Totally bizzare molt story

[rudyistaken]

I thought my ciliata was dead. He was laying on his side under a big rock so I picked him up, took him out of the tank and put him into my 54 Peacock tank for food. (I know, but I did anyway)

Strangely enough it has been a few day and guess who has located himself in my tank? He was not dead, just decided to molt under a rock instead of his burrow.

Now I got to find a way to get him out of there before my peacock finds him.

Very bizarre though as although I didn't examine him closely I was pretty sure he was dead

 

[KhawMengLee]

Okaaaaaaay...now I am totally freaking out because when my G. Ternatensis died it was a lot like that.

He was sorta curled in a ball outside his hole. So I scooped him up and placed him in a secure container(with holes so the water could flow thru). He eventually stopped moving altogether and didn't seem to even be breathing...so I thought he was dead and after looking at him and rolling him around in my hands I decided he was dead and buried him...

after hearing your story I'm kinda freaking out because he may not have been dead

 

[Pea-brain]

Are you sure it molted? because if it didn't it sounds like it could be heavy metal poisoning. check your heater for cracks or anything like that just in case.

 

[rudyistaken]

I am not positive it molted, but he is darker for sure and the tank was a biocube with no heater