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Hi guys,

I've had this particular bubble for like 2+ years, then about a month ago it suddenly began to shrink and portions of it began to melt away until I finally gave up hope on any chance of recovery yesterday...

All other corals (including a bubble right next to it) are perfectly fine and doing well... water params normal

Any idea what happened?

Thanks!

Ervine

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Added new corals during this time? Melting away sounds like brown jelly disease, which often infects newly imported corals. Not sure if it is infectious between different coral species though.

Always something more important than fish.

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Added new corals during this time? Melting away sounds like brown jelly disease, which often infects newly imported corals. Not sure if it is infectious between different coral species though.

HMMMmm.. there could have been some LFS tank water added in when I added some LS but no new corals though...

it does SOUND like brown jelly disease because the bubbles really started to look like brown jelly before finally disintegrating..

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could it be the MH? especially new bulb :unsure:

nah...changing of tubes wun caused such a casualty...

view my 2ft tank thread update here!!

http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=36399

Tank Dimension: 24'x15'x19' with black silicon. All round 8mm.

Equipments:

Return Pump : Hailea HX6540

Skimmer/Chiller : Sicce 2500lph

Skimmer : Weipro 2011

Lightings: 4xT5s HO..2 20,000k & 2 Blue Pro(Aquaz) Retrofits

Chiller : Resun CL280

Auto Water Top Up

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More then 35kg of figi rocks

Blue Tang, Powder Blue Tang, Bristletooth tang, Clown Tang, Yellow Tang, Purple Tang, Flame Angel, Six Line Wrasse, Sunrise Dottyback. 2 Cleaner Shrimp

Green Bubble, Orange Yuma, Hammer, True Octopus, Acans,

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erm dunno if its the same topic my same thing happen to my octo, got it with 5 heads, now only left 2 1/2... dunno wats wrong...

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sorry for this againn

How to prevent this from happening? Luggol Dip? :thanks:

Hmmm I saw this coral dip by Seachem which is suppose to condition and help in healing soft/hard corals... will it work?

“Frogs have it easy, they can eat what bugs them”

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hope you have not given up on it. Have a bubble fist size with 3 mouth on it. started to melt away without any reason and no addition of live stock(fish/coral)

after about half have melted and the other half still struggling(about 3 weeks) it started to heal and those half which have melted some flesh on side healed and form new mouth.... :D

nothing had been done like most having massive h20 change or addictive as most live stock in tank is at least 2 years old and all are healthy except the bubble.

Now got extra baby bubble :rolleyes:

hope yours will heal soon :angel:

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found out the problem... calcium levels were abnormally high due to overdose... did a water change now bubble back to it's perky self again...

Overdose???

I tot dosing calcium will not cause too much stress to the coral? :huh: I tot.

What you using by the way?? Kalkwasser? I drip Kalkwasser every day, scare it happens to my coral leh.

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1. Sabae clown (KO by Clarke clown) 2. 1 branch melted frogspawn 4 branch 3. Golden maxima (Ripe the base off rock by me) 4. Algae Bleenie x 2 (Starvation) 5. Blue Maxima x 1, 2 x Maxima, 1 x frogspawn, rics (Overtemp...)

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Overdose???

I tot dosing calcium will not cause too much stress to the coral? :huh: I tot.

What you using by the way?? Kalkwasser? I drip Kalkwasser every day, scare it happens to my coral leh.

yeah I have a kalk reactor hooked up to my auto-top up... but I also dose calcium and kH buffers occasionally... realised that after I dosed the bubble started to shrink considerably...

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