Thinking about adding a frogspawn soon

[lcs]

I've been thinking that I would like to add a frogspawn sometime soon. I've been doing some reading, but I'd like to here some practical advice from actual people . They extend sweeper tentacles at night, right? So I know I need to keep it at least 6" from anything else. Are gloves recommended for handling them? Do they tolerate exposure to air?

Thanks guys!

 

[Capt_Cully]

They're pretty tolerant, within reason of course. If you have open cuts on your hand and it passes thru a frogspawn, torch, or hammer, you'll likely be the first one to know about it.

I personally keep mine under a decent amount of flow which keeps it from sending out sweepers very often. Not saying it doesn't happen. If you can give it a wide berth that'd be best, to start.

 

[backdraft79]

I have mine in a lower area of my tank away from others to keep the chance of stinging down.

 

[toddmh]

frogspawn is a very good choice,them come in many shapes and colors..Not many corals can tolerate air for to long,try to keeping it to a few seconds if possible..

It's always a good idea to wear gloves,if you get worried about getting stung..If I handle more than one coral at a time I wear gloves..But I can say I can never tell if I got stung before,I'm sure I have..but I tolerate well I guess lol

 

[reefboarder]

Re: Thinking about adding a frogspawn soon

I too have decent flow throughout my tank and I can't say that I've ever seen my frogspawn put out sweepers.
I guess it could be but never see it.

 

[captain7359]

No sweepers on them, just the polyps ability to sway and become larger/smaller depending on how happy they are. Gloves are optional and I've never noticed any stings or irritation. I've had mine out of the water for 15-30 minutes while trimming and cleaning tube worms off and never seen any ill effects. lots of corals are exposed at low tides and are not affected. the frogspawns definately slime up and drip all over the place while out of the water though, so be prepared with some rags.
-Walter

 

[dreaminmel]

I have yet to see my frogspawn extend sweepers but just for growth factor alone it is good to give them plenty of space. I will always suggest gloves to others but to be honest don't often follow my own advice on that. For many years I had no issues and then about 6 years into the hobby frogspawn started causing skin reactions. I was still ok with torches. Recently I purchased a yellow tip torch and that particular one was "stinging" me right off the bat. Now? Any euphyllia I touch in the tank causes at least a minor skin reaction. Had I worn gloves all the time to begin with? I wouldn't be having this problem.

W/ regard to air exposure... I always try to jiggle my frogspawn while in the water enough to get it to mostly retract before lifting it out. I think the longest I've had it out of water was for about 3 minutes while fragging without any issues other than it being ticked off for a few hours once back in the tank.

 

[lcs]

Thanks! Exactly the kind of real world stuff I was looking for! Would it be a problem to put it on the rock where my blenny lives if I keep it toward the end of the rock (he's in the middle)?

 

[superkat]

nope..would be fine. I think you will like the way it moves and looks, Lisa.

 

[Sir Edward]

I keep mine on the sand bed. Loves it there. Never have noticed any sweepers from it. Mine gets really big under the halides, then shrinks back up at night. Also, all of my fish stay clear of it for some reason . ..

 

[Henry Colf]

Let me know when your ready i'll hook you up with some.....
If you want some pics let me know I can post some..

 

[reefboy87]

i've kept frogspawn on the sand, in high flow and in flow flow area mid and upper level of my tank. I personally like it mid level with medium flow. Too much flow prevents it from opening fully IMO.

I just fragged a few colonies up a few weeks back and have purple and green frags available. Message me if you're interested. I'm in the buffalo area.