My poor hammer coral

[BL1]

This is what it looked like this weekend

Then yesterday ...

And now today ...

I can't imagine what cause this and what happened, every other coral including my frogspawn have never looked better. My water's good too
Sal - 1.025
amm - 0
nitrite - 0
nitrate - 0
pH - 7.8

 

[OhNoNemo]

Ah,man...that sucks...that seems like a very fast and drastic change.. your making me nervous ...i just got one

 

[BL1]

yea, I have no idea what happened, but everything even my anem are fine ... it's weird

 

[Bifferwine]

That is brown jelly disease. It affects only LPS corals and is contagious -- so get the skeleton out. Once it starts, it's extremely difficult to reverse the damage. By the time you notice it, the coral is already gone -- as you witnessed. It moves very quickly!

No one is really sure why some corals get brown jelly disease. Sometimes it starts from a physical injury of the coral -- like it being bumped or dropped. Sometimes it just shows up on corals that were perfectly healthy.

It sucks... Sorry about your hammer. It sure was pretty.

 

[BL1]

Man, that really sucks but at least I kno wthat it was nothing I did or could have prevented

 

[OhNoNemo]

Man, that really sucks but at least I kno wthat it was nothing I did or could have prevented

Your right,that is good to know,does still suck,sorry

 

[Bifferwine]

It does suck. I lost a really stunning blue and red acan rock to brown jelly a few months ago. I was sad. :(

 

[BigBen14]

Im sorry for your loss hammers are my favorite... If you notice it some way before it dies can you do anything for it?

 

[Bifferwine]

If you start to see it die, you can frag off the infected area and do an iodine dip and the rest of the coral. In some cases, that saves the part of the coral that is left. But it doesn't always work.

 

[Hiker4twenty]

Sorry about your hammer. It sucks when something like that happens.

 

[BigBen14]

Have you had it awhile or did you just buy is that weekendd?

 

[BL1]

Nope, I've had it for about 5 months

 

[BigBen14]

wow now im really worried :(

 

[BL1]

I have other LPS and plenty of others here have tons of LPS without any problems

 

[PringlesLFE]

That's a crazy ass disease......sorry for you're loss man.

 

[dcantucson]

Don't feel too bad, we've all been there. Sorry for you loss. :(

 

[BL1]

Thanks guys, I'm just glad it was only one coral, could have been much worse

 

[BL1]

Hey Biff, my blue waving hand coral is all shriveled up and not looking good, this isn't because of that brown jelly disease, is it?

 

[reeffreak]

Brown jelly disease is nasty stuff.sorry for your lost.I've lost my share of gonis to it in the past.

 

[Bifferwine]

Hey Biff, my blue waving hand coral is all shriveled up and not looking good, this isn't because of that brown jelly disease, is it?

No, it only infects LPS corals. It may be unhappy because the dying hammer hurt the water quality?