What's up with my frogspawn?

[ElTigreBlanco]

I've had this for about a month and it's been doing great, until the past couple days. Can anyone tell me what's going on with it

 

[ilyad]

Its hard to see anything that caused the forgspawn to close up from the photos, but it can be one of a few things, or maybe nothing.

First, test your water, make sure that all parameters are withing the appropriate range.

Second, it can be just nothing... the frogspawns can periodically open or close for a day or a few at a time. Its really only a problem if it continues to stay closed indefinitely. Monitor and see if it continues to stay closed.

Third, it can be brown jelly disease, this is probably one of the more common issues with euphyllia. Google the issue and look closely if your coral has any signs of that (from the pictures I cannot see anything myself).

Other than that, it may not like the flow or lighting (which I dont think is the issue since its been ok before that) or something may be picking on it (invert or fish). Do you have any inverts?

 

[ElTigreBlanco]

I just moved it to lower flow. It has always been the same color and now the bottom head is a different color

 

[ElTigreBlanco]

Sorry for all the pictures

 

[ilyad]

The head is a different color because it is not inflated, that is not an issue. Looking at the pictures, that head is very badly damaged. Do you recall if the area where the skeleton is exposed was the closest to the flow source? It may look like the tissue was ripped from flow. But what worries me is the brown looking mass that is on the exposed skeleton. Does it look like jelly like substance on it? If so... could be brown jelly... which is a hard one to deal with.

 

[ElTigreBlanco]

I think it may have been too one to my powerhead.im not sure if it's brown jelley. Any way to tell?

 

[ot7]

I think it may have been too one to my powerhead.im not sure if it's brown jelley. Any way to tell?

if its melting rapidly its most likely brown jelly, if it is, the head will be gone in a few hours and the head next to it will continue. Kind of hard to stop it. Some people dip it and hope for the best, others frag the good head and throw out the dead one.

 

[ElTigreBlanco]

Thank you for your help. If it is brown jelly. Do I need to worry about anything else in my tank. I have a few fish, some acans, a couple mushrooms a greenstar polyp

 

[ilyad]

Thank you for your help. If it is brown jelly. Do I need to worry about anything else in my tank. I have a few fish, some acans, a couple mushrooms a greenstar polyp

If it is brown jelly, it mostly effects LPS coral. The fish, mushrooms and polyps are fine. Acans can def get it. If you are able to, cut the dying head off, dip and put back in the tank. I wouldn't put it up flow from the other coral just in case it can push some of the jelly over to the other coral.

 

[ElTigreBlanco]

I tried to suck up that brown peice And was not able to. I'll keep an eye on it and see what happens

 

[ElTigreBlanco]

Might also be a dumb question, but how do I cut off the bad head?

 

[ilyad]

I tried to suck up that brown peice And was not able to. I'll keep an eye on it and see what happens

If it doesnt suck up, could just be exposed skeleton discoloring. If its not gelatinous, then let it be. Just make sure the frogspawn doesnt get too much flow. You want it to have some movement on the tentacles, but not enough to look like its being pulled or stressed.

 

[ilyad]

Might also be a dumb question, but how do I cut off the bad head?

You can use a bandsaw if you have one, a dremel will work too, or you can use coral clippers to crunch it off. The last is the least preferred because it can just break the skeleton randomly. Either way only try to cut the skeleton and not the flesh, and do wear eye protection!