Frogspawn advice, please?

[staindsoul]

My frogspawn hasnt been doing well since I had a ton of algae die off. See info here on that http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2212351

My water parameters as of today and the same for the past week.

Alk 10 dkh
Cal 440ppm
Mag 1400ppm
Ph 8.0
Ammonia 0
Nitrate ~2 (crappy api test kit, but no algae growth)
Nitrite 0
Phophates .08

Here is two pictures of today.

I moved it down to a low spot last night. I was concerned about flow tearing its skin on the sharp edges, since it is pulled back so far. Up until then it has been beside this hammer ~4" away. Photo is from today. I also have several other corals that are great looking and have been since the algae die off battle.

I have checked for predators during the day and night. I dont see anything.

I have a bottle of seachem coral dip, I have been using when placing new pieces in the tank.

Should I dip this frogspawn?

Should I leave it alone in low flow?

 

[usmc121581]

I wouldn't move it anymore, you could stress it out even more. A coral will let you know when it's happy.

 

[Drew707]

How old is this tank?

 

[staindsoul]

^finished the cycle last week of july.

thanks usmc.

 

[jbonez]

just let it be...they dont like direct flow

 

[jbonez]

leave it alone in low flow

 

[united417]

yup as people have stated, let it do its' thing now and it should definitely be fine

 

[jg93]

Agreed with others, give it some time. IMO your water parameters are a touch hot but nothing to worry about. I've had one of these for about 5 years now. It's a tank. Has about 25 mouths, when fully open it's the size of a large grapefruit. I love it.

 

[staindsoul]

thanks for the replies, so i am going with no dip and leaving it alone in low flow in a low spot on tank. Strange that the hammer is doing great not far from the original spot. this hobby is mindbattering sometimes.

Jg, i dosed to bring it up to that and leaving the parameters alone. It has sat there for awhile, with just water changes. My tank stock is low right now so i wont have to daily dose for awhile.

ill keep this updated.

 

[jg93]

Yep, that pretty much what I do too. Just make sure you bring your levels up slowly. I burned several corals with an Alk swing and they took a while to recover.

If your near the DC area and something happens I could frag you a piece of mine!

 

[staindsoul]

Yep, that pretty much what I do too. Just make sure you bring your levels up slowly. I burned several corals with an Alk swing and they took a while to recover.

If your near the DC area and something happens I could frag you a piece of mine!

on bringing up slowly, i figured the water volume on my tank and took the brs calculator for the 2 part and figured what the max dose I could possibly do for each cal, mag and alk value. the no more than 50ppm of cal and 1.4dkh per day, i have that value in sharpie on my bottles, so i know right there if im getting ready to screw up. :hmm4:

thanks for the offer. i go up to aquia va for work every now and then. thats about it for me normally.

 

[schlosser_jr30]

For me it was all about maintaining your parameters. Consistant readings, not up and downs. They can live with parameters being a little off as long as they are constant.

 

[TheGodParticle]

Try dipping it in some revives. Maybe there's some little pests bothering it.

 

[staindsoul]

here is a update, it is doing better, even with the stinking urchin hauling it off yesterday.

if you notice the head on the left, two branches melted their tips together, anyone have that happen?

 

[bigmcc420]

really looking nice