bacterial infection?? =(

reefmasta · 10-08-2008, 02:36 PM

i recently have fragged around 30 of my hairy frilly shrooms and a couple days ago i seen 3 covered in a red mucus and not fully extended and i moved them and got rid of the mucus around the frag andin the sand and it was back on a couple more 2 days later. any ideas/help??

mantid · 10-08-2008, 04:23 PM

could just be some of the frags dieing. If you ever notice a coral die it will get covered in a weird film stuff like mold or bacteria of some sort. Or even just a piece of that coral was dieing where it got cut but the "film" covered the whole mushroom just because it happen to be there.

BigAl07 · 10-08-2008, 04:30 PM

Sounds a lot like Cyano bacteria. Sometimes called "Red Velvet Algae". Comes from low flow, high nutrient combination. Google it but I can tell ya manual removal, increased flow and nutrient "investigation" are the keys to removing it long term. It's a fast grower and will choke out corals quickly.

cbrownfish · 10-08-2008, 08:23 PM

When you hack up corals, some frags don't do well. Watch the ones that are having problems and toss them if they begin to melt away.

reefmasta · 10-08-2008, 08:46 PM

thanks guys, im sure its just a bacteria eating it away. its not red slime or cyno becasue that stuff flakes away easy and its ONLY on a couple mushrooms that are tiny from fraging. thanks anyway =)

cbrownfish · 10-08-2008, 11:21 PM

You could try a light iodine dip. Take a quart or so of tank water, add a couple drops of Lugol's or Kent iodine and then dip the frag for a couple minutes.

reefmasta · 10-10-2008, 11:56 AM

sounds like a plan!! i got medicoral from brightwell and lugols. and another thing. the issue has SPREAD to my mother colonie of hairy frillys and they were all slimed up in red mucus and it was eating away the tissue becasue on one you could see those swirly things inside them. SO we got a problem. i been reading every book i got but still havent found much.

10-08-2008, 02:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
reefmasta Star Polyps Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: tampa Posts: 158 View Gallery Karma Komment	bacterial infection?? =( i recently have fragged around 30 of my hairy frilly shrooms and a couple days ago i seen 3 covered in a red mucus and not fully extended and i moved them and got rid of the mucus around the frag andin the sand and it was back on a couple more 2 days later. any ideas/help?? __________________ 500 gallons of all salt. one 155G full reef. 350G of all proping tanks. 4 1/2years of experience and still reading and going to school =) water changes= Cant remember never be a slave to your hobie!!askk me for questions. =)

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mantid Ricordea Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado Posts: 196 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: bacterial infection?? =( could just be some of the frags dieing. If you ever notice a coral die it will get covered in a weird film stuff like mold or bacteria of some sort. Or even just a piece of that coral was dieing where it got cut but the "film" covered the whole mushroom just because it happen to be there.

10-08-2008, 04:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: bacterial infection?? =( Sounds a lot like Cyano bacteria. Sometimes called "Red Velvet Algae". Comes from low flow, high nutrient combination. Google it but I can tell ya manual removal, increased flow and nutrient "investigation" are the keys to removing it long term. It's a fast grower and will choke out corals quickly. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

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cbrownfish Reef Lobster Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,633 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: bacterial infection?? =( When you hack up corals, some frags don't do well. Watch the ones that are having problems and toss them if they begin to melt away. __________________ *Confucius Say: "best way to save face, is to keep lower part of face shut".* CURRENT SET UP -- 90 gallon display, 30 gallon refugium, 6 gallon pod breeder, 100 gallon sump (complete with frag rack), 2X250 MH 14K DE HQI, Vortech MP40w and Koralia #4 for flow, 2X Tunze 9010 Skimmers, Sequence Dart return, 2X Ranco Controllers w/Titanium Heaters, 150 lb LR (90 in display, 60 in sump), 5" DSB, Mixed reef - Softies, LPS, SPS, Clams.

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reefmasta Star Polyps Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: tampa Posts: 158 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: bacterial infection?? =( thanks guys, im sure its just a bacteria eating it away. its not red slime or cyno becasue that stuff flakes away easy and its ONLY on a couple mushrooms that are tiny from fraging. thanks anyway =) __________________ 500 gallons of all salt. one 155G full reef. 350G of all proping tanks. 4 1/2years of experience and still reading and going to school =) water changes= Cant remember never be a slave to your hobie!!askk me for questions. =)

10-08-2008, 11:21 PM	#6 (permalink)
cbrownfish Reef Lobster Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,633 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: bacterial infection?? =( You could try a light iodine dip. Take a quart or so of tank water, add a couple drops of Lugol's or Kent iodine and then dip the frag for a couple minutes. __________________ *Confucius Say: "best way to save face, is to keep lower part of face shut".* CURRENT SET UP -- 90 gallon display, 30 gallon refugium, 6 gallon pod breeder, 100 gallon sump (complete with frag rack), 2X250 MH 14K DE HQI, Vortech MP40w and Koralia #4 for flow, 2X Tunze 9010 Skimmers, Sequence Dart return, 2X Ranco Controllers w/Titanium Heaters, 150 lb LR (90 in display, 60 in sump), 5" DSB, Mixed reef - Softies, LPS, SPS, Clams.

10-10-2008, 11:56 AM	#7 (permalink)
reefmasta Star Polyps Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: tampa Posts: 158 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: bacterial infection?? =( sounds like a plan!! i got medicoral from brightwell and lugols. and another thing. the issue has SPREAD to my mother colonie of hairy frillys and they were all slimed up in red mucus and it was eating away the tissue becasue on one you could see those swirly things inside them. SO we got a problem. i been reading every book i got but still havent found much. __________________ 500 gallons of all salt. one 155G full reef. 350G of all proping tanks. 4 1/2years of experience and still reading and going to school =) water changes= Cant remember never be a slave to your hobie!!askk me for questions. =)

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