Dying Frogspawn?

[perk3211]

I,ve had my Frogspawn for a while and it opened up, and now it doesnt open up a whole lot and on some stalks i can see the coral part that it sits on.

Is it dying? and how can i help it?

 

[alyssia]

How old is your tank? What are your water parameters?

 

[perk3211]

i got my tank in Dec 05 and ill try to get the parameters
Alk= Low, how can i raise it ?
PH= 8.3
Salinity=1.023
Nitrite= 0.2
Nitrate= High 100 Low20
Ammonia= .25
I dint know how accurate the readings are , especialy the Nitrates

 

[perk3211]

and how can i fix my readings?

 

[tangs123]

Originally Posted by perk3211
and how can i fix my readings?
do a water change (about 10%) and what equipment do you have running
if you really want this to clear up fast i suggest you invest in a protein skimmer
if your water conditions get better it sounds like the frogspawn can still be saved

 

[candycane]

My question with readings like that would be what do you have eating it? What kind of butterflies or shrimp do you have in the tank? I know there has to be one or the other.

 

[perk3211]

i have a protein skimmer and 1 blood shrimp, could it need more flow?

 

[sac10918]

I think your nitrates are the problem. I had nitrates of 20 and my frogspawn stoped extending its tentacles. When I got the nitrates down to 0, it looked a whole lot better.
Also, I think frogspawns generally like light flow, although I have a green frowspawn that is in a higher flow area and does awesome!