Frogspawn Coral

[VintageReefer]

I don’t feel ph is important. I kept reefs 23 years and never tested ph once nor cared about it

 

[Gumbies R Us]

I use API & I also have test strip

I would ditch those test kits and get your hand on some saliferts, Red Sea test or hannas. API test kits and Strips are known for not being accurate

 

[yayaaa]

I would ditch those test kits and get your hand on some saliferts, Red Sea test or hannas. API test kits and Strips are known for not being accurate

Will do! Looking into it now! Thank you for the suggestion

 

[yayaaa]

I don’t ph is important. I kept reefs 23 years and never tested ph once nor cared about it

Even with fish in the tank?

 

[VintageReefer]

Even with fish in the tank?

Correct

 

[James M]

The frogspawn is dead, algae growing on the skeleton means it’s been dead for awhile

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

35 gallon tank. My phone doesn’t take good pictures anymore. The frogspawn is getting light. The light has a LPS mode which is what it’s on

I'll give you my 2 cents though I'm sure you won't like it.... A 60 watt light on a 35 gallon tank is a little underpowered. Depending what kind of tank you have - rectangle, cube, shallow, etc., - the sandbed might be getting insufficient light, especially if you have it at less than 100%. Mine is in the pic below, its directly under metal hallides, and grew from one single polyp to this colony in 5 years, its busting out of my tank now. Its sitting in between 2 gyres, so its getting good amount of flow too. My opinion is that yours needed more light. Good luck.

 

[yayaaa]

The frogspawn is dead, algae growing on the skeleton means it’s been dead for awhile

It has few green polyps. My phone isn’t taking good pictures. Is there no chance of saving it?

 

[yayaaa]

Correct

@VintageReefer i forgot to mention I’m having a red slime algae problem, at first I thought it was coralline but it’s not encrusted. When I brush the rocks and sand it easily comes off. I decreased my light usage to 9 hours yesterday to see if I can get it under control. All my other corals are thriving, it’s just the frogspawn /:

 

[jimmyautoparts]

The light setting from the factory is too high, I have the same light. You have to customize & go down to 50%on the blues & turn off the white light settings in LPS

 

[VintageReefer]

@VintageReefer i forgot to mention I’m having a red slime algae problem, at first I thought it was coralline but it’s not encrusted. When I brush the rocks and sand it easily comes off. I decreased my light usage to 9 hours yesterday to see if I can get it under control. All my other corals are thriving, it’s just the frogspawn /:

Sounds like cyano, from high nutrients and low flow