need help with frogspawn

[buffett]

i think its slowly dissolving away, just had my water tested at the lfs and the said everything looks great, i dont want to loose it what can i do?
i have it placed as high as i can get it in the tank, with low to med flow, my lights are 96w pc on a 37 gal tank, ive tried to place it in different areas i dose with dt's try to do spot feeding
im sure im forgetting something, if i am please let me know, ill try to post a pic of it later today

 

[renogaw]

sry, but "good" results from a lfs are "no good" without actual numbers if you're looking for help figuring something out.
what's your calc, alk, magnesium, ph, salinity, temperature, nitrates, trites, etc?

 

[earlybird]

What were you alk, cal, and mag levels? Did you ask them for the numbers to your levels? Try to maintain Cal of 400 and Alkilinity between 8-12 DKH. Is the total wattage of your lights 96w? If so this could be your problem, and it probably should be placed at the top. They benefit from feedings at least once or twice/week.

 

[renogaw]

really on the feeding?
mine are so huge and have split a bunch of times just off of water and light...

 

[earlybird]

Originally Posted by renogaw
really on the feeding?
mine are so huge and have split a bunch of times just off of water and light...
Actually I don't have one of my own so I can't speak from experience but have witnessed my buddys in Gainesville who has only frogspawn and a few leathers. I've only seen him feed it once but he claims to feed it three times/week and it's huge. He's got T-5 lighting. I haven't seen or really spoken to hime since May and that was really before I began even really thinking about corals. Now that I think of it I'm going to call him and see if he'll send me a frag.

 

[littlebuck]

I do also agree that u should get ur own test kits and put up numbers. With out those u cant really be sure. I have my under MH and in high flow and those things are huge so lighting might be somewhat of a prob

 

[renogaw]

mine is under pcs

 

[buffett]

i do have some of the test kits, my ph was 8.2, 0 ammonia , 480 on cal. , alk was i think 3.6 or so, nitrates and nitites i cant remember sorry, sg is 1.022
i did a reef dip on it the other day and its starting to look better i will try to post a pic with my crappy camera later

 

[petjunkie]

Nitrates and nitrite are pretty important ones to know but your salinity is really low, mine is at 35 ppt or 1.025-1.026. How are you testing this?

 

[florida joe]

Originally Posted by renogaw
mine is under pcs
so is mine and its doing great

 

[krazekajin]

my frogspawn never gets fed and it is about the size of half a basketball. but it does capture food meant for the fish. so if you are feeding your tank frozen or fresh food (not flake) it is getting food.
I have found that they are very hardy and tolerate even moderate high flow. I do have mine under MH. but I think PCs of a good wattage should sufice

 

[renogaw]

Originally Posted by petjunkie
Nitrates and nitrite are pretty important ones to know but your salinity is really low, mine is at 35 ppt or 1.025-1.026. How are you testing this?

i agree, you need to bring your salt level up. and any nitrates will stunt/kill corals.

 

[buffett]

Originally Posted by petjunkie
Nitrates and nitrite are pretty important ones to know but your salinity is really low, mine is at 35 ppt or 1.025-1.026. How are you testing this?
just tested my sg and its 1.023, its just a plain tester, dip it in the water and fill it up and tells ya what the sg is , i am planing on investing in a better one down the road but for now thats all i have and the lfs test it for as well
i do believe the nitirites were 0 and the trates .05

 

[buffett]

ok so heres a couple of pics of when i bought it and now but i will say that it IS looking better than it was so heres a few pics

 

[petjunkie]

My frog like that really doesn't like much flow so keep that in mind, is your lfs testing with a refractometer? My hydometer was off, 5 points high and my pet store was 3 points high. So they can be pretty inaccurate.

 

[buffett]

Originally Posted by petjunkie
My frog like that really doesn't like much flow so keep that in mind, is your lfs testing with a refractometer? My hydometer was off, 5 points high and my pet store was 3 points high. So they can be pretty inaccurate.
they test with an refractometer, they never said my sg was low, and im a pretty good customer but thats besides the point i guess

 

[littlebuck]

In the lower pic it looks like on the left hand side there is nothing there. Looks like a skeleton. Is that the case? Ur salinity should be around .024. I have mine at .026 so around that area is good. If ur nitrates and nitrites are high it will affect the coral. U need to check these. If you go to a pet store and get a test kit u can check for urself so you know ur own results. That is one thing thats key in this hobby LEVELS are key when needing help.