I succumbed to temptation again a couple weeks ago and bought a two head colony of frogspawn for my generally thriving nano. Three days later I find the coral with one head completely detached.
You can see the detached head lying on the rocks below the coral skeleton. You can also see the remaining head continuing to look reasonably happy, as the other had looked before bailing out.
Two days after that I have this.
Of course that head quickly fell off as well but somehow managed to disappear in an 8 gallon tank.
Perhaps there was something wrong with the coral when I purchased it. I do a 50% water change weekly on this tank and all else is doing well including the trumpets you see in the background. The frogspawn was getting moderate light and flow, etc. I'm also angry with myself because I'm guessing these were wild-caught colonies and I violated my personal rule of only tank-raised animals.
The bizarre thing is that the polyp that fell off is still live and moderately inflated down in the rocks. It doesn't get much light or flow there but I'm tempted to pull it out and try to glue it to a rock like a mushroom.
Any idea what would cause this?
You can see the detached head lying on the rocks below the coral skeleton. You can also see the remaining head continuing to look reasonably happy, as the other had looked before bailing out.
Two days after that I have this.
Of course that head quickly fell off as well but somehow managed to disappear in an 8 gallon tank.
Perhaps there was something wrong with the coral when I purchased it. I do a 50% water change weekly on this tank and all else is doing well including the trumpets you see in the background. The frogspawn was getting moderate light and flow, etc. I'm also angry with myself because I'm guessing these were wild-caught colonies and I violated my personal rule of only tank-raised animals.
The bizarre thing is that the polyp that fell off is still live and moderately inflated down in the rocks. It doesn't get much light or flow there but I'm tempted to pull it out and try to glue it to a rock like a mushroom.
Any idea what would cause this?