Torch Coral - Brown Slime?

[sophos9]

Agghhh!

I've experienced my first loss of coral in my tank, a torch coral overnight lost a head. It was killed by what looked like a jelly slime which progresivly made its way over the head. In the morning, the head was dead.

About 8hrs later, I noticed the same slime creeping over the body of another smaller head, within a few hours the head was compleatly covered.

I done some research and it seems to be brown slime disease (although this was a pinky colour) which seems like a pretty horrible dsiease leading to a corals fataility. I picked up the torch and removed both of the affected heads. This morning, one of the largest heads seems a little strange, I'm guessing I will lose the coral (backed up by the majority of articles I've read)

Apart from an iodine dip (which I've read has varying levels of success) is there anything else I can do?

 

[Lynden]

The only thing I can recommend is what you have already done; remove the infected heads. I once had a xenia get this, and unfortunately the entire coral went from healthy to dead in a day. So sometimes even fragging does not work.

 

[sophos9]

Well I've checked the coral today and the remaining three heads do not seem to have been affected YET!

Heres a photo just after I fed the torch, you can see the head closest the camera looks in pretty good condition whilst the two at the back have lost their colouring (zooanthallae?)

How do I go about getting their mojo back

 

[1entra]

I'm guessing keeping the water in top condition along with adequate feeding and light should help restore the torch to it's former glory, but it may take a few weeks for it to recover as long as it dont catch the same disease...

 

[sophos9]

Thanks...

Water parameters are good, I've moved the coral to get it closer to the lights (200w T5) and will feed it every 3 days. Fingers crossed it gets on the road to recovery!