Help! Torch coral covered in brown goo.

jason71832 · Mar 11, 2006

My torch that wasn't doing so good is now covered in brown goo. with some hairlike strings floating up from it. You can see the goo is down in the skeleton and the tentacles are shrunk into the skeleton. What is it, what do I do?

MarksReef · Mar 11, 2006

I'm guessing it is just.....Pooping...

reefgeek84 · Mar 11, 2006

Nothing you can, hes a goner.

Blazer88 · Mar 11, 2006

Do a search about brown jelly....?

reefgeek84 · Mar 11, 2006

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6927630#post6927630 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Blazer88
Do a search about brown jelly....?

Thank you i could not think of the name of it for the life of me.

jason71832 · Mar 11, 2006

Thanks guys. I just bought him like monday. I went to the LFS today thinking (before the jelly showed itself) that it needed supplements. LFS tested water. CA 480ppm no amonia, nitrites 0, nitrate like 30ppm, EVERYTHING GOOD. He wasn't growing well so the LFS sold him to me half price. I called him back after I posted and he is gonna give me credit. I got it out of the tank, so it wouldn't mess up anything else...Smelled like DEAD FISH. Could the jelly have been there when I bought it (tentacles were extended good and no sign of jelly) and just took over once I got it home?

MarksReef · Mar 11, 2006

Sorry I didn't think of brown jelly when you mentioned it being stringy. This is a great thread on it and RandO is very knowledgeable.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=680298

Help! Torch coral covered in brown goo.

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