Wall hammer melting? (1 Viewer)

[Jhwku]

Noticed the day after my last water change. My water supplier changed salt mixes. Did test and my alk was at 7 and calcium at 360. Just started to dose two part to slowly bring levels back up. Also noticed some of my acans and other hammers not doing so great. What other steps would be necessary to rescue this hammer and prevent further damage?

 

[Gators27606]

The two green open hammers part of the bad hammer? If so you will need to frag the good parts and trash the bad.

 

[Jhwku]

Yes it is 1 wall. I have no way of cutting the wall hammers

 

[BigRick]

Brown jelly disease.

 

[Bakapuma]

Remove it from your system and give it a Lugols dip. You may still be able to save it.

 

[BigRick]

It willl spread to other euphilliya

 

[Jhwku]

Lugols dip.

 

[Jhwku]

I have coralrx will this help? I will have to get some iodine.

 

[Jhwku]

Help! I'm losing more hammers daily. What could be causing this? My alk is 10 and calcium around 420 This piece was doing amazing until yesterday. I've dipped in Lugols and coral rx. Also dosed Lugols to tank. Please advise!

 

[tektite]

Brown jelly disease is contagious between LPS corals, especially euphyllia. Iodine based dips don't really do much for BJD unfortunately. Keep any affected corals away from other LPS.

 

[madehtsobi]

I love hammers but never understand how they just melt like that... I have this one now and it shrunk into the skeleton for a good 3 days now and before that it was fully out. And it's just now coming out again... The other hammers didn't show any difference while this one shrunk. Very wrird

 

[Jhwku]

All my hammers have been put into their own corners and are still getting it. Should I remove them completely? Is there no hope of them recovering? $$$$$ down the drain.

 

[tektite]

On their own, almost zero chance of recovery with brown jelly. Best treatment is with antibiotics, but even that is very experimental. There is some info out there on that treatment, but I don't remember specifics at the moment.

 

[tektite]

What other LPS do you have?

 

[Jhwku]

Frogspawns. Octospawn. Duncan's. Wall hammer. Few branching hammer. Half dozen acan frags. Softies zoas mushrooms a few Sps birdnest.

 

[BigRick]

Damg bro told ya a week ago, brown jelly. I'd be interested in the cipro dip just done on the anemone by reefaholic

 

[tektite]

I would too, I've been wondering about cipro's efficacy against brown jelly for some time now. I have extra if you want to give treatment a shot. Just lmk.

 

[Jhwku]

What is cipro? Rick, I only had that 1 wall hammer and I dipped it multiple times, its getting out of hand at the moment though. Actually removed the worse piece even though it still had a head left. All the reading I could find on brown jelly said throw it in High Flow, but that seems to speed up this deterioration.

 

[tektite]

High flow usually just spreads BJD faster in the aquarium. Cipro is an antibiotic, might work as a treatment. You want to give it a shot?

 

[Jhwku]

I could use some help? Not really sure how I would go about extended coral dips/quarantines. Would you recommend taking all euphyllia out and dipping even though they show no signs?