Frog spawn trouble

[FancyCorals]

Hello my fellow refers, I have a frog spawn that is acting a little weird IMO. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I have had him on rocks medium light and he did OK but I had a leak shut everything off no flow for few hours and man did he open up so I moved him in a little higher light little less flow and in the sand well I don't think he liked that at all because he now has a bare spot and barley opens.
Now I have moved him into corner of tank low to medium light and very low flow.
Here is the confusion everything I know about frog spawn they are pretty resilient and can be put in a verity of places, rocks, sand, low to medium high light, low to medium high flow. Is it possible that mine is a little on the special side and doesn't like sand or doesn't like flow at all? Has Anyone experienced this in their vast years and knowledge of Euphyllia? I love this little guy and want him to be happy.

 

[FancyCorals]

Oh and I am still new to forum so if I did not post this in the right place I apologize and just let me know.

 

[marine2463]

What I have noticed with my frog spawn is they like medium flow to medium light.. I have mine in almost center tank and he grows like a weed

 

[DSC reef]

Oh and I am still new to forum so if I did not post this in the right place I apologize and just let me know.

Welcome to R2R. Typically with frogspawn medium light and low to moderate indirect flow will keep the coral happy. You should keep it in a spot where it's opening and let it acclimate. When we grew euphyllia corals, whenever I did water changes and the pumps shut down they would expand greatly but it didn't mean they were happier. I would put the coral back where it was and leave the coral alone and just watch it for a bit.

 

[TreyC2010]

Welcome to R2R. Typically with frogspawn medium light and low to moderate indirect flow will keep the coral happy. You should keep it in a spot where it's opening and let it acclimate. When we grew euphyllia corals, whenever I did water changes and the pumps shut down they would expand greatly but it didn't mean they were happier. I would put the coral back where it was and leave the coral alone and just watch it for a bit.

I agree. Let it sit in the spot for a bit to get adjusted.

 

[Zack K]

All great points mentioned above. Although they can thrive in most types of light and flow, they need 2 things.
1: Time to settle in
2: Nutrients in the water (NO3,PO4)
What are your water parameters looking like?
Temp
PH
Ammonia
Nitrite
Nitrate
Phosphate
Alkalinity
Calcium
Magnesium

Also what lights do you have?

-Zack

 

[Ocean Lotion]

I would put it back where you know it like the conditions and direct feed it. Corals can pick up disease from touching sand.

 

[FancyCorals]

Water parameters are good po4 is in range but on high side.
Yea I think I will move him back to where he was happy and adjust the flow a little so it's a little less for him and see how that goes.

 

[Zack K]

Water parameters are good po4 is in range but on high side.
Yea I think I will move him back to where he was happy and adjust the flow a little so it's a little less for him and see how that goes.

What is “good” and “high side”.

 

[FancyCorals]

Lol sorry, I'm thinking to myself why is he asking me that, reread my post and oops not Po4 I was thinking CA but typed Po4 from the post above. my CA is 440

 

[Zack K]

Lol sorry, I'm thinking to myself why is he asking me that, reread my post and oops not Po4 I was thinking CA but typed Po4 from the post above. my CA is 440

Okay what about Nitrates (NO3) and Phosphates (PO4) numbers?