A Bacterial Infection is Killing my Corals | KFC In Tank Treatment

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My reef tank is suffering from a severe bacterial infection that's tragically affecting many of my corals, especially the Euphyllias. To combat this, I'll be undertaking a risky in-tank treatment with antibiotics. Follow along as I navigate this challenging process to save my corals.
THANK YOU TO ALL THAT HELPED ME WITH THIS PROCESS.
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[@solomonsisland2018]

Hello LadyAquatica, Solomon’s Island here with a quick input on your situation, a lot of people step away from the basics when a issue is at hand and look for a chemical to resolve the issue, being in the hobby for quite a while I’ve learned there are typically only six things that could be causing this, flow, water quality, water parameters, par level, parasites or non reef safe fish, which are many factors to consider. If this were to happen to me i’d check the flow it looks like the hammers and torches are not opening up all the way, I’d check all my parameters with Hanna checkers and Hanna Salinity checker and use the Red Sea Mag test kit to make sure my levels are healthy, I have a par meter so I already know my par levels but I’ll check again just incase, I’d keep a small wrasse like a 6 line if you don’t have one already for things like flatworms,I don’t believe u have any non reef safe fish, but if all those things checkout,isolate and dip affected coral in revive,I’d remove all chemical filtration, add a good fresh quality carbon bag for 1 week only, remove carbon bag then do a 20% water change and stay chemical free and just continue to keep your parameters stable and allow the tank to recover naturally.

[@ladyaquatica]

Thank you Solomon! The treatment was already completed in the video. I’ll keep you updated next with the results. For context, I have a trident, a doser, two wrasses, and Hanna checkers for nitrates and phosphates.

[@solomonsisland2018]

@@ladyaquatica you’re welcome, sounds good!

[@BlackPedagogue]

Hoping the best for you with the treatment.

[@ladyaquatica]

🥰 🙏

[@danchac01]

I hope the treatment fix the problem, the tank looks beautiful , good luck

[@ladyaquatica]

Thanks so much. There’s always something going wrong right.

[@danchac01]

Always😢😂

[@gerryharrington6412]

Wishing you all the best . Ill be following along

[@ladyaquatica]

🙏 Thanks, definitely need to do a quick update. Love the communities support

[@inventoryking]

That Stinks! I hope it works. I have done the KFC dip for years, haven't done the in tank though. Looking forward to your follow up video.

[@ladyaquatica]

Thanks! For sure, next one should be a quick update, yay or nay lol

[@davefuria5205]

i think i seen you at reefapoloza 2024 ny and the 2 you tubers i was with called you queen reef, they were wrong.. i think i have that content on my twitch live, if that was you i hope you had a good time and got some awesome content

[@fletcherwright7042]

The reef looks nice. I hope the treatment works for you 👍

[@ladyaquatica]

Thanks so much. It's risky for a full tank treatment.

[@JCTReefer]

I really hope you get things figured out. There’s always the Aquabiomics route if you wanted to see if any coral pathogens are in the tank. After successfully keeping Euphyllia for years and then suddenly losing colonies one by one, I finally quit keeping them. 😢 It’s sad because those are the corals that attracted me to the hobby. Thousands of dollars in livestock gone. Desperately dosing cipro, baths, iodine, and every dip I could think of. It sucks really. You have been at this hobby for a long time. I hope things turn around for you!

[@ladyaquatica]

Damn, did you try the KFC dip too? I felt the same, I grew these corals from 1-2 heads and bam all of them dying at once. Torches are also the coral that attracted me to the hobby.

[@CJSAQUARIUMS]

I literally just posted this on my last video.. same thing is happening to my torch in my tank. Also had few acans melt. I’m following closely on this. I thought it may have been my flow or over zealous husbandry.. please update us on this I may have to do the same

[@ladyaquatica]

You’ll need to act quick if it’s at this level. I’ll DM you.

[@ou812reefing]

I truly hope that your Beautiful corals recover

[@ladyaquatica]

Thanks so much

[@kahldrogo8657]

Hi, my tank is going through this problem and I have already had several dead corals. Did it really work for you? Your answer would be very helpful to me, thank you and sorry for the inconvenience.

[@ladyaquatica]

All in all, it did! But I’m dealing with other issues now.

[@smokiebandit]

Amoxicillin is all you need to treat the tank. Been there done that before

[@ladyaquatica]

It’s definitely the main ingredient.

[@slaw8609]

Good luck sis i can feel you pain a bit 😐.. let us know what happens plz .. ive lost 3 torches this year question have you done any house work or painting ect ?..

[@ladyaquatica]

Thanks so much 🙏 and no, no house work for a while…1+ year But I did buy many new euphyllias over the last few months.

[@CRL77JAN]

Im no expert with lps but i know some have success with iodine dips.

[@KathouQC]

Does a UV lamp in-line can help with this kind of problem to prevent it?

[@ladyaquatica]

I don’t think so unfortunately

[@Reefkpr1]

Fingers on both hands, crossed for you. I've used the KFC dip and in tank treatment, a handful of times with great success. Hope the same for you.

[@ladyaquatica]

Thanks! But why a handful of times?! Lol are you not learning your lesson. Any loss?

[@Reefkpr1]

@@ladyaquatica 😂 I have 5 tanks. I would say my success rate is about 80%. I've lost a few torch polyps but never the entire colony.

[@ladyaquatica]

That’s great news!!

[@MicrobiusBlue]

Fingers crossed for you 🤞

[@ladyaquatica]

Thanks 🙏 I’ll keep you updated

[@queencityreefs]

Good luck 🙏🤞✌️

[@ladyaquatica]

Thanks, I’ll have an update shortly

[@queencityreefs]

@@ladyaquatica sounds good 👌

[@scotttang6229]

Had the same issue lately. Dipped and then treated the entire tank with cipro for 3 days. Lost 1 torch colony and 1 sps colony…. 😢. My confetti colony took 1.5 years to grow and was looking amazing.

[@ladyaquatica]

So sad. 😔 specially when you grow them from a small frag and something comes in and kills them. Assuming you didn’t combine that cipro with amoxicillin??

[@scotttang6229]

@@ladyaquatica , I only dosed cipro. The tank is becoming stable again. And grow everything from frags. I don’t add wild sps.

[@ladyaquatica]

How’s the tank doing

[@scotttang6229]

@@ladyaquatica , the tank is back to equilibrium again. Did a big water change a week ago. Hopefully, no more brown jelly. How are things with yours.

[@ladyaquatica]

@scotttang6229 good, but not 100%

[@Mcappo]

Wow. This has been going on in my tank and can’t figure it out. Just the euphylia like you said everything else is fine.

[@ladyaquatica]

If I was you, I’d get my hands on some amoxicillin and cipro.

[@Mcappo]

@@ladyaquatica yes but where to get without script?

[@ladyaquatica]

I contacted an online vet that prescribed it and I picked it up at my local pharmacy. DM me on insta if you want more info.

[@zachary_smith1]

same. my goniopora is fine and they are notorius for water parameters, and my acros are fine. just my euphyllia is doing bad.

[@zachary_smith1]

I think I’m having similar issue. All my euphyllia are flat with open mouths. All my water testing seems to be fine. Ugh so stressful

[@ladyaquatica]

Oh man, that sucks. I wish you all the best. Do you have a doser?

[@zachary_smith1]

@@ladyaquatica I do. Have your corals started turning around? I’m thinking I’m going to iodine dip my corals that seem affected instead of nuking the whole tank. I don’t want to kill beneficial bacteria

[@ladyaquatica]

Yup, the corals are now recovering. I don’t believe iodine will be enough for you, and remember your water is already infected. You’d be returning them to a tank that will continue to kill them. Once the bad bacteria is in your main tank, full tank treatment is your only way to get rid of.

[@zachary_smith1]

@@ladyaquatica just lost another torch and now my holy grail hammer is looking bad......ughhh. i dosed chemi clean 2 days ago. hoping that stops it as chemiclean is an anti bacterial

[@ladyaquatica]

Contact Kung Fu Corals on insta he can troubleshoot with you if it’s a bacterial infection and what your dosage would be

[@lukefham7138]

Check for magnet rust

[@ladyaquatica]

Thanks Luke, I did check as that was a concern and wasn’t able to locate. 🙏

[@OGBarry16]

The fish look awesome though😂

[@ladyaquatica]

Don’t they 😋

[@DJDorrat]

I am a certified ICP consultant for Fauna Marin. Please send a Fauna Marin Total ICP, select Frag Farm as your advisor, when you register the sampler and I will help you.. unfortunately the issues you have encountered will return unless you fix the chemistry.

[@ladyaquatica]

Hi, I have lots of those tests kits at home. Just need to get around sending one in!! That’s for the feedback.

[@danriver12345]

That’s never a good feeling.

[@ladyaquatica]

I was desperate, and booked an online vet visit. Never done it before

[@locwong9284]

It's not a bacteria infections,are your water parameters stable and the same as before, if not then its definitely water parameters your phosphate is to high should be .1 or 0.05 - 0.1, also check your alkalinity, salinity,keep doing water changes every couple of days to reset tank,do iodine dip on lps, hopefully corals will slowly recover 🤞

[@ladyaquatica]

Do you think I could successfully keep Goniopora without stable water parameters? I have a Trident and I conduct ICP testing, so I monitor the conditions closely. Typically, my nutrient levels are at 15 NO3 and 0.07 PO4. The recent increase in nutrients was due to the KFC dip treatment, which is a standard in-tank reaction. I believe the issue was a bacterial infection, based on the corals' response to the treatment and their current performance. Thanks for your feedback!

[@locwong9284]

Your nutrients parameters are good before coral tissue lost, I had tissue lost on my lps due to high phosphate .3 and nitrates of 50 and alkalinity 13, I recommend before using chemicals and stressing corals more on parameters swing, just stick with the frequent water changes and yes you should have no problems keeping Goniopora as long as you don't have big swings in parameters, like any corals they will sulk stay close if this happens give them time and they will adapt and recover, for me water changes every two days seem to solve most problems if you don't know the cause. 🤞

[@ladyaquatica]

I’ve already done the full treatment, I’ll keep you updated with results next.

[@larrypadilla2809]

Well don't put left over Kentucky Fried chicken in the tank 😊

[@ladyaquatica]

Lol why not. The fish need to eat!