Any idea what happened??

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Beverly - I wish I did have another tank setup so that I could put this into, but I don't right now (will be buying one this weekend).

Chad - to me it kind of looks like it is decaying. But there are also a lot of new small buds that look like they might be ok. If it is decaying would it be a good idea to remove as much of the dead stuff as I can? I could angle a PH towards it to blow any dead stuff off. I am also doing a water change tonight so I could try and siphon the crud off?

Anyone have any other suggestions