Unsure what is wrong with my Goniopora

hessfish125 · 09/22/2013, 12:55 PM

Well I continue to find issues I do not know how to handle. My goniopora has developed a large pink pulsing spot about the size of a .50 cent piece right in the middle of its "body". It hasn't been extended for the past couple of days.

Is it sick? What do I do? Should I quarantine?

I changed to LED lights about 3 weeks ago and at first I was worried but then it was fine for the last couple of weeks.

I have checked all levels I know to check. Calcium is 410. pH is 8.2. Salinity is 1.024. Ammonia, nitrite and nitrate is 0.

kurt_n · 09/23/2013, 04:15 PM

I'd put a baggie over it to keep whatever that stuff is out of the water column, and remove it from your tank into a quarantine tank. In one way, it looks like brown jelly disease, but it's not really as "brown" as I'm used to seeing. Not sure what it is, but it doesn't look good.

Pretty sure it's not your lighting. How long have you had the coral?

hessfish125 · 09/23/2013, 04:25 PM

I have had it for about 3 months. Is there a way to treat a sick coral?

Also I had a friend say I should post this on the Disease thread. Should I do that?

usmc121581 · 09/23/2013, 05:13 PM

That almost looks like brown jelly disease.

hessfish125 · 09/24/2013, 05:24 PM

Well, the disease did turn brown. I suctioned off the section but it continues to spread. I used Vitamin C as instructed by one site. Still no abating the "jelly" takeover. Any thoughts?

And should I post this on the disease website as well?

usmc121581 · 09/24/2013, 05:38 PM

I have yet to see a coral recover from this, maybe use revive or coral Rx if you can get some. Recently I have then a thread about bayer dipping. Some type of bug killer from lowes, but good luck trying to stop this. I loay my entire 1' wellso last year.

albano · 09/24/2013, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by hessfish125

. Unsure what is wrong with my Goniopora

The 'usual' problem with a goniopora is that it's a goniopora ! Their survival rate is very poor for 'wild caught'. If you want a chance of success I would suggest aquacultured frags.

kurt_n · 09/24/2013, 10:28 PM

Regardless of what it is, the longer you keep it in your display tank, the better the odds that it spreads to everything else. Get. It. Out.

Ssteve · 11/04/2013, 10:21 PM

Updates?

hessfish125 · 11/05/2013, 04:37 PM

Thanks for asking. I put in QT for 4 weeks. Lost the center 2 inches but the remaining goni is alive and well. it has not fully extended since reintroducing to DT but color is good and it appears to be eating. No more loss or sickness evident.

Ssteve · 11/05/2013, 05:33 PM

What did you treat it with in the qt?

hessfish125 · 11/05/2013, 09:01 PM

I used a toothbrush soaked in vitamin c to scrub off the dead goni parts. Then I suctioned off any additional dying sections and repeated the process. I kept a high flow of water on it so any debris would be removed before it could take hold. that is all and it worked.

andrew714 · 11/05/2013, 09:28 PM

can we get a picture of how it is looking now? keep us updated.

sunny d polyp · 11/07/2013, 02:48 PM

I've had an on going problem with this for 5 or 6 months, it started with an acan frag and i just kept dipping it Lugols and it would be ok for a bit and a couple of weeks later it would come back, then it started spreading to other acans, duncans and candycanes. If only I would have taken it out of the tank and left it out it would have saved me losing some 3 and 4 year old colonies. I'm not sure what causes brown jelly infections but there are threads on here where many reefers have tried to battle this to no avail.

Jerry S.

hessfish125 · 11/10/2013, 06:24 PM

Here is an update of my goni after removing from the QT. There is much repair to be done but he is on the mend. Thanks for comments.

09/23/2013, 04:25 PM	#3
hessfish125 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Lancaster SC Posts: 73	I have had it for about 3 months. Is there a way to treat a sick coral? Also I had a friend say I should post this on the Disease thread. Should I do that? __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Current Tank Info: 125 gal with 30 gal sump, Octopus Skimmer, Water Polisher, Ionizer, LED lights, 120 ibs Live Rock, Fish and corals

09/23/2013, 05:13 PM	#4
usmc121581 Where am I? Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Abingdon, maryland Posts: 1,671 Blog Entries: 1	That almost looks like brown jelly disease. __________________ I prefer not to think before I speak, I like to be just as surprised as everyone else by what comes out of my mouth. Current Tank Info: I have a 180 gal mostly LPS corals, it contains 1 Val. Tang, 1 yellow striped clown fish, 3 percula clownfish, a blood shrimp, cleaner shrimp and a sand shifting goby, 5 pajama cardinals, 1 green chromis. Also a 75 gal. sump/fug.

09/24/2013, 05:24 PM	#5
hessfish125 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Lancaster SC Posts: 73	Well, the disease did turn brown. I suctioned off the section but it continues to spread. I used Vitamin C as instructed by one site. Still no abating the "jelly" takeover. Any thoughts? And should I post this on the disease website as well? __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Current Tank Info: 125 gal with 30 gal sump, Octopus Skimmer, Water Polisher, Ionizer, LED lights, 120 ibs Live Rock, Fish and corals

09/24/2013, 05:38 PM	#6
usmc121581 Where am I? Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Abingdon, maryland Posts: 1,671 Blog Entries: 1	I have yet to see a coral recover from this, maybe use revive or coral Rx if you can get some. Recently I have then a thread about bayer dipping. Some type of bug killer from lowes, but good luck trying to stop this. I loay my entire 1' wellso last year. __________________ I prefer not to think before I speak, I like to be just as surprised as everyone else by what comes out of my mouth. Current Tank Info: I have a 180 gal mostly LPS corals, it contains 1 Val. Tang, 1 yellow striped clown fish, 3 percula clownfish, a blood shrimp, cleaner shrimp and a sand shifting goby, 5 pajama cardinals, 1 green chromis. Also a 75 gal. sump/fug.

11/05/2013, 04:37 PM	#10
hessfish125 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Lancaster SC Posts: 73	Thanks for asking. I put in QT for 4 weeks. Lost the center 2 inches but the remaining goni is alive and well. it has not fully extended since reintroducing to DT but color is good and it appears to be eating. No more loss or sickness evident. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Current Tank Info: 125 gal with 30 gal sump, Octopus Skimmer, Water Polisher, Ionizer, LED lights, 120 ibs Live Rock, Fish and corals

09/23/2013, 04:15 PM	#2
kurt_n Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: WA Posts: 2,592	I'd put a baggie over it to keep whatever that stuff is out of the water column, and remove it from your tank into a quarantine tank. In one way, it looks like brown jelly disease, but it's not really as "brown" as I'm used to seeing. Not sure what it is, but it doesn't look good. Pretty sure it's not your lighting. How long have you had the coral?

09/24/2013, 10:28 PM	#8
kurt_n Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: WA Posts: 2,592	Regardless of what it is, the longer you keep it in your display tank, the better the odds that it spreads to everything else. Get. It. Out.

11/04/2013, 10:21 PM	#9
Ssteve Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 2,087	Updates?

11/05/2013, 05:33 PM	#11
Ssteve Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 2,087	What did you treat it with in the qt?

11/05/2013, 09:01 PM	#12
hessfish125 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Lancaster SC Posts: 73	I used a toothbrush soaked in vitamin c to scrub off the dead goni parts. Then I suctioned off any additional dying sections and repeated the process. I kept a high flow of water on it so any debris would be removed before it could take hold. that is all and it worked. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Current Tank Info: 125 gal with 30 gal sump, Octopus Skimmer, Water Polisher, Ionizer, LED lights, 120 ibs Live Rock, Fish and corals

11/05/2013, 09:28 PM	#13
andrew714 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 16	can we get a picture of how it is looking now? keep us updated.

11/07/2013, 02:48 PM	#14
sunny d polyp Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Fl. Posts: 198	Bad news.... I've had an on going problem with this for 5 or 6 months, it started with an acan frag and i just kept dipping it Lugols and it would be ok for a bit and a couple of weeks later it would come back, then it started spreading to other acans, duncans and candycanes. If only I would have taken it out of the tank and left it out it would have saved me losing some 3 and 4 year old colonies. I'm not sure what causes brown jelly infections but there are threads on here where many reefers have tried to battle this to no avail. Jerry S. __________________ " if you were to open my cranial cavity it would contain a plethora of copes swimming in a sea of phyto" Current Tank Info: 120/gal mixed reef 18/gals phyto nana,tet and iso 10/gals roti's