What is wrong with my frogspawn?

ferguson2 · Feb 10, 2013

Ok , to start I'm at work and cant get a pic at the moment but here is the situation. My frogspawn has way over inflated tenticals and is dropping pieces of them all over the place. My hammer which is in the same system is perfectly fine. Any Ideas? Anyone heard or seen this before?

ritter6788 · Feb 10, 2013

A pic would help. It could be just growing/splitting or polyp bailout from stress.

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ferguson2 · Feb 10, 2013

Ill get a pic as soon as I get home....If I get there, these hours are killing me

ferguson2 · Feb 24, 2013

any ideas? its really got me confused.

Clearwater · Feb 24, 2013

Needs more flow?

ferguson2 · Feb 24, 2013

I'm trying that. Does NOT seem to be working. It was fine in the store lol i now thats a typical story but this isnt the first time this has happened to me with a frogspawn. And like I stated the my hammer is perfectly fine.

SeahorseKeeper · Feb 24, 2013

How long have you had the frogspawn? How close to the hammer coral is it?

ferguson2 · Feb 25, 2013

About 2 months now and its about 18-20 inches from the hammer.

revhtree · Feb 25, 2013

My frogspawn is doing the same thing right now. I have it floating all over the tank!

ferguson2 · Feb 25, 2013

but why? lol

jeffblly · Feb 25, 2013

They look like they are going to pop. I have not seen mine do that but I had some before that just shriveled and died. The ones I have now are pretty hardy.

fragmatic · Feb 25, 2013

How about some water chemistry information?
Do they retract when the light is out?

My frogs are fine. In fact I want more, I love them and they seem to love me (or my reefing skills).
That is interesting... we need to figure this out.

ferguson2 · Feb 25, 2013

ill test test everything again as soon as i get home. but if it was water wouldnt i see other problems with all of my other corals? lps. sps and clams?

ReEfErAdDiCt · Feb 26, 2013

Wow, that is really weird. I'll post the pic on a couple other forums and see what they have to say.

ReEfErAdDiCt · Feb 26, 2013

One person said it has to be your params. He's seen that before when they're not happy. Not much help but ppl on the other forums are looking at least. My GF said its morphing into a bubble coral lol

GratefulReef · Feb 26, 2013

People here are looking, and trying to help you out. We asked for your water params and never got them. This is actually very helpful in determining what is wrong, along with your lighting flow and how long the tank has been running.

ferguson2 · Feb 26, 2013

Thank you guys so much, i got them, just havent had the time to post them.
SG 1.025
PO 0.04
Cal around 480
Mag about 1360
DkH 9
Temp 82.8 at time of testing
Flow is gentle and intermetint*
Nitrates are around 0.06

ritter6788 · Feb 26, 2013

Sorry if I missed it but what lighting do you have it under?

Honestly it doesn't look bad to me. It's certainly odd shaped but usually when stressed the corals closes up and shows skeleton. Might just be adjusting to life in your tank.