Acans keep melting

[Aqua Pro Builder]

rusty blade usually would not have issue for that because corals actually likes iron, that's why they sink battleships to make artificial reefs.
When I was in the Cancun, I saw more corals attached to metal material than to any other substrate including live rock.

The black bugs are usually either directly under the flesh or inside the flesh of the LPS. You can only see them when they die after you treat them with Interceptor.

If you have scolys that are infected with them, during treatment with Intercetor, you can see the flesh may open small holes and tiny black spots emerge, after a while, the black dot may move to a little away from the holes and stopped when they finally die. This is the season for both red bugs of SPS and black bugs of the LPS. The black bugs usually eat(I assume) the flesh from the bottom of coral and thus the flesh start to bail out. The bailed out flesh may start to melt, or not, depends on what they are and are they resilient to bacterial infections.

 

[jcurry]

Sounds like a bacterial infection often called Brown Jelly disease. Blowing the the "jelly" or slime off the coral only spreads it around the tank and infects other corals.

Next time turn off the circulation and reach in with a plastic bag and remove the infected coral inside the bag trying not to dislodge the jelly.

 

[lfsmarineguy]

It's a bacterial infection and as was said, blowing it off only makes it spread. The best course of action is to siphon out as much as possible, then remove and dip the afflicted colonies. However, in my experience this is usually introduced by a damaged colony that is already infected and will normally only infect other colonies that are damaged or unhealthy to begin with. I'd suspect there is something off with the water and start doing proper water changes after you siphon out all the "jelly" you see. Flushing the colonies that need to be dipped with a quick hydrogen peroxide or iodine bath should help stop the spread of this stuff.

 

[prattreef]

Is it bacterial or is it a protozoan? Well, both and likely a few other things too. From Delbeek and Sprung Vol1 pgs 328-9: "...examined under a microscope, one finds that it is teaming with protozoans that appear to be filled with consumed zooxanthellae. One can also find small worms feeding on the coral tissue in a "brown jelly" infection. It is suspected that several organisms work together to destroy coral tissue in these kinds of infections. Current theory is that bacteria and/or physical injury usually creates the initial insult. This begins a chain of events allowing protozoans, worms and even copepods to do their dirty work". Recommended treatment for stony corals is to siphon off the jelly and then FW dip the coral for 1 min. and place in QT with good circulation.

 

[Salty Dog]

THANKS GUYS, thats exactly whats going on here. Iwilldo some dips and add some more flow

 

[lfsmarineguy]

I would bet that an injury to the coral's flesh is the initial cause and then once compromised bacteria is first on the scene and then you get the opportunistic organisms flooding the wound as it spreads. The only way to prove it would be to injure healthy corals and introduce a coral with brown jelly to see how it progresses.

Salty, don't forget to siphon first, that is the main thing you need to remember. If you try to remove the corals without removing the "jelly" first, whatever sloughs off will only infect other corals.

 

[Jakef150]

I caught one herimt AND pep shrimp ate my Acans... Herimt gave it away and trying to get pep Shrimp out of my tank but I think pep shrimp now know dont frig with Acans and fire Shrimp is watching him

Jake

 

[Salty Dog]

I wish I knew this before, I would take my baster and blow them off and all the rotted flesh would flow thru the entire frag tank (30g) but its tied into my whole system. 400g

 

[jerl77]

How long do you dip it in th intercepter for?

rusty blade usually would not have issue for that because corals actually likes iron, that's why they sink battleships to make artificial reefs.
When I was in the Cancun, I saw more corals attached to metal material than to any other substrate including live rock.

The black bugs are usually either directly under the flesh or inside the flesh of the LPS. You can only see them when they die after you treat them with Interceptor.

If you have scolys that are infected with them, during treatment with Intercetor, you can see the flesh may open small holes and tiny black spots emerge, after a while, the black dot may move to a little away from the holes and stopped when they finally die. This is the season for both red bugs of SPS and black bugs of the LPS. The black bugs usually eat(I assume) the flesh from the bottom of coral and thus the flesh start to bail out. The bailed out flesh may start to melt, or not, depends on what they are and are they resilient to bacterial infections.

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[Aqua Pro Builder]

How long do you dip it in th intercepter for?



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Think of them as RED bugs but much stronger! Many people in RC has double/triple even 6 times the standard dosage without side effects but MAKE SURE you do use carbon to remove the rest of the chemicals, especially when you are over dosing the standard level. Six hours and you need to change water because the dead bugs and the dead pods will start to chunk out ammonia.
I lost 2 beloved HUGE fire shrimps even after changing half the water before I put them back in. I think, it may be when I over dose it, the chemical stay inside the dead bugs and my shrimps continue to eat them. So I would say if have shrimps and hermits, put them back a week later when all the dead bugs and pods completely deteriorate.

 

[Salty Dog]

I had a red bug infestation a ways back and trippled the does, it didnt kill them all. I had to drain the whole tank leaving whatever corals were in there to dye. I didnt want to risk rurther bug problems. Well since the last post I whent from 1 drop a day of iodine to 4 drops a day and the acans are doing well