria IME. BJD tends to progress rapidly over hours to days whereas Cyano tends to develop over days to weeks.

If that's my torch, I'm doing an H202 dip and monitoring closely.

Thanks guys!! definitely makes me lean toward cyano.
I just did the H2O2 dip and checking parameters currently.
I do also have chemiclean on hand if needed.
I'll share my levels shortly.

 

[happyhourzhao]

Hope you have success beating this! Lost a few hammer/goni corals. I was advised to take it out of the tank immediately(turning off pumps/wavemaker so its not blowing it around infecting the others) and give it a dip, and siphon the BJD as much as possible. I was able to save some but not all....sometimes this hobby just takes a crashing turn for the worst but there is always hope!

 

[OrchidMiss]

Hope you have success beating this! Lost a few hammer/goni corals. I was advised to take it out of the tank immediately(turning off pumps/wavemaker so its not blowing it around infecting the others) and give it a dip, and siphon the BJD as much as possible. I was able to save some but not all....sometimes this hobby just takes a crashing turn for the worst but there is always hope!

Thanks for the encouragement!!
I sure hope I caught this early enough!
These are some of my newest additions, some I got as a STEAL in live sales and would not be able to afford to replace them any time soon!
The toxic splatter hammer i snagged for $40 and the atomic green torch was a freebie I won!

 

[OrchidMiss]

Not so sure on the BJD. Could also be some cyano or algae of some sort growing on the exposed skeleton where the coral flesh receded.

The timeline in which BJD develops is much quicker than Cyanobacteria IME. BJD tends to progress rapidly over hours to days whereas Cyano tends to develop over days to weeks.

This is why I test twice...
In the process of getting a better phosphate test kit. But this is what I have right now.

 

[stephj03]

There's a big vendor that said in an interview they swore by slightly elevated Alk for torches to avoid problems but I forget who. I think it was posted on reef builders.

I would try to find some Cipro but might be hard to get it quick enough to use.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Pure peroxide? Or a ratio to tank water?

Pure- its mainly water

 

[Cell]

I would never dip any of my coral in straight 3% H202.

 

[Ajayabb]

Orchidmiss. I have an entire bottle of Cipro if you need a tablet or 2 Just PM me. I’m down the road in Moorestown. The dosing instructions were posted here somewhere