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06-04-2006, 05:52 PM
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| | Feather Star
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
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  |  Ugh, if it's not one thing, its another! Help!
Is brown jelly disease contagious? Because in my other thread about my plate coral looking sad, we kind of determined it might be brown jelly. Well I did the iodine dip and the plate still looks pretty sad (see the last pic). But now my colt coral is going downhill too! Only one stalk looks sad, and the rest is perked up like normal. Could the green star polyps right next to it have stung it? I cant find much on the GSP's aggressiveness other than it can encrust over SPS. Or is the brown jelly contagious? Should I just cut that stalk off altogether?  _________ 125 Gal Reef. Born March 2002 FISH: Ocellaris Clown, Yellow Tang, Fairy Wrasse, Sand Star, Hippo Tang CORALS: Green Striped/Red/Purple Mushrooms, Green Star Polyps, Yellow Toadstool Leather, Bubble, Frogspawn, 2 Hammers, Yellow Polyps, Open Brain, Ridge Leather, Various Zoas, Button Polyps, Kenya Tree, Colt, Elephant Ear Mushroom, Clove Polyps, Torch, Purple Clam, Rose BTA  | 
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06-04-2006, 06:02 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 39
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Brown jelly disease can be contagious. The GSP don't look close enough to the coral to sting it in those pictures but I'm wondering if the "infected" stalk hung down into the GSP when it was fully extended? I would go ahead and remove the infected stalk if it is in fact infected. Can you remove the colt to dip it? | |
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06-04-2006, 07:07 PM
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| | Feather Star
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So GSP is a stinger? Yes when the colt was fully extended, it was touching the GSPs. I went ahead and cut that stalk off. But I was wondering, I have it in an iodine dip right now. After that, would it be safe to put it back in the tank in an attempt to save it? Try to get it to re-attach and stuff? | |
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06-04-2006, 11:10 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
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Yes Green Star Polyps will sting. They killed a number of my leather toadstool shrooms.
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06-05-2006, 12:36 AM
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| | Scooter Blennie
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Originally Posted by Jay Yes Green Star Polyps will sting. They killed a number of my leather toadstool shrooms. | I have a hard time believing your GSP's killed a leather. Leathers are ruthless.
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06-05-2006, 07:34 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
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Originally Posted by Brandon1023 So GSP is a stinger? Yes when the colt was fully extended, it was touching the GSPs. I went ahead and cut that stalk off. But I was wondering, I have it in an iodine dip right now. After that, would it be safe to put it back in the tank in an attempt to save it? Try to get it to re-attach and stuff? | That's what I would do. Unless you have a coral QT tank set up, I don't see any other options  | |
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06-05-2006, 08:15 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
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It looks like you have an aiptasia next to the colt in the second and third photos. Aiptasias pack quite a wallop, I'd bet thats whats causing the damage. Either move the colt or nuke the aiptasia with something (ie. joes juice/kalk/hotwater/vinegar). | |
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06-05-2006, 07:49 PM
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| | Feather Star
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Well this would be the first time since those aiptasia appeared months ago that they have bothered the colt. I have never had a problem with aiptasia stinging my corals. There is an aiptasia right in the middle of my xenia, too, and that coral is not only doing fine, it's GROWING! | |
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