Can see frogspawn skeleton

[Jake_the_reefer]

So I got this frogspawn from my lfs a few days ago (3 or 4) and it's not doing so hot. I think I can see its bone also I see little tiny neon green flakes floating around my tank. Is this normal for acclimation or is it a goner? No brown jelly or parasites from what I can tell

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

Piece of the frogspawn

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

Anyone? I need help saving it.

 

[Webslinger]

how long have you had it?

Start with good water quality and lighting.

 

[lapin]

Tell us about your tank
The normal 50 questions
New, all water measurements, livestock...ect?

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

Water 25g
Salinity 1.025
Nitrite 0
Ammonia 0
Nitrate 0
Calcium 450
Ph 8.2
Age 6 months

Lighting 200 watt black box light.

Stocking
Montipora
War coral
Pulsing xenia
Gsp
Bubble tip nem
Assorted zoas
Candy cane coral
Kenya tree

Percula clowns x2
Blue damsel
X2 emerald crab
Skunk cleaner shrimp
~100 nassarius snail (had babies )

 

[lapin]

Normally they do not lose their heads when introduced to a tank. My first guess is one of your emeralds decided it looked like bubble algae and took a few samples.

 

[Hemmdog]

Normally they do not lose their heads when introduced to a tank. My first guess is one of your emeralds decided it looked like bubble algae and took a few samples.

+1

Bump nitrates up to aid in recovery.

What’s your alk and mag?

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

They were on a rack that keeps the crabs away. So I dont think the crabs could gotten to em. And unfortunately I dont have mag or alk. Should I remove my protein skimmer? That what's keeping nitrates down

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

I moved it to see if flow is a factor. This is it 3 hours later... I'm feeling like hope is lost

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

I've also tried target feeding some reef roids

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

I'm also suprised my other sps and lps are doing perfect but this new frogspawn is being railed

 

[Hemmdog]

It was trying to recover, they aren’t going to accept food when they are doing that. The reef roids and moving it was a bad idea. Just leave it alone and give it over a week to recover. If the crab didn’t bite it then a fish did.

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

The damsel picked at it. Should I put it back on the rack? It still has flesh on the bone that's exposed so I think it could recover

 

[Hemmdog]

The damsel picked at it. Should I put it back on the rack? It still has flesh on the bone that's exposed so I think it could recover

No just stop touching it, stop looking at the tank, go to a movie or something lol. It needs to recover and not be messed with or it will for sure die.

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

Progress.

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

More improvement on more bone

 

[Tamberav]

Years ago, I had one that had basically zero flesh after an alk overdose. I thought it was 100% dead but left the skeleton in the tank, It actually recovered weeks later, I guess a tiny amount of flesh survived and eventually it grew back entirely.

As long as its not being blasted by flow or light, I would leave it alone. It is angry and moving or feeding it does not help.

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

Years ago, I had one that had basically zero flesh after an alk overdose. I thought it was 100% dead but left the skeleton in the tank, It actually recovered weeks later, I guess a tiny amount of flesh survived and eventually it grew back entirely.

As long as its not being blasted by flow or light, I would leave it alone. It is angry and moving or feeding it does not help.

I have my lights half as bright and I have it in a low flow area now. Hopefully this will help

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

Should I refrain from my water changes for the week? Or just be careful. And avoid putting reef roids on it?