Spaghetti Leather..all outer skin melted away...what could..

[kcstrad]

be the cause. I recently aquired a spaghetti leather that was approximatly 8 inches in lenght with a 1 inch base. It has over the past month shrvveled down to inch in lenght and .25 inch base, lost all its limbs, had its exterior pell off, leaving behind a very white, stub with only 2 very small very white nubby protrusions..

Any ideas on what occured....possibly just a bad paiece that was already on its death bed? Please exclude tank water conditions as a cause for this.

 

[Anonymous]

A little more information about your system would be helpful.

Without knowing details such as water parameters, type of set up, how long its been running, livestock, lighting, equipment, supplements etc. it's hard to come up with anything other than a wild guess.

 

[Anonymous]

>...Please exclude tank water conditions as a cause for this.



Well, did you acclimate the leather? Is there any aggressive livestock that can harm it? Do you have an ex-spouse that still have access to your house?

 

[Anonymous]

Do you have an ex-spouse that still have access to your house?

8O

:lol:

 

[kcstrad]

It was acclimated, slow introduction to the tank water, lights off. (lighting 3 400w MH, 2 165w VHO)

Inhabitants include three long tentacled anenomes, bubble coral, frogspawn, cabbage coral, polyps, . Mated clowns, mandarin, hippo tang, yellow tang, coral beauty, bannerfish, 2 banded coral shrimp, 3 peppermint shrimp, 43 snails, 2 serpeant starts, 2 yellow goby, 10 blue leg crabs

 

[Anonymous]

>...Inhabitants include ...43 snails, ....10 blue leg crabs

Wow, must be a big tank. I have 3 snails in my 110 gal tank, for comparison.

Can be just bad luck and the coral die due to bacterial infection from injury from handling/transport or when kermit crawl over it.