hey guys...
came home today to find a smallish m.cap colony melting away. i had got this piece just before xmas.
up until today it was looking perfectly fine.
only thing that changed recently that could affect it is, my maroon clown had recently begun tossing sand around it. sometimes tossing sand on top of it. in the last few weeks i would blast the sand off with a turkey baster.
do you think that the maroon doing this several times over the last few weeks could irritate the m.cap so much that it would begin "melting"??
i don't know how else to describe it except for the tissue seems to be melting away...i can see strings/blobs of mucus from the tissue swaying in the current.
i managed to get 2 pinky nail sized frags off...hoping that these pieces will be unaffected. *crosses fingers*
oh one other thing...i just realized...i did just mkae a whole bunch of xenia cuttings in my sump last night. perhaps it is some chemical/toxins released that initiated this response from the m.cap?
FYI the m.cap was on the sand just off center in the tank. no other sps is showing any sign of stress.
i hate losing an animal under my care
your thoughts, opinions and theories are welcomed.