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Reef55

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I am not sure if this is the right forum, but I have a serious problem going on with my corals. There has been this strange type of brownish "mold" randomly appearing around my tank that looks like it is "eating" my corals. It envelops all (if small enough) or parts at a time of a coral, completely killing what it covers. I have seen it on the base of my torch (only one head, I removed it from the tank, brushed off the "mold" with a toothbrush, iodine dipped the coral, and put the coral back in the tank. That coral has been "mold" free for a few days now). It has killed a quadricolor anenome, an entire birdnest colony (about the size of a softball), and now it is moving on as shown in the pictures. The first picture is of the "mold" having completed enveloped a ricordia polyp (seen top left of photo):

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Seen in the next photo is the "mold" covering part of my galaxia coral:

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This "mold" brushes off rather easily, and sways in the current of the tank, but does not blow apart from the current. It is semi-translucent with small whitish dots inside it. If anyone knows what this is, or what I can do to stop it from spreading, please let me know. Thank you!
 

Carpentersreef

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The best I can offer right now is to go to......(gasp.... ReefCentral 8O, in The Coral Forum..... and here of course!)... do a search for protozoan or brown jelly infection. My books are packed away right now, but apparantly The Reef Aquarium Vol 1 has some info on that.

Whatever it is, I know from experience that you have to tend to this ASAP!

I lost an Euphyllia Anchora to a white version about a year ago.

Mitch :(

Good Luck!
 

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