leather toad stool disease?

[John Karavias]

I have a large leather toad stool and over the weekend it has developed raised marks that look like lentle seeds. I am not sure what this is. It is in a 150 gal reef system with many soft corals. Forgive my spelling on this any andy future posts. Just bacame a member today.

Thanks
John

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

Do you have a picture of it? It seems like it just might be budding or spouting new polyps.

 

[John Karavias]

I will try to get one. Thanks for the reply. I too think it could be propagation but I have had it for 2 years and this is the first time

 

[Jon Evans]

Mine has done the same thing. I think that it is sick, but the next day it looks perfectly normal.

 

[John Karavias]

Thanks John,

However it still has it today but it is nor worse

 

[John Karavias]

Guess what,

The leasions (sp) are falling off and I think the stool will be fine

 

[Julio]

There is a bacteria that humans carrie that is not harmful to us but is very harmful to leather corals, i wonoder if that is what it is. This However can be corrected with drying yoru hands with ethanol before you put yoru hand sint eh tank, using sanitizer works just the same.

 

[radone]

Julio anymore info on this subject, how to treat it etc.?

 

[Julio]

There appears to be no treatment for it, the best thing to do is either cut out the infected area or make sure you sanitize yoru hands with Alchohol and let them dry before you place them in the tank and it will eliminate any tranfer of the bacteria into the tank.

 

[radone]

Thanks Julio I will try that