I'm sure everyone has faced one or the other, heck probably even both, or maybe even both at the same time. IME I have faced both and have a hard time determining which one I hate more. I'm sure there are a lot more worse things that we may come across but these ones seem to be the most common and give us the most head ache.
Ich - the mosquito of the ocean. Everyone gets it and itches for days until cured. DT goes with no fish for 72 days and may look "boring". I've read three ways to cure ich - TTM, Hypo-salinity, Coper.
BJD (Brown Jelly Disease) - The grim reaper of corals. I've read that most people can save their corals, but eventually comes back. I have not been able to save any, of course they were small frags that got infected, not giant ones. The cause of BJD is unkown and there is really no solid cure for BJD unless you chop/frag/break off infected pieces. If you're lucky only one coral got infected and it didn't spread around your tank.
The Skinny - One might kill your prize fish if not treated at all and the other might wipe out your prize coral, or maybe all of it.
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Ich - the mosquito of the ocean. Everyone gets it and itches for days until cured. DT goes with no fish for 72 days and may look "boring". I've read three ways to cure ich - TTM, Hypo-salinity, Coper.
BJD (Brown Jelly Disease) - The grim reaper of corals. I've read that most people can save their corals, but eventually comes back. I have not been able to save any, of course they were small frags that got infected, not giant ones. The cause of BJD is unkown and there is really no solid cure for BJD unless you chop/frag/break off infected pieces. If you're lucky only one coral got infected and it didn't spread around your tank.
The Skinny - One might kill your prize fish if not treated at all and the other might wipe out your prize coral, or maybe all of it.
Feel free to add to this reefers!
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