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08/12/2007, 03:08 PM
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Frogspawn
I have a biocube 14. It's been set up for almost 3 mos. now. I bought my frogspawn about 3 weeks ago. It has been doing great...I feed it kent zooplex and phytoplex (alternating every other day). As of 2 days ago, it had completely sucked itself in. It had been doing so nice. I haven't made any changes to my tank, except inject some Aipastia with "Stop Aipastia." Today I did a 25% water change, and I also bought a new filter with activated carbon, to try to take anything negative out of the water. What happened. I don't want my frogspawn to die....is there anything else I can do???!!??
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08/12/2007, 03:32 PM
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what are your params? Cant really help without knowing anything...
nitrate amonia SG pH temp etc...
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08/12/2007, 03:59 PM
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That seems like a lot of feeding to me in such a small tank. Like sir_dudeguy asked, what are your params?
Sudden changes can make corals tuck in and stay there for awhile. Using the "Stop Aipastia" could have caused this. Then doing a large water change can also cause a coral to close up for awhile (especially if the temp or salinity is different than tank water). Then using a new filter with carbon is another change. I would call it quits on the changes for a bit and just see how the coral reacts. I would also test the water to see if there is something you need to be correcting before actually doing anything. |
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08/12/2007, 04:03 PM
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They're particularly sensitive to alkalinity and ph. The aiptasia stuff could have gotten over on to it, too, so the carbon and water changes are correct, but now just get your water to:
8.3-9.3 alkalinity DHK scale; 7.9-8.3 ph, and don't do anything else for a bit.
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08/12/2007, 04:12 PM
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Water Perams:
Amonia, Nitrite, Nitrate: 0 Calcium: 490 KH: 9 SG: 24 pH: 8.2 Temp: 82
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08/12/2007, 05:06 PM
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I might be wrong but your SG sounds pretty low.
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08/12/2007, 05:28 PM
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stop feeding it so much! that`s a small tank. I have mine in a 75 gal. , and I feed it 1 or 2 times a week tops.
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08/12/2007, 06:22 PM
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Ok...so I will stop feeding my corals so much...so u think that Will make it come back out loosecannon??????!!!???
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