Frogspawn problems. Need a little assistance please!

[KentuckyReefer]

Last night my frog spawn was looking normal. This morning it looks as tho I'm of the heads is literally falling apart.

any ideas???

 

[MaiReef]

Tank parameters?

 

[KentuckyReefer]

I have API test kits. Need to upgrade but:

Ammonia-lower than .25
Nitrite-0
Nitrate- very very close to 0
Ph-8.2
Temp-78-79

I'm waiting on my reef test kit from Red Sea but I did a water 15% water change a couple of days ago with Red Sea coral pro salt. The rest of my corals look excellent.

 

[KentuckyReefer]

And the frog spawn has the other head open. Could it be a parasite?

 

[MaiReef]

It could have been an Alkalinity swing. Do you test for that? Phosphate?
They like light and a bit of Nitrates. Try to get to 5ppm.

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

That looks like polyp bailout :( The head may fall off but won't necessarily die. If there is flesh remaining on the stalk, it will regenerate with time. Do you have any hermits or shrimp in your tank?

 

[bios]

My opinion is to place it where low light and med flow and frag the dead head..is gone

 

[ahiggins]

I'm waiting on my reef test kit from Red Sea but I did a water 15% water change a couple of days ago with Red Sea coral pro salt. The rest of my corals look excellent.

agree with everyone so far.
Regarding alk...red sea coral pro makes up very high alkalinity. Somewhere around 11-12. If slowly acclimated (talking days, not hours) corals can handle higher alk.
How big is your tank? do you have a lot of sps?-->if not, I would switch back to red sea regular salt. IMO coral pro is for sps frag tanks or all sps tanks. Things that need a crap ton of calcium to grow (and alk to to keep proportional). Ill never use coral pro again-i switched back to red sea regular.

 

[KentuckyReefer]

It could have been an Alkalinity swing. Do you test for that? Phosphate?
They like light and a bit of Nitrates. Try to get to 5ppm.

I am waiting on my test kit to arrive. According to the API phosphate kit it is below .25

 

[KentuckyReefer]

That looks like polyp bailout :( The head may fall off but won't necessarily die. If there is flesh remaining on the stalk, it will regenerate with time. Do you have any hermits or shrimp in your tank?

I do have some blue leg hermits and a fire shrimp

 

[KentuckyReefer]

agree with everyone so far.
Regarding alk...red sea coral pro makes up very high alkalinity. Somewhere around 11-12. If slowly acclimated (talking days, not hours) corals can handle higher alk.
How big is your tank? do you have a lot of sps?-->if not, I would switch back to red sea regular salt. IMO coral pro is for sps frag tanks or all sps tanks. Things that need a crap ton of calcium to grow (and alk to to keep proportional). Ill never use coral pro again-i switched back to red sea regular.

I am planning on adding a bunch of sps. I have a 55 gallon display with about 20 gallons in my sump. My reef test kit should arrive today

 

[MaiReef]

You want to raise your Nitrate IMO for the LPS.

 

[ahiggins]

I am planning on adding a bunch of sps. I have a 55 gallon display with about 20 gallons in my sump. My reef test kit should arrive today

good luck-I bleached a whole batch of new coral about 6 months ago because of high alk/low nutrients. They finally colored back up about 2 months ago.

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

I do have some blue leg hermits and a fire shrimp

I've had shrimp mercilessly pick at euphyllia until polyp bailout occurred. FYI.

 

[KentuckyReefer]

dKh is off the charts. About to do a water change and lower it

 

[KentuckyReefer]

DKh is at 13. Not as high as I thought. Calcium is at 460. I know it's a bit high but would that cause the frogspawn to shed like that?

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

DKh is at 13. Not as high as I thought. Calcium is at 460. I know it's a bit high but would that cause the frogspawn to shed like that?

My dKH has been as high as 12 with no issues. I think something was picking at it.