Christian Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I added this frogspawn to my tank about two weeks ago, I placed it higher up in my tank on a ledge and it did not seem to want to pole up so I moved it down to the sand bed, and it looks like it is starting to open up more than it was up where I had it. I don't think their is a lot of light reaching it, mostly because I don't have much of a sand bed but it's the only place that it will fit on the sand bed. Do y'all think that it will be ok down their? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 What lighting do you have? how tall of a tank. I've had my frogspawn always around the center of my tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 It's under a JbjnT5HO 4x bulb system Back to front Actinic Ocean sun Marine glo actinic Daylight It's in a 24" tall half circle tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I think you're fine. Maybe try to move it up but it doesn't have to be high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 Ok cool, It's opened up more since I moved it this morning, I just did not know how much light it needs or rally anything about it, my girlfriend likes them so we got one, and I know that they will eat brine shrimp and stuff like that, and don't need to much light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esacjack Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 mine prefers to be closer to the sandbed than higher up in the tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbnj Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 They prefer low-flow to open fully. They also do fine under almost any kind of lighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+etannert Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Also, keep in mind that it takes a coral time to adjust to being moved. Really you should give it several days if not a few weeks to adjust before deciding it's not doing its best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 So the frogspawn that I moved to my sand bed, I woke up this morning and more of it was dead, I don't know what to do. I've only moved it two times from where it was to the sand bed. Does it need more flow and less light? Or leases flow and more light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClarkiiCircus Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 At this point you might want to look at other possibilities- do you have a fish or inverts that could be picking on it? Have you seen anything oozing out of it, or just tissue recession? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I got this one from Juiceman several weeks ago and put it in the sand near the corner where it gets decent flow and it's thriving. It's in what looks like the first little alcove from the left. My tank is 21" deep with LEDs. I only have two powerheads which are on either side near the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Also, keep in mind that it takes a coral time to adjust to being moved. Really you should give it several days if not a few weeks to adjust before deciding it's not doing its best. I would reitterate Etannert's advice. At this point it may doing poorly because it's been moved to many times too quickly to acclimate. Moving it any more is just adding to it's stress level and would not be good. Also keep in mind handling these corals will cause them to fire off most or all of thier nematocysts leaving them vulnerable to being picked on by fish that would normally bother them. And to reitterate ClarkiiCircus what do the polyps look like? Is the polyp actually dead? Sometimes the tissue on Frogspawns can suck in very tight around the skeleton so there is no expansion seen at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 (edited) In my tank I only have 5 fish 2 snowflake clowns 2 yellow watchmen gobys And a lawnmowerblenny I have moved it twice nothing more than that, once from the fish store home witch was around 3 weeks ago and than 2 days ago moved to the sand bed. Is this a frogspawn? Edited December 19, 2012 by christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Monnat Jr Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I've read that Lawnmowers need a ton of algae and the LFS recommended against me getting one in my 125g for another 6 months until I had enough. They have been known to nip at clams and SPS, could it be hungry and eating the Frogspawn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 My tanks produce a lot of plant growth and algae, for him to live, and I've had him for around 1 and a half years. But the frogspawn looks even worse today, it's all white on the side that stared to die but now it's covering more and only a small portion is a live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I'm sorry! I was under the impression you had already moved it several times. Is the picture you posted recent? And is that brown & puple lip monti it's sitting above? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 It's ok yea it's a brown and purple monti it's the biggest coral in my tank than my flowerpot coral then GSP. It's ok I took the coral out of the tank because it was starting to smell really bad, and I don't have a way to remove the dead section of the coral, and my girlfriend said get rid of it I hate seeing corals die its sad. All the rest of my corals are doing great though. Thank you for all your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClarkiiCircus Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Since the tissue was completely gone, it might have been brown jelly disease, it attacks quickly. I wouldn't advise getting another frogspawn, or torch for a while to let the bacteria clear out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 Ok, we'll I'm going out of town for 8 days. I think we just want to add some fish once we get back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 How are your parameters? ph? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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