Purple tip green frogspawn help???

SaltyBeagle · 01/03/2016, 12:29 PM

one of the heads of my frog spawn is dying i think but not sure. have had it about a year or so noticed 3 days ago small portion was deflated which it does sometimes but has been like that since and now looks like its tissue is melting off its skeleton. parameters are steady tanks been running almost 2years. no major changes to equipment . my t5s were changed 4 months ago or so .

Mg-1360 - red sea test kit
Ca-425- red sea test kit
Alk-9.072- hannah checker
phosphate- 32ppb - hannah checker
sg- 1.025

coral pro salt for water changes

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First two images from yesterday. the second two are from today

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thegrun · 01/03/2016, 01:14 PM

Sorry but none of your photos is showing up. It may be best to cut off the infected head before it spreads to the others.

billdogg · 01/03/2016, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by thegrun

Sorry but none of your photos is showing up. It may be best to cut off the infected head before it spreads to the others.

what he said. use a airline tubing to siphon off as much of the gunk as possible and then remove the coral from the tank. Cut off the diseased head. It sounds like brown jelly to me - it can spread very quickly to not only other heads of the same coral, but to other LPS as well.

SaltyBeagle · 01/03/2016, 02:55 PM

it sucks i had to cut that head off but i did. hopefully that will do the trick. can this disease come back or how do u get rid of it for good. whats it from???

billdogg · 01/03/2016, 05:24 PM

If it was, indeed, brown jelly disease, there are several possible causes. Unfortunately, all are poorly understood. Possibilities include a bacterial infection brought on by stress.

I read up on it as much as I could a couple months ago. I lost 4 of 5 heads on a frogspawn, mainly because I didn't act soon enough. Luckily, it does not seem to have spread.

Dkuhlmann · 01/03/2016, 05:29 PM

http://www.athiel.com/lib/bacterial.html

You will need to also do iodine dips to kill off the bacteria in brown jelly. This link will tell you what you need to do. You can get iodine at any drug store or pharmacy.

01/03/2016, 12:29 PM	#1
SaltyBeagle Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: minnesota Posts: 29	Purple tip green frogspawn help??? one of the heads of my frog spawn is dying i think but not sure. have had it about a year or so noticed 3 days ago small portion was deflated which it does sometimes but has been like that since and now looks like its tissue is melting off its skeleton. parameters are steady tanks been running almost 2years. no major changes to equipment . my t5s were changed 4 months ago or so . Mg-1360 - red sea test kit Ca-425- red sea test kit Alk-9.072- hannah checker phosphate- 32ppb - hannah checker sg- 1.025 coral pro salt for water changes

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billdogg Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Grove City, Ohio Posts: 10,806	If it was, indeed, brown jelly disease, there are several possible causes. Unfortunately, all are poorly understood. Possibilities include a bacterial infection brought on by stress. I read up on it as much as I could a couple months ago. I lost 4 of 5 heads on a frogspawn, mainly because I didn't act soon enough. Luckily, it does not seem to have spread. __________________ I'll try to be nice if you try to be smarter! I can't help that I grow older, but you can't make me grow up! Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef with 40b sump, RO 150 skimmer, AI Sol Blue x 2, and a 60g Frag Tank with 100g rubbermaid sump. 2 x Kessil A360w lights, BM curve 5 skimmer

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Dkuhlmann Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,823	http://www.athiel.com/lib/bacterial.html You will need to also do iodine dips to kill off the bacteria in brown jelly. This link will tell you what you need to do. You can get iodine at any drug store or pharmacy. __________________ Previous tanks: 200 gal fowlr 9" Emperor Angel and many different butterfly fish 4" maroon clown and several other fish, 50 gal sump, 40 gal mixed reef/fish mostly softies and LPS. Current Tank Info: 40b 750 gph 45 lbs lr, 2"-3" sand, 165w full spectrum dimable LED, 20 gal sump/refugium 30 lbs lr, Bak Pak 2 skimmer, 4" sock temp 79-80, sg 1.026, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 <10, ph 8.2, calc 400, mag 1300

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SaltyBeagle Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: minnesota Posts: 29	First two images from yesterday. the second two are from today

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thegrun Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Garden Grove, Ca Posts: 17,023	Sorry but none of your photos is showing up. It may be best to cut off the infected head before it spreads to the others.

01/03/2016, 02:55 PM	#9
SaltyBeagle Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: minnesota Posts: 29	it sucks i had to cut that head off but i did. hopefully that will do the trick. can this disease come back or how do u get rid of it for good. whats it from???