Move over Krytonite candy cane, here comes the brightest neon green octo-spawn

[dz6t]

The so called brown jelly is a bacterial infection and the flesh of the coral melted that gives the brown jelly look. That is mostly due to stressed.

 

[Frag Freaks]

The so called brown jelly is a bacterial infection and the flesh of the coral melted that gives the brown jelly look. That is mostly due to stressed.

Have you ever seen it spread within a branching colony? I have seen it after shipping occasionally. However if I frag off the infected head it seems to save the colony. Not sure if its coincidence or there was a reasoning to that.


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[s_kelley]

Isn't brown jelly a result of a bacterial infection? Would explain the spreading

 

[dz6t]

Cut off dead heads will limit the spread of infection.

 

[Frag Freaks]

Isn't brown jelly a result of a bacterial infection? Would explain the spreading

Makes sense. Didn't think of it in terms of how a bacterial infection in us and how it can spread with close contact etc. Same would go for corals.

I was more of thinking more on terms since the tissue isn't connected how does it spread in branching so quickly but apparently the infection is contagious enough that simply water flow can spread it to adjacent heads and colonies.




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[s_kelley]

Yup, can also spread to other nearby colonies

 

[dz6t]

This is one aggressive SOB, it reached over and ate my rainbow acan.

 

[s_kelley]

What? That stinks! Torch are pretty vicious w long sweepers

 

[dz6t]

well, it is another situation that one prized coral eating another one.
Just like my rainbow BTA ate my flame angel years ago.
BTW, my prized orange crush acan probably ate over hundreds of $ of coral since 2006

 

[s_kelley]

Echinata? One of the worst neighbors ever! Lol

 

[Frag Freaks]

Echinata? One of the worst neighbors ever! Lol

Yes!!! They can pack such a nasty punch. So many times i have put frags close to one and they get stung.


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