Brown Jelly

[wkada]

Was moving a rather large torch coral around the tank to reposition it and stupidly dropped it against some rocks. Over the last few days 4 of the 15 or so heads have essentially melted away, only skeleton remaining. Looks like brown jelly. The rest of it looks ok for now. Other corals looking healthy. Question: will this have potential to infect the rest of the tank? should I wait a certain time period before introducing any new LPS since I was planning on doing so in the next few weeks? Tank parameters are fine, temp 78-80, 1.025. I run chemipure elite and purigen in reactors 24/7. Thanks.

[greenmako]

You do run the possibility of infecting other LPS if it is brown jelly. I've never had any luck battling the infection, but I know there are a few people on here who have. If I remember correctly the dipped the infected coral in iodine and fragged off dead parts.
good luck with it

[Bill S]

Yup. Dip it in 4 drops of Lugols in a liter of tank water for 15 minutes. This works especially well with LPS that has become infected, rather than damaged. The damaged ones seem to just die off. I swear, it acts like it LIKES the dip - like scratching an itch.

[wkada]

Won't get home until tomorrow, but will give it a try then. Thanks for the advice!