Frogspawn Extended in Morning retracted afternoon

[Boochika]

My frogspawn is fully extended and beautiful in the morning and happy. So full the heads are touching each other.

Toward the late morning and all afternoon one of the heads will clamp up and retract quite a bit. I've posted to pictures depicting this even though it's at two different locations in the pic the same thing happens as it's in the current location (on the rock).

I don't think it's too much light as it's 1/4 of the way up from the bottom near the side of my tank and I only have an AP700 running at 30 percent when max.

Flow also I don't think is that big of a deal. It's under powerhead and kind of near return pump flow but not that close.

It's been in the tank a week and seems ok besides the way it shrinks daily. Any help is appreciated

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[Knighthawk]

That tank looks brand new and that coral has only been in there for a week. I would just wait it out and see what happens. For now keep up on water changes and keep testing. Also when asking for advice on corals and what not it's a good practice to list out all the current parameters and list any changes or mishaps with the tank.

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[Boochika]

Thanks for the heads up. It's been a week and maybe I just need to be more patient. Been feeding zooplanktos-l to corals and brine to fish

Current params

pH 8.4
Ammo 0
No3 1ppm or less
Po4 .023
Can 415
All 8.85
Temp 88

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[mav3rick478]

Whoa that's a warm tank!

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[BigAl2007]

Thanks for the heads up. It's been a week and maybe I just need to be more patient. Been feeding zooplanktos-l to corals and brine to fish

Current params

pH 8.4
Ammo 0
No3 1ppm or less
Po4 .023
Can 415
All 8.85
Temp 88

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Is that a typo on the tank temp? That's getting on the upper end for most coral and leaves you no "uh oh" room.

 

[Boochika]

Yes should be 78.

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[Boochika]

Whoa that's a warm tank!

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Should be 78 typo

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[Ccoffel81]

Is the tank new how long running before coral added what substrate?

 

[Boochika]

Tank has been running since April 5th. Half live sand and half crushed coral.

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[Ccoffel81]

My honest opinion is the tank is too new for LPS coral. You also need to raise your calcium and alkalinity a little bit What is your magnesium levels as that is very important

 

[Knighthawk]

My honest opinion is the tank is too new for LPS coral. You also need to raise your calcium and alkalinity a little bit What is your magnesium levels as that is very important

No need to raise Cal and alk. Just keep doing water changes regularly and monitor consumption. Most guys run alk around 8 and 420 calc.

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[Ccoffel81]

No need to raise Cal and alk. Just keep doing water changes regularly and monitor consumption. Most guys run alk around 8 and 420 calc.

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Saltwater is expensive dose and do monthly changes. If you just do water change to many parameter swings coral like a nice consistency in the water

 

[Knighthawk]

Saltwater is expensive dose and do monthly changes. If you just do water change to many parameter swings coral like a nice consistency in the water

While I agree with you that consistency is key I disagree that he should be dosing anything. We are talking about a couple month old tank here with what seems to be just a smaller hammer coral frag. There is absolutely no reason to dose if that's the case. A small 10% water change a week will be the best bet here. I'm guessing he doesn't have a 1000 gallon system so the salt costs are pretty low.

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[Boochika]

For me the water change seems more consistent than dosing. And i am dosing kalk in the ATO. But very little. Like 3 teaspoons per 5 gallons.

Demand isn't high enough for dosing yet.

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[Ccoffel81]

While I agree with you that consistency is key I disagree that he should be dosing anything. We are talking about a couple month old tank here with what seems to be just a smaller hammer coral frag. There is absolutely no reason to dose if that's the case. A small 10% water change a week will be the best bet here. I'm guessing he doesn't have a 1000 gallon system so the salt costs are pretty low.

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Yes I do agree also I m just used to a high Demand tank if I can ever figure out how to put pictures on here I would

 

[Boochika]

I just have 8 frags right now

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[Ccoffel81]

I just have 8 frags right now

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Looks good water changes should work for now

 

[Ccoffel81]

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[Ccoffel81]

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My 125 reef
9.9 alk
450 cal
1350 mag
8.3 ph
75 temp
0 nitrate nitrite
.5 phos


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[Ccoffel81]

small piece of my frogspawn


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