Crypt melt?

[adblair]

I have had a bronze crypt for about 2 or 3 weeks. I have always heard that they will "melt" when you first get them but that they will grow back out - mine hasn't done this. I'm not complaining! I just wondered if I haven't had it long enough for this to happen. Mine seems to have gotten fuller since I have had it. Anyone else experience this with their crypts?

 

[Leopardess]

Not all crypts will do it and not all crypts that DO do it have it happen when you first get them. It seems to be in response to a change in their environment - no matter how small. Out of my crypts, one melted when I first got it (within a month) and has grown back better than before - the other one melted after I'd had it for a good 6 months.


It might still melt since it is relatively new - but I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[djlen]

Be patient. It may take months for it to reappear, but they usually do come back.

Len

 

[elgecko]

I have not had any problem with my crypts for 4 years. But, back in Dec I decided it was time to try a fish I've wanted for years, discus. I turned my heater up to 83. Several of my crypts have suffered melt, but all show new growth.