Something on coral ?

[Thomsona]

What's this attached to my coral it looks like a soft bubble thing

 

[Thomsona]

Hmm it's getting larger

 

[xxlbreed]

Could it be splitting?

 

[Thomsona]

Not sure it's getting bigger and starting to cover some polyps

 

[mr_X]

need a better pic!

 

[Thomsona]

As soon as I get home I will post another one

 

[Thomsona]

It has doubled in size in 24 hours

 

[Thomsona]

Concerned now it's getting bigger

 

[Elitehunter1]

I had something very similar happen to one of my corals. Based on some advice from here and some research it was a type of disease that is cause from an abrasion or stress to the coral. I blamed I on an urchin I had in the tank.
Anyway it went fast. It was engulfed in a week and dead shortly after

 

[Thomsona]

Ok I do have a urchin I might isolate the coral in different spot and remove the growth

 

[Elitehunter1]

I dunno if you can get on my thread but there was helpful info. I removed my urchin after that, they are risky for reef aquaria anyway. Unfortunately it seems once fragile corals are damaged like that it's very difficult to save. Just what I've read anyway- I'm far from an expert

 

[Ricksreef]

It has doubled in size in 24 hours

Look's like brown jelly disease.

 

[Thomsona]

Is it treatable

 

[Ricksreef]

Is it treatable

Best to look it up on the Internet for options.

 

[mr_X]

that's called brown jelly disease. it's not necessarily from abrasion. no one knows how it happens. they think it's a bacterial infection.
i would frag off the unaffected heads immediately and toss the affected ones. take care not to let that stuff blow around.

 

[Thomsona]

Cheers

 

[xxlbreed]

so what happened? did you save some of it ? did it kill it all? are your other corals okay?
since it is such a rare disease it would be very good to know what worked or did not for you. Thanks!!!

 

[mr_X]

Its not rare. Its pretty common actually.

 

[Thomsona]

Took it out got lfs to frag the uninflected bits so far so good other corals are fine

Thanks for asking

Mr x do u have any experience with red sea max 250 tanks can't get mine to stop micro bubbles which had only happened in the last week

 

[joy13]

Check the back chamber and make sure it has enough water.