Frogspawn issue

[Fr0stguard]

Hello,

I had a wall frogspawn and now a branching frogspawn that are basically ripping off the base they are growing out of. They aren't turning to goo until they've completely separated from the base and are decaying it seems. Any ideas as to what this is and can it be stopped or are all my torches, hammers and remaining frogspawn doomed?

 

[Crabs McJones]

Hello,

I had a wall frogspawn and now a branching frogspawn that are basically ripping off the base they are growing out of. They aren't turning to goo until they've completely separated from the base and are decaying it seems. Any ideas as to what this is and can it be stopped or are all my torches, hammers and remaining frogspawn doomed?

What are your water parameters, lighting, and flow? Generally the euphyllia corals like low light and low flow.

 

[Fr0stguard]

What are your water parameters, lighting, and flow? Generally the euphyllia corals like low light and low flow.

Lighting is a single ai prime (Tank is a 40 breeder) (10uv, 60, blue, 45 violet, 60 royal blue, 30 white) I wouldn't think islets lighting cause they have been in the tank for months same with flow which is a single icecap 1k set to 10% alternating.

Only parameter that changed recently was my alkalinity dropped from 9 to 5 over a week span for a unknown reason (usually drops from 9 to 8 or rarely high 7). But it only affected the 2 frogspawns of it was alkalinity. Calcium is still 415-430 and mag is still 1250 to 1350

 

[Crabs McJones]

Do you have any pictures of the coral to post? Just to rule out any disease

 

[OriginalUserName]

Definitely post up some pics. Make sure you remove any dead flesh asap because that can really start a chain reaction. When my old tank got cooked my frogspawn turned into go and even with direct siphoning it still polluted the rest of the tank very badly.

 

[Fr0stguard]

This is the best I could get in a hurry before work this morning. He is still kinda closed up cause of how early the pic was taken (he's in a separate tank after I broke the dying branch off from the rest) but the right side is where you can see he is basically peeling up and the tentacles on the left and center still open part way and reacted to food this morning by pulling food to the 2 of the 3 mouths (reef roids)

 

[OriginalUserName]

IMO. I'd start working on that cyano and take it from there. Siphon as much out as you can with a water change or at least physically remove big sheets of it. Maybe others can chime in but I believe it can definitely irritate corals.

 

[Fr0stguard]

IMO. I'd start working on that cyano and take it from there. Siphon as much out as you can with a water change or at least physically remove big sheets of it. Maybe others can chime in but I believe it can definitely irritate corals.

The main tank has no cyano. The tank in that pic is a fish only system I put the coral in so incase it's a disease it can't infect my other euphylia cause they make up 70% of my tank.

 

[timrocks311]

Lighting is a single ai prime (Tank is a 40 breeder) (10uv, 60, blue, 45 violet, 60 royal blue, 30 white) I wouldn't think islets lighting cause they have been in the tank for months same with flow which is a single icecap 1k set to 10% alternating.

I have a 40 breeder too with 4 bulb T5. I'd think you'd want more light than a single Prime at 60% blue, but you might be okay. My bigger question is how you get by with a 1k gyre at only 10%? I have a 1k gyre too and I'm still experimenting with it. I have it on random up to 80% mounted on one end. Whether that is too much remains to be seen, but only 10% max?

 

[OriginalUserName]

I'd ramp up that icecap as well. I have one in my 29cube and have it ramping from 30% - 100% to keep my SPS happy. My small frogspawn doesn't love it but it's mostly sheltered and not my priority. (plus return and Koralia 425 set on 10min off 10 min on)

Nothing looks obviously diseased from that picture. Take another look at your lighting and flow perhaps.

 

[Fr0stguard]

I have a 40 breeder too with 4 bulb T5. I'd think you'd want more light than a single Prime at 60% blue, but you might be okay. My bigger question is how you get by with a 1k gyre at only 10%? I have a 1k gyre too and I'm still experimenting with it. I have it on random up to 80% mounted on one end. Whether that is too much remains to be seen, but only 10% max?

10% was what my hammers, frogspawns, gonis and torches like. I set it to 20% and they all close up and don't open fully till I lower it (waited 5 days one time to see if they would adjust) same with my lighting. I tried bumping the blue/royal blues and violet to 80% like my lfs said to do and they all wouldn't open much at all