Sick leather help? Pics

[hermitage]

Hey all

Anyone have any ideas as to what's going on with my leather?

I woke up the other day, and noticed that one of its stalks/arms was missing. I thought maybe it was the condy anemone, maybe my tuskfish ate it...and dismissed the incident.

Well, I found the stalk that had fallen off, and it was dead and starting to rot (brown, slimy and stinky).

You can see where the stalk fell off on the pic...it's the big white spot.

It seems like the spot is spreading, and the next stalk appears to be weakening.

I figured if a stalk fell off, it would in essence frag itself, so I was startled when I found it dead.

Any thoughts? The leather is 1.5 years old and has grown tremendously over the years. I just added more LR 1 week before this happened. Maybe a hitchicker of some sort.

I have a condy anemone, some zoos, and a colt coral. Also have Volitans lion, Harlequin Tusk, and a damsel.
Parastie maybe?

 

[jpitts101]

you may have a nudi!! i had the same thing happen, i still have a hole in my leather from it. when the lights go out wait about 2 or so houres and check it out or pick the leather up and look around. mine also had a slime coat on it. it could be due to a nudi climbing around on it ( in my case ) or stress. i would check for something munching on it.