Is this brown jelly disease?

RtReef · 01/14/2012, 05:02 PM

I need to know what this jelly algae looking stuff is on my plate coral skeleton and going on the sand to the left. The plate lost all it's tissue almost a week ago and now this has formed.... Also the shrimp is what brought my attention to it, because he picks at it.

Only reason I left the plate skeleton in there is because someone on here told me it may grow back.

RtReef · 01/14/2012, 05:19 PM

somebody....anybody?

sporto0 · 01/14/2012, 05:43 PM

That looks like Cyano Bacteria or Red Slime & it's there because your plate coral is receeding & has decaying tissue.

RtReef · 01/14/2012, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by sporto0

That looks like Cyano Bacteria or Red Slime & it's there because your plate coral is receeding & has decaying tissue.

Ok nothing to really worry about. Will the plate coral ever regrow its tissue or should I just take it out of the tank?

sporto0 · 01/14/2012, 05:57 PM

There is a slight chance it could regrow over the exposed skeleton, however my experience has been once they start to go it's pretty much a done deal, however if you do remove it, that should take care of the Cyano in a few days.

01/14/2012, 05:02 PM	#1
RtReef Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Ft. Lauderdale Posts: 603	Is this brown jelly disease? I need to know what this jelly algae looking stuff is on my plate coral skeleton and going on the sand to the left. The plate lost all it's tissue almost a week ago and now this has formed.... Also the shrimp is what brought my attention to it, because he picks at it. Only reason I left the plate skeleton in there is because someone on here told me it may grow back. Last edited by RtReef; 01/14/2012 at 05:10 PM.

01/14/2012, 05:19 PM	#2
RtReef Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Ft. Lauderdale Posts: 603	somebody....anybody?

01/14/2012, 05:43 PM	#3
sporto0 Moved On Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa. Posts: 2,924	That looks like Cyano Bacteria or Red Slime & it's there because your plate coral is receeding & has decaying tissue.

01/14/2012, 05:57 PM	#5
sporto0 Moved On Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa. Posts: 2,924	There is a slight chance it could regrow over the exposed skeleton, however my experience has been once they start to go it's pretty much a done deal, however if you do remove it, that should take care of the Cyano in a few days.