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Good afternoon.
Quick question for the group. I seem to have a ton of trouble keeping frogspawn corals. My current waterbox peninsula mini 25 has been up and running a few months now. Salinity 1.025, nitrates 10, ph is a little low around 7.8(due to house being closed up w winter) phosphates are unreadable . Alk 8.6, calcium around 460.
I have Duncan corals exploding with growth. Pipe organ corals looking great. Multiple Zoa colony’s spreading but for some reason I keep losing any frog spawn/hammers I put in there.
I change out 5 gallons every week. Also using prime hd lights. Frogspawn is in lower portion of tank with lower flow.
I purchased a 6 head frogspawn/hammer hybrid about one month ago. And now all but one polyp has bailed on me. Could it be the water is too clean with no measurable phosphates? I have no algae issues.
Also my stock is 2 clownfish a coral banded shrimp and hermit crabs/snails. I am not currently running a skimmer as I do the 5 gallon per week water changes on my 25 gallon tank.
I just can’t understand why everything is growing good but any frogspawn I put in there. I’m confused. Thanks
Quick question for the group. I seem to have a ton of trouble keeping frogspawn corals. My current waterbox peninsula mini 25 has been up and running a few months now. Salinity 1.025, nitrates 10, ph is a little low around 7.8(due to house being closed up w winter) phosphates are unreadable . Alk 8.6, calcium around 460.
I have Duncan corals exploding with growth. Pipe organ corals looking great. Multiple Zoa colony’s spreading but for some reason I keep losing any frog spawn/hammers I put in there.
I change out 5 gallons every week. Also using prime hd lights. Frogspawn is in lower portion of tank with lower flow.
I purchased a 6 head frogspawn/hammer hybrid about one month ago. And now all but one polyp has bailed on me. Could it be the water is too clean with no measurable phosphates? I have no algae issues.
Also my stock is 2 clownfish a coral banded shrimp and hermit crabs/snails. I am not currently running a skimmer as I do the 5 gallon per week water changes on my 25 gallon tank.
I just can’t understand why everything is growing good but any frogspawn I put in there. I’m confused. Thanks