Advice on frogspawn

[Ljshelby]

Afternoon everyone, One of my first coral added was this frogspawn and she was absolutely stunning, for the last two months it will only extend out maybe a 1/4 tops but still looks healthy in color. Parameters are kept in range and all other corals are doing just fine. Hammer's, torches, acan, zoa, exs
Alk- 8.6
Cal- 430
Nitrate 5pp
Pho .45
I have moved it around a bit to see if anything changes but no luck. Would anyone have a suggestion or idea i could throw in? Thanks

 

[ZoWhat]

Frogspawn grows really slow. Crank your patience dial up to 10

 

[PanchoG]

Mines like the light, I have them in the middle, you may try it.

 

[Zakery Murray]

What's the flow like in that area? if its being blasted it may wanna hide away.

 

[Ljshelby]

What's the flow like in that area? if its being blasted it may wanna hide away.

Just enough flow without damaging the flesh, its a year and a half old five heads. Just Strang that its been hiding for this long, i know there sensitive to fluctuations in water chemistry but the tank is dialed in. I mean phosphate is pretty much the only thing that i cant keep stable

 

[Ljshelby]

Mines like the light, I have them in the middle, you may try it.

She is pretty much dead center with even flow coming from both sides, and the same amount of par when first introduced ‍

 

[capt.dave]

Try a coral dip to check for flatworms. I’m having a very similar problem and that’s what I found. Great excuse to go out and buy a Melanorous Wrasse.

 

[Ljshelby]

Try a coral dip to check for flatworms. I’m having a very similar problem and that’s what I found. Great excuse to go out and buy a Melanorous Wrasse.

Never thought of that! But wouldn't the hammer's be effected from them as well. Probably best to dip the girl anyway lol, trying anything at this point. Did you get a wrasse if so hows it with the other fish

 

[Ljshelby]

Never thought of that! But wouldn't the hammer's be effected from them as well. Probably best to dip the girl anyway lol, trying anything at this point. Did you get a wrasse if so hows it with the other fish

So i did find small whit dots on her and a few did move so i dipped all the frogs in revive lets hope that helped. Almost impossible to see so i magnified my phone and watched lol

 

[Pistondog]

Rowaphos for the po4.

 

[Dkmoo]

Whats your pH?

 

[Ljshelby]

Rowaphos for the po4.

I run

Whats your pH?

8.1 to 8.3 with running a airline outside from the skimmer.

 

[Ljshelby]

I run

8.1 to 8.3 with running a airline outside from the skimmer.

I do run Row once a week if phosphate gets out of hand but usually i have a hard time keeping it up lol

 

[Dkmoo]

Water params seem good, phos isn't that bad and euphylias are generally hardy that can tolerate different ranges

Check your light, maybe overtime either salt creep or other spashed residue has coated the light and shifted the spectrum or intensity.

 

[Ljshelby]

Water params seem good, phos isn't that bad and euphylias are generally hardy that can tolerate different ranges

Check your light, maybe overtime either salt creep or other spashed residue has coated the light and shifted the spectrum or intensity.

Perfect, i did just add two brand new kessil 360 last month as two craped out on me. That could be a possibility of higher par effecting her, but again just the frogspawn nothing else in the tank is being shy

 

[Dkmoo]

Too much light could lead to retraction.. Maybe shade it a little.

Got a par meter?

With LEDs the spread can really be all over the place and the naked eye test is pretty inaccurate to determine how intense it is.

It could just be that where you placed the other corals didnt experience that much light change. Also, different corals has different degrees of light sensitivity as well.

 

[Ljshelby]

Too much light could lead to retraction.. Maybe shade it a little.

Got a par meter?

With LEDs the spread can really be all over the place and the naked eye test is pretty inaccurate to determine how intense it is.

It could just be that where you placed the other corals didnt experience that much light change. Also, different corals has different degrees of light sensitivity as well.

I did move her to a different area of the tank after the dip this morning, i will reply this afternoon with any changes! This is actually my first time using this sight for help and im grateful now Thanks a million

 

[Dkmoo]

I did move her to a different area of the tank after the dip this morning, i will reply this afternoon with any changes! This is actually my first time using this sight for help and im grateful now Thanks a million

Np, welcome to 2r2.

Give it a few days without changing or bothering it more. The more you move the longer it will take for it to recover and get used to things

When we say "try doing x or y or z to see if it helps", unless it was some toxins/pathogens where treatment gives immediate result, we are talking about waiting at least a few days to weeks to really see if it worked.

The timescale of this hobby is generally measured in days and weeks, and sometimes months, not hours.

 

[Ljshelby]

Np, welcome to 2r2.

Give it a few days without changing or bothering it more. The more you move the longer it will take for it to recover and get used to things

When we say "try doing x or y or z to see if it helps", unless it was some toxins/pathogens where treatment gives immediate result, we are talking about waiting at least a few days to weeks to really see if it worked.

The timescale of this hobby is generally measured in days and weeks, and sometimes months, not hours.

Absolutely, it's definitely hard to not play around with things. I will give her a brake for this week and see if things change. Thank you for the information my friend

 

[Aqua Man]

The timescale of this hobby is generally measured in days and weeks, and sometimes months, not hours.

So true! Take good notes of major changes. What we do today, may not see results for weeks.