Frogspawn Help...

[Alyssalaurente]

Hello everyone!

I am relatively new to reef keeping and I am having some trouble reading my two-headed frogspawn. I’ve had it for about three weeks now. Over the past week I have noticed that the skeleton of the coral has started to grow white where the fleshy tissue meets the stony part of the coral. In addition to this, I noticed that zooxanthellae or possibly poop being expelled from the mouth about 2 times per week. It appears to have a brown stringy appearance, and sometimes gooey-looking. Every time it excretes this substance, both of the heads shrink and close up tightly for about an hour or so, until it opens up and looks normal again. I also don’t notice a change in color when it comes to the tissue of the coraI. had it placed a little higher before, so I moved it to the middle portion of my tank. I was just hoping someone could give me feedback. Thanks!

43 Gallon Red Sea 170
Red Sea LED 50
Blue light: 50%
White light:5%

Livestock:
-2 Clownfish
-1 Nassarius Snail

Water Parameters:
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
Phosphate: 0
Calcium: 440
Alk: 8.5-9
Mag: 1320

 

[MERKEY]

Based off of what you have provided I would suggest raising blues to around 100% at peek and get your no3 and po4 up. Zero on both of those values is not good for corals.

 

[Alyssalaurente]

Bumping up the lights to 100% won’t shock the corals?

 

[Alyssalaurente]

Based off of what you have provided I would suggest raising blues to around 100% at peek and get your no3 and po4 up. Zero on both of those values is not good for corals.

Bumping up the lights to 100% won’t shock the corals?

 

[reefiniteasy]

What you describe is what happens when my torch poops. It closes up, poops, then opens back up. Releases a brown/black stringy goop. As for your frogspawn, were those pictures taken during the “pooping” or is that how it is normally?

 

[Alyssalaurente]

What you describe is what happens when my torch poops. It closes up, poops, then opens back up. Releases a brown/black stringy goop. As for your frogspawn, were those pictures taken during the “pooping” or is that how it is normally?

This photo was taken after the frogspawn “pooped”. Normally, the tentacles are extended and puffy looking. I just started to worry because the “pooping” seems a bit frequent. Maybe 2-3 a week I’ve noticed. I also noticed the skeleton turning white. Is that normal?

 

[reefiniteasy]

It’s your observation that it’s turning white, but I’m not sure it is. My frog tends to be white on the upper skeleton as well. Here are some pictures of mine for example

Also, do you target feed a lot? It also looks like you might have a bud right there in the center.

 

[Alyssalaurente]

It’s your observation that it’s turning white, but I’m not sure it is. My frog tends to be white on the upper skeleton as well. Here are some pictures of mine for example

Also, do you target feed a lot? It also looks like you might have a bud right there in the center.

Ahh, I see. I barely target feed the frogspawn now. Looking back, each time I fed it, it seemed to “poop” or spit it out later that day. But the past few two weeks I maybe fed it twice.

 

[reefiniteasy]

I wouldn’t worry about it. I broadcast mysis on my tank and it’ll eat whatever it catches. I don’t target feed the frog or torch. Here’s my baby. Post a picture of it extended tomorrow. Would love to see it.

 

[Alyssalaurente]

It’s your observation that it’s turning white, but I’m not sure it is. My frog tends to be white on the upper skeleton as well. Here are some pictures of mine for example

Also, do you target feed a lot? It also looks like you might have a bud right there in the center.

Ahh, I see. I barely target feed the frogspawn now. Looking back, each time I fed it, it seemed to “poop” or spit it out later that day. But the past few two weeks I maybe fed it twice.

 

[Alyssalaurente]

I wouldn’t worry about it. I broadcast mysis on my tank and it’ll eat whatever it catches. I don’t target feed the frog or torch. Here’s my baby. Post a picture of it extended tomorrow. Would love to see it.

Thank you for your feedback! I really appreciate it. I’ll upload a picture tomorrow.

 

[MERKEY]

Bumping up the lights to 100% won’t shock the corals?

What lights are you using?

Bumping bkues to 100% by 10% each day over the period of a week wouldnt hurt them as long as your user all intensity didn't change. But it does depend on the lights your using.

I believe this is a combo of lack of nutrients and light.

 

[Alyssalaurente]

I wouldn’t worry about it. I broadcast mysis on my tank and it’ll eat whatever it catches. I don’t target feed the frog or torch. Here’s my baby. Post a picture of it extended tomorrow. Would love to see it.

Here is a picture of my frogspawn opened up!