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seashells
01-18-2008, 05:24 PM
The flesh has lifted right off the skeleton, and actually moved away. Tentacles are extended & flesh is soft? Any Ideas?
Der_Iron_Chef
01-18-2008, 05:43 PM
That doesn't sound good. Can you get a photo? Is it withdrawn or puffed up?
seashells
01-18-2008, 05:45 PM
Looks open & puffy
ponokareefer
01-18-2008, 07:28 PM
A couple of my heads of frogspawn did the same thing. They died shortly after. They looked really cool though floating around all inflated.
Delphinus
01-18-2008, 07:37 PM
It's not good. I'm not sure how that happens but that's basically how I lost my open brain which I had had for something like 6 or 7 years. It happens to my candycanes too. And come to think of it I lost a frogspawn that way too. I think it's some kind of disease/parasite/pathogen/stress/something-bad-anyhow. :(
dsaundry
01-18-2008, 08:03 PM
I have to agree, I had one a few years back and it did the same thing... Terminal:sad:
Matt
01-18-2008, 09:22 PM
What an unusual phenomenon. I was forced to google the topic, and did find a couple of people who claimed their OB did eventually recover a skeleton, after a long time. Most mentions though, have no followup, so I think it is likely a very bad thing. Update the thread from time to time - I'd like to hear how the story evolves or ends.
fkshiu
01-19-2008, 06:59 AM
Happened to my candycane as well. One by one the heads floated away on their own. It's weird because the coral otherwise looks completely healthy.
seashells
01-19-2008, 08:29 PM
The brain was in a 29 gal biocube at our store. I brought it home to put in our 90 so I could watch it closer.
seashells
01-20-2008, 12:27 AM
We have put the flesh in a plastic container with sand in the bottom & set in a low flow area of the tank....we shall see....
SeaHorse_Fanatic
01-20-2008, 03:29 AM
I've read that polyp expulsion is a sign of high phosphates. If you can keep the loose polyp alive long enough (months), then supposedly the coral might secrete a new skeleton.

Had this happen once about 4 years ago with a brain in my seahorse tank & yes, the phosphates were through the roof. I kept the polyp alive for maybe 6 weeks after it let go but eventually it got injured & died.

Good luck.

Anthony