Researchers Stop Tissue Loss Disease in Rescued Pillar Coral (Video)

[Gatortailale]

https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/researchers-stop-tissue-loss-disease-in-rescued-pillar-coral-video/

 

Scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) have successfully treated and rehabilitated diseased pillar coral rescued from the Florida Reef Tract.

First detected near Miami in 2014, stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has since spread throughout the Florida Keys and much of the Caribbean. The disease is infecting and killing roughly half of the region’s hard coral species, including pillar coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus) — a species listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Florida's wild pillar coral population is now less than six percent of its known population in 2014.

 

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[ReefdUp]

Thank you for posting this.

 

I am currently dealing with three SCLTD-associated bacteria in my tank now (with all accompanying symptoms), so I guess it's fair to say I have this in my tanks. I'm documenting it all, but it's really awful.