Mysterious LPS Deaths

[StevenSeas]

what kind of glue is it? what does it list the ingredients as?

[Europhyllia]

it is cyanoacrylate super glue gel.
Doesn't list any additional ingredients though. I think gel generally is ~95% cyanoacrylate and 5% something else (to give it the gel consistency)
It could be complete coincidence. Or maybe I had something else on my hands. I just noticed the shriveling after glueing the frag. Just shriveling at that time, not yet peeling.

[justahobby]

FWIW I use a generic (i believe) black, blue, and yellow capped super glue gel from walgreens. Never had any problems....

[StevenSeas]

i too use a generic super glue as it is works just as well. just checking it didnt happen to have other odd stuff in there.

[Europhyllia]

I have inspected the peps and they have no white lines so I think they are really peps and not camel shrimp.
No way to get them though as they never come out of the rocks far enough.
One of the LPS that died was really far up on top where the peps don't go. I'd be surprised if the went all the way up there... ?

[justahobby]

Do you think it might be Brown Jelly Disease? I don't know that it causes overnight death or if it will attack duncans....

[Europhyllia]

I thought about that but I don't see any brown slime

[allan]

Karin,

I know you don't like the idea, but an eel will get those peps out of there for you.

[RayAllen]

The rock you gave me is still in buckets so if the crabs in there its definately dead.

[Europhyllia]

LOL. I am scared a TANG will bother my small fish! An eel will also get out my gobies, blennies, clowns and Mandarins! lol