what would make a coco worm lose its color???

[agoutihead]

i had a very vibrant pink cocoworm... now its almost a bleached white..... what would cause this?

is there anyway to get its color back?

 

[LeslieH]

Starvation and stress. How are you feeding it? Are your tank parameters okay?

 

[agoutihead]

i was feeding it dt's but ran out for a while.

tank parms are good i just checked them last week.

if i start doing heavy doses of DT'S will its color come back?

 

[Craig Lambert]

don't dose a drop more than the recommended amount of DT's or you'll have bigger problems than a faded coco worm crop.

 

[agoutihead]

why what would happen if i over dosed dts?

will the coloring of the coco worm come back?

 

[Mstamic]

hmm...overdosing DT....i wonder what would really happen, if it's supposed to be "live" phytoplankton, it should take a lot to really do any harm to a tank. I culture my own and concentrate it, and i would say i use way over the recommended amount that DT prescribes. If DT is going to polute your tank or not would depend on if it's really live or not. As for your coco worm, it needs food. If it's really dear to you and you don't want to spend loads on DT, check out florida aqua farms and culturing phytoplankton

HTH.

 

[agoutihead]

will the color and its health come back if i start dosing DT'S???

how long will it usually take?

 

[Mstamic]

the color should be specific to the species. couple months i would guess.

 

[agoutihead]

so is it a for sure thing for it to return to color? or is it too far gone already?

 

[Mstamic]

hehe...i really don't know, i can't judge without having it in front of me and watching its behaviors. Does it retract quickly when disturbed? Is it sluggish on it's retraction?

 

[agoutihead]

no it still reacts pretty quickly.