What is this?

[Reefnoob84]

Got a jewel gonipora the other day and now there's some kind of film on it I basted it off yesterday but is back today. I'll get some better pics up after the lights go on

 

[mr_X]

It's probably a bacterial infection. Goniopora generally doesn't do well long term in closed systems. Brown jelly disease perhaps.

 

[Reefnoob84]

Here's another

 

[mr_X]

It looks like brown jelly to me. Can you take a picture without all of that blue?

 

[Reefnoob84]

I was instructed to blow off the layer to see if there was still anything under it. Some heads came off and there is just skeleton.

 

[Reefnoob84]

Also I have a green flower pot gonipora for almost 6 months now and is still healthy

 

[mr_X]

Goniopora have a very high mortality rate in closed systems.
Was the slime that you blew off brown? Where did it go....is it blowing around the tank?

 

[Reefnoob84]

I sucked it up with a small baster. Yes it was brown. I'm not 100% sure I got it all tho.

 

[mr_X]

I would not be surprised if you lost that coral. Try not to let that brown jelly float all over the tank. I'm not sure if that's how it spreads, but I have heard reports of a coral entering the tank with brown jelly, and then the rest of them got it. I know a guy that lost a whole tank of euphyllia this way.

 

[Reefnoob84]

Should I toss it?

 

[mr_X]

I wouldn't. I might frag off the dead part though. I would cut some of the good flesh with it. This may stop the BJD from spreading further.

 

[Reefnoob84]

Ok so I dragged off the bad areas. It was worse this morning btw. And I also dipped in a coral dip made by seachem called reef dip. Lfs gave it to me and said lets see if it helps. I'll keep you updated

 

[Reefnoob84]

Ok so I dragged off the bad areas. It was worse this morning btw. And I also dipped in a coral dip made by seachem called reef dip. Lfs gave it to me and said lets see if it helps. I'll keep you updated

Sorry fragged off***

 

[Reefnoob84]

Well today has shown nothing which no news is good news!

 

[Reefnoob84]

3 days later all is good. Don't see any spreading whatsoever!!!

 

[mr_X]

Awesome!

 

[Reefnoob84]

Got another question though. I don't know where to post cause I'm using the app but I've got a piece of rock with polyps and another type of coral not too sure but it looks like there starting to fight over space on the rock. I've doubled the amount of polyps in the last 2 months and the other is growing well too. What should I do??

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There's 3 polyps that are completely surrounded

 

[Leighton79]

Looks like GSP and zoo's. I'd just leave then be to be honest.

 

[mr_X]

You could leave them alone and let them fight for real estate, or separate them. It's up to you. You could chip a piece of the rock off with the zoas on it and glue that to something else, away from the more invasive coral.