Is my frogspawn going to die? pics

jumpman23

jumpman23

Member
I got it yesterday. It was open when it was at the LFS with no sign of brown jelly. I think it has brown jelly disease. I saw a tiny piece of a tenicle fall off.
Should I take it out? Is there any way I can save it? It was very cool at the LFS when it was open.
ph 8.0
amm 0
nitrite 0
cal 400
alk 9
It has looked like this ever since I put it in my tank

 
miaheatlvr

miaheatlvr

Active Member
post water parameters and set-up, IT LOOKS completely gone and skeletonized BUT in 24hrs? I dont believe it. Something went terribly wrong here.
 
jumpman23

jumpman23

Member
I acclimated by floating and pouring about a half cup of my display water every 20 min for about 2 1/2 hours.
I have a biocube 14 with stock lighting. My other corals have been doing great.
water paramiters are on my first post
 
monalisa

monalisa

Active Member
Originally Posted by Krista921
i wouldnt say goner for sure... just watch it i guess
I agree, just leave it and watch it...it could very well come around before too long, just give it a chance.
Lisa
 
sac10918

sac10918

Member
I think it definatley has the potential to recover...
I had a frogspawn once that did the exact same thing and it came around. It did die on one or two of the heads, but the other heads survived. Hopefully it will come around...
 
jumpman23

jumpman23

Member
Originally Posted by sac10918
I think it definatley has the potential to recover...
I had a frogspawn once that did the exact same thing and it came around. It did die on one or two of the heads, but the other heads survived. Hopefully it will come around...
Did yours have the brown slime on it
 
gnorman

gnorman

Active Member
frogspwans can be funny at times.... how long has it been in the tank?
just leave it there and give it a few days to open up, sometimes it takes them awhile
 
sac10918

sac10918

Member
Yeah, mine expelled some brown slime from its mouth (regurgitated, maybe?)
By the way, your clown is really cute looking. I like the way he is peeking around the corner in the one pic!
 
mscarpena

mscarpena

Member
DO you think it was damaged for your trip from the LFS to your house. They are very fragile when bumped and damaged from physical trama.
 
jumpman23

jumpman23

Member
Originally Posted by mscarpena
DO you think it was damaged for your trip from the LFS to your house. They are very fragile when bumped and damaged from physical trama.
That sounds like what could have happend. Can it recover from physical damage? It seems to be falling apart with little pieces hanging from the brown slime
 
peef

peef

Active Member
If you are not having any tissue degredation I think it is just a little shocked. I recently had a pink tip frogspawn shipped to me and all the water leaked out of the thermus it shipped in. Well, it survived a two day trip with no water and being bumped around in the thermous. It looked exactly like yours for about two days then it started to slowly inflate now about a month later it is freaken huge and B E A utiful. I think that you should be fine if it doesn't start to melt away.
 
teen

teen

Active Member
Originally Posted by paintballer768
You can keep a frogspawn in a nano with stock lighting?
yes
and sorry, but that thing looks gone to me. slight chance of recovery, but i wouldn't get my hopes up if i were you.
 
ninjamini

ninjamini

Active Member
Originally Posted by jumpman23
nitrates 10
dont have a phosphate test

This is not the cause but you need to test for this as well. Or in a few months we will see a post from you:
"Hair Algae out of control - Please help!"
This however has nothing to do with your problem.
It is possible that it is sick, or stressed from being taken from the ocean, or shipping or you or your LFS or the importer could have aclimated it poorly. Or its temp could have droped down too low. Or your crab could be picking at it. Or you could have a coral near that is attacking it.
There are a lot of possibilities. Good luck.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top