Brown jelly disease?

[hashbrown1408]

Can anyone help identify if this is BJD? Originally this was a very small two head torch. Something stressed it out and one head retracted and died over the course of 2-3days and it now covered by a white/brown mucous.
I dipped it in coral revive yesterday and cleaned it. The other head still looks good. Any ideas if this is BJD and if not what it might be?
If it was BJD I didn’t think the other head would still be good after so many days

 

[KrisReef]

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[hashbrown1408]

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I am assuming it was BJD. I came home from work to an empty skeleton. I have numerous other euphyllia in this tank. They were well distanced. Do you know the likelihood these will be affected?

 

[KrisReef]

Bjd symptoms have the looks of the LPS retracting to the edge of the skeleton and a crust of grey brownish “jelly”(muck really) covers the head. The muck is what the bacteria makes of the LPS flesh as the coral dies. Neighboring heads are quickly engulfed by the disease and often a multi headed colony will die head by head as the disease progresses.

All LPS present are at risk when the disease is in a system but which coral s die first or which ones are not affected isn’t clearly understood. Treatment for bacterial infection using Cipro or KFC antibiotics treatments has shown great results but I don’t think that the microbes responsible for the infection have been identified and other mechanisms worked out for BJD coral sickness.

The infection seems to be transmissible which is why folks often treat a system with antibiotics if they find a Bjd infection present in their tank.

Many LPS corals are known to detach from their skeletal system but they don’t have BJD, and a BJD killed corals can detach after death but often the rotten tissue sits on top of the skeleton so that folks can observe the dead tissue and exclaim;
“ Blanketty blank blank, my favorite and most expensive coral has BJD!”

The favorites and/or most expensive or impossible to replace have been documented to be the most typical coral to become infected first. (KrisReef unpublished observations)

 

[hashbrown1408]

Bjd symptoms have the looks of the LPS retracting to the edge of the skeleton and a crust of grey brownish “jelly”(muck really) covers the head. The muck is what the bacteria makes of the LPS flesh as the coral dies. Neighboring heads are quickly engulfed by the disease and often a multi headed colony will die head by head as the disease progresses.

All LPS present are at risk when the disease is in a system but which coral s die first or which ones are not affected isn’t clearly understood. Treatment for bacterial infection using Cipro or KFC antibiotics treatments has shown great results but I don’t think that the microbes responsible for the infection have been identified and other mechanisms worked out for BJD coral sickness.

The infection seems to be transmissible which is why folks often treat a system with antibiotics if they find a Bjd infection present in their tank.

Many LPS corals are known to detach from their skeletal system but they don’t have BJD, and a BJD killed corals can detach after death but often the rotten tissue sits on top of the skeleton so that folks can observe the dead tissue and exclaim;
“ Blanketty blank blank, my favorite and most expensive coral has BJD!”

The favorites and/or most expensive or impossible to replace have been documented to be the most typical coral to become infected first. (KrisReef unpublished observations)

Got it, thankyou for that great explanation. This was most certainly BJD then as I saw exactly what you described. Are you able to buy Cipro or is it now behind the counter?
I’d like to purchase something available incase I see any symptoms pop up on my other LPS.

 

[KrisReef]

Got it, thankyou for that great explanation. This was most certainly BJD then as I saw exactly what you described. Are you able to buy Cipro or is it now behind the counter?
I’d like to purchase something available incase I see any symptoms pop up on my other LPS.

On line it can sometimes be found at pet store supply, but many of the stores are going to want prescription.

I buy my local pharmacist and the crew chocolates for Xmas and Easter and Halloween and Valentine’s Day or whenever I drop by to pick up something, I just grab 2 bags of candy and open one to try and then leave it on the counter.

My pain management Md had a heart attack earlier this year, I miss him a lot. He was a good doctor and friend.

Anybody have a good current link for this medication?

Also, Kung Fu Corals in San Diego sells a treatment package? Danny is a good guy and he might be able to help?