Frogspawn health and care

Jloebenberg · 04/16/2018, 04:17 PM

I got this frogspawn frag at reef o polooza about a week ago. The first couple days he was out and happy. Then I decided to love him to a slightly higher rock structure where I was planning on mounting him to. He didn’t seem to like it and retracted. I loved him back to the sand in my 40g tank. He’s barely opening now that’s he’s back in the sand. Any help our suggestions would be appreciated. This is my first Euphelia and can seem to get it dialed in. Here are my tank specs to help. Lights 2 Fluval marine reef 2.0 dimmable LEDs. Temp 76.8 pH 8 dKH 11, Ca2+ 520 go know rediculiusly high) phosphate .2 and nitrate at 0. I’ve used API and Red Sea to test parameters and refractometrr to test specific gravity to 1.020. Using Fluval sea pro formula salt. I know him having trouble getting my Ca and dKh down, but I think it’s the crappy salt I’m using.

lilyost4290 · 04/16/2018, 09:41 PM

Try to raise the salinity up to 1.025. Euphyllia are pretty hardy, and the alk and calc numbers don’t strike me as too far off. Good luck with it!

Reef Bass · 04/17/2018, 06:06 PM

Check your magnesium as well. Alk, Ca and Mag are the big three to keep an eye on if you're keeping stony corals.

reefer1970 · 04/17/2018, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by lilyost4290

Try to raise the salinity up to 1.025. Euphyllia are pretty hardy, and the alk and calc numbers don’t strike me as too far off. Good luck with it!

Plus one on salinity

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idcgfy · 04/17/2018, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Jloebenberg

I got this frogspawn frag at reef o polooza about a week ago. The first couple days he was out and happy. Then I decided to love him to a slightly higher rock structure where I was planning on mounting him to. He didn’t seem to like it and retracted. I loved him back to the sand in my 40g tank. He’s barely opening now that’s he’s back in the sand. Any help our suggestions would be appreciated. This is my first Euphelia and can seem to get it dialed in. Here are my tank specs to help. Lights 2 Fluval marine reef 2.0 dimmable LEDs. Temp 76.8 pH 8 dKH 11, Ca2+ 520 go know rediculiusly high) phosphate .2 and nitrate at 0. I’ve used API and Red Sea to test parameters and refractometrr to test specific gravity to 1.020. Using Fluval sea pro formula salt. I know him having trouble getting my Ca and dKh down, but I think it’s the crappy salt I’m using.

Salinity is low. Bring it up to 1.025 or 26

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Jloebenberg · 04/17/2018, 07:13 PM

Thanks for the advice. I’ll raise try raising the salinity.

04/17/2018, 06:06 PM	#3
Reef Bass colors and textures Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Petaluma CA Posts: 6,301	Check your magnesium as well. Alk, Ca and Mag are the big three to keep an eye on if you're keeping stony corals. __________________ The human desires for instant gratification and immediate problem resolution cannot be satisfied with this hobby. Former president and co-president of the Wine Country Reefers. Current Tank Info: 60 gallons of Scleractinia and Zoanthidae lit w/ LEDs

04/16/2018, 09:41 PM	#2
lilyost4290 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 229	Try to raise the salinity up to 1.025. Euphyllia are pretty hardy, and the alk and calc numbers don’t strike me as too far off. Good luck with it!

04/17/2018, 07:13 PM	#6
Jloebenberg Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 12	Thanks for the advice. I’ll raise try raising the salinity.