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Thanks, D, for all the information and research you provide. It's truly priceless and so very helpful. I so wish I had spent more time examining the dead hatchlng for missing tentacles. When I had him on a paper towel I did take a toothpick and try to separate his tentacles but he was pretty clamped and sticky and slimy so I didn't pursue it. Now I am thinking had I put him in a container of water I would have been better able to evaluate the condition of his body. I HOPE I don't get another opportunity, but if I lose another one I will try harder to examine it.
So at this point my loss could have either been a sibling attack or a water change. Why do you think you had negative effects after water changes.... one of the parameters was too far off from the removed water? I have to wonder which one... temperature? Salinity? Ph? I guess these are things we will (hopefully) learn as more of us experiment and journal. But since I only lost one to a water change and since I did find a sibling in the breeder trap with the dead one, I think I'm going to lean towards this death being caused by a sibling attack.
Headcount summary: I picked up 7 hatchlings 6 days ago, gave two to a fellow reefer (they are still alive) lost one of mine to death, have three in three separate breeding traps, and have one somewhere in the main tank (hiding in rock).
Sue
So at this point my loss could have either been a sibling attack or a water change. Why do you think you had negative effects after water changes.... one of the parameters was too far off from the removed water? I have to wonder which one... temperature? Salinity? Ph? I guess these are things we will (hopefully) learn as more of us experiment and journal. But since I only lost one to a water change and since I did find a sibling in the breeder trap with the dead one, I think I'm going to lean towards this death being caused by a sibling attack.
Headcount summary: I picked up 7 hatchlings 6 days ago, gave two to a fellow reefer (they are still alive) lost one of mine to death, have three in three separate breeding traps, and have one somewhere in the main tank (hiding in rock).
Sue