Whats up with Monti?

BoxOOcean · Oct 24, 2016

Brought this piece home from LFS and after about a week in a stable tank with some softies and fungia, the shelf coral started developing blisters. They seem to be spreading.

What am I dealing with here? Disease? Predation?

Salvageable? or Goner?

Thank you!

tcarter1936 · Oct 24, 2016

Photos would help, up close if possible

Piranhapat · Oct 24, 2016

First what's your phosphate level? Second did you dip your Monti and check for Monti Nudibranch. I would cut what ever is good and start from there.

melypr1985 · Oct 24, 2016

Welcome to R2R! I'm not sure about the monti. Let's see if the #reefsquad can help

jsker · Oct 24, 2016

I agree with @Piranhapat also what are you parameters? I have had the same issue with phosphate above .04 ppm in the past

madweazl · Oct 24, 2016

jsker said:
I agree with @Piranhapat also what are you parameters? I have had the same issue with phosphate above .04 ppm in the past

I find it highly unlikely that phosphates of .04 caused this reaction.

Is that a brown jelly on the tissue?

jsker · Oct 24, 2016

madweazl said:
I find it highly unlikely that phosphates of .04 caused this reaction.

Is that a brown jelly on the tissue?

Does on mine

stevo01 · Oct 24, 2016

Looks like an infection, ill try to find a specific disease and return. Try dipping in Lugols and QT'ing for now.

najer · Oct 24, 2016

What light is it under, how high in the tank, what flow, looks very sulky to me, not like it is about to die?

Highgrade · Oct 24, 2016

Based on my recent experience I would say MEN's.

stevo01 · Oct 24, 2016

This might be yellow blotch disease. If so QT the coral. You can try dosing the QT tank with http://brightwellaquatics.com/products/microbacter7t.php

Just dont want the disease spreading if thats what it is.

stevo01 · Oct 24, 2016

You could also opt to frag it, ditching the infected areas.

stevo01 · Oct 24, 2016

Super glueing over an infected area is also an option.

BoxOOcean · Oct 24, 2016

The brown jelly stuff is the blisters I had posted about - they look like fluid filled blisters

Sits upper part of tank - around 6.5-7 inches below water surface. under LEDs

kireek · Oct 26, 2016

This looks like Brown jelly disease to me,a problem with no easy cure.I would recommend that you dip with Lugols right away.Then move the coral into a quarantine tank.Do so carefully with all your pumps turned off! It is best to completely remove any areas of the coral that exhibit symptoms. You will want to remove the slime manually with a siphon or airline hose regularly.Do this as needed up to several times per day if possible.Regular dips once a day may help if your coral is healthy enough to withstand them.Even still you may end up losing the whole colony.This stuff spreads like crazy wild fire.If a majority of the tissue is covered,you are better off tossing the coral.

.I hope this helps.Best of luck!