Please Help..Losing my Hammer to Brown Jelly Disease..Already lost my Torch

[nikkinchip]

Hello

I am needing some help/advice. I purchased this past Saturday a Torch and Hammer coral from my LFS. I was so excited about these two new purchases. I acclimated (drip) them for about an hour and a half before putting in my DT.
I am a beginner and advised this much to the sales person at LFS, but he assured me that these are fairly easy to care for and I should be ok with my current lighting.
Well...I had to toss out last night my torch because he was covered in BJD. I did try and syphone(OMG it smelled so bad too) but after speaking with the LFS he suggested tossing it or chase it spreading to the rest of my coral.

Now my hammer has never fully opened. Even at LFS he was closed but do to my inexperience, I did not know any better so still purchased it. The first night both corals eat great and closed up afterwards. The hammer since has never opened back up. I researched and tried to move him to see if the placement could have been the reason but still nothing. This morning when I turned lights on, I noticed a brown stringy thing floating from his skeleton and was like..CRAP he has it too now. So I repeated the process and removed him from DT and placed in a seperate bowl and started to syphone the nasty BJD off him. I cleared away pretty much most of it and then let him soak for about 5 minutes in this bowl and added a little of my iodine supplement solution (Bright Well).

Is my hammer salvagable?? What steps should I take at this point. Any help would be appreciated.
I fear that after reviewing pictures from the first night I purchased, he may have already been infected with it.


Oh and I called LFS and filled them in and asked about a gurantee, but was told that they got those corals in the day before so no guarantee on them. :(

I just did a 10G water change on Sunday because I rearranged my LR.

water param:
SPG 1.022
Water Temperature 76F-78F
Nitrate between 5-10ppm checked last night
Ph 7.8


Tank background.

46G Bowfront with about 40 lbs LR
Aqueon 55 filteration
powerhead
Coralife 36W and 36W Actinic
LED strip not sure wattage??
1 Coral Beauty
1 Occ Clown
4 Hermits
5 Peppermint Shrimp
1 Bubble Tip Anemone
This was an established tank (2 yrs) when I purchased 5 months ago. Took original water/sand/LR

Here's a pic day I purchased
Ch2.jpg

Last night
CH 1.jpg

this am after removing most of BJD
CH.jpg

my tank
tank.jpg

[BSJF]

As long as there is flesh on it there is a chance of survival. Try not to disturb it and DON'T feed it. It just needs a bit of light.

The iodine dip was good. May need to repeat if it continues to deteriorate. If it looks like this or better, then let it be.

Be careful how much flow you place it in. They like medium flow, but not direct flow.

Hope it makes it!

[Bill S]

How were they packaged? They need to be carefully packaged for shipment, AND they should not be taken out of the water unless they have closed up. These guys are very hardy, as long as you can get them thru the first few days. However the heads are extremely delicate and don't ship/move well.

[CoryDude]

As long as there is flesh on it there is a chance of survival. Try not to disturb it and DON'T feed it. It just needs a bit of light.

The iodine dip was good. May need to repeat if it continues to deteriorate. If it looks like this or better, then let it be.

Be careful how much flow you place it in. They like medium flow, but not direct flow.

Hope it makes it!

I was going to suggest some kind of anti-bacterial dip too. Betadine is a cheap alternative if needed.