Tentacles in the back of my frogspawn look slightly translucent. Is that okay?

bryanfuel · Nov 27, 2019

New frogspawn frag. Tentacles towards the center of the tank slightly clear. Too much light?

lapin · Nov 27, 2019

I would not worry too much. Could be the back did not get the same lighting as the rest of it. You can start with lower light and over time increase it if you are worried that you have too much light. I have one thats maybe 20 heads. It gets light from a kessil and the underside heads die off occasionally, as they do not get enough light. I have fragged 1 or 2 of those dying heads. Put them under brighter light. The did just fine. Now they are multi heads. They do have a lighter base color than the mother.

bryanfuel · Nov 28, 2019

I have it at the bottom of the tank right now with a relatively low light. I was planning on moving it up in a week or so. Think I should move it a little up now?

kichimark · Nov 28, 2019

bryanfuel said:
I have it at the bottom of the tank right now with a relatively low light. I was planning on moving it up in a week or so. Think I should move it a little up now?

You could but if the coral is still new I wouldn't want to be constantly be moving it although frogspawn are forgiving IME. The coral looks good to me in the picture judging from the color and polyp extension.

DSC reef · Nov 28, 2019

I agree, I would leave the coral where it is and let it adjust to your tank. I wouldn't be concerned with the slight color difference in the tentacles. If you notice the colony getting lighter then you can move it to a shadier spot but for now I'd leave it be.