BeejReef
2500 Club Member
I had a very happy frogspawn frag maybe 4 months ago. I put him on the bottom getting 80-110 par near a hammer and he opened WAY up.. probably 3" diameter from a small frag. One day I noticed it so open that it was nearly touching a war coral frag, so I simply turned it 180 degrees. No other changes. It's never been the same or opened to even a third of that size.
I've tried weeks in lower flow, weeks in higher flow, weeks in lower light, weeks in higher light... like, uber patient each time. No change.
It's never fully retracted or closed, just decidedly unhappy. It's a young tank and has had some mild parameter swings, but not enough to bother anyone else in the tank.
A few times, I've caught a hint of what I'm thinking could be brown jelly. I removed the frag, gave it a hardy dip in revive and iodine, and it does do 50% better for a week, but then slowly starts to close up again. Each time I've had it out, I've inspected for flatworms (found none). I've just never heard of a "mild case" of brown jelly and I only see symptoms after it's been very unhappy and near fully closed for a few days.
I'd post a picture, but all there is to see is a small froggie frag that is maybe halfway open. Can add a pic tonight.
Should add that a neighboring hammer has been just fine the whole time.
Tank parameters have been pretty consistent.
79 degrees
425 calc
9.3dkh
8.3ph
1420 mag
.10 P
15-25 N
I've tried weeks in lower flow, weeks in higher flow, weeks in lower light, weeks in higher light... like, uber patient each time. No change.
It's never fully retracted or closed, just decidedly unhappy. It's a young tank and has had some mild parameter swings, but not enough to bother anyone else in the tank.
A few times, I've caught a hint of what I'm thinking could be brown jelly. I removed the frag, gave it a hardy dip in revive and iodine, and it does do 50% better for a week, but then slowly starts to close up again. Each time I've had it out, I've inspected for flatworms (found none). I've just never heard of a "mild case" of brown jelly and I only see symptoms after it's been very unhappy and near fully closed for a few days.
I'd post a picture, but all there is to see is a small froggie frag that is maybe halfway open. Can add a pic tonight.
Should add that a neighboring hammer has been just fine the whole time.
Tank parameters have been pretty consistent.
79 degrees
425 calc
9.3dkh
8.3ph
1420 mag
.10 P
15-25 N
I gave it a good dip last night while I was in the tank repairing an algae blenny rampage.
