Octopus Coral issues

addicted_2_reef · 05/28/2006, 07:09 PM

I just go a nice piece of Octopus coral(Frogspawn?) from the LFS. I've been watching it for 4 weeks and it has always looked good so I picked it up. Its been in my tank for 1 day. It hasn't fully expanded yet but doesn't have any slime coming out of it and doesn't look stressed. But, I just found a small piece of it floating around the tank. It was inflated like a ballon. Is this normal? I water is all zeros and I do 20% water change every week. I have a MH light and a bakpak Filter. I also have a blue leg hermit, a prawn goby and a small piece of moon coral on the other side of the tank. Thanks for any help.

addicted_2_reef · 05/29/2006, 01:09 PM

help bump!

reefinmike · 05/29/2006, 01:11 PM

i expierenced this with my frogspawn. it was in a good ammount of flow and id see a new balloon floating around daily. try a little less flow.

funman1 · 05/29/2006, 01:55 PM

Frogspawn is not a high flow coral..
They like light to med flow, and med lighting..

If pieces are being torn off and floating around, move it to a less flow zone

Sk8r · 05/29/2006, 02:03 PM

Just enough flow to let the arms toss slightly. Don't know what may happen to the bits: had a rabbit bite one off. Been trying to catch it since, in the notion of supergluing to a rock and hoping it would lay down a little calcium...

05/28/2006, 07:09 PM	#1
addicted_2_reef Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Levittown PA Posts: 434	Octopus Coral issues I just go a nice piece of Octopus coral(Frogspawn?) from the LFS. I've been watching it for 4 weeks and it has always looked good so I picked it up. Its been in my tank for 1 day. It hasn't fully expanded yet but doesn't have any slime coming out of it and doesn't look stressed. But, I just found a small piece of it floating around the tank. It was inflated like a ballon. Is this normal? I water is all zeros and I do 20% water change every week. I have a MH light and a bakpak Filter. I also have a blue leg hermit, a prawn goby and a small piece of moon coral on the other side of the tank. Thanks for any help.

05/29/2006, 01:09 PM	#2
addicted_2_reef Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Levittown PA Posts: 434	help bump! __________________ -Brian 25 gallon cube

05/29/2006, 01:11 PM	#3
reefinmike Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: ohio Posts: 846	i expierenced this with my frogspawn. it was in a good ammount of flow and id see a new balloon floating around daily. try a little less flow. __________________ 90g reef lit by 2 kessil 360's and 4 T5's. 55g sump/fuge, eshopps s-200 skimmer and slowly working on getting every apex gadget

05/29/2006, 01:55 PM	#4
funman1 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Roseville, CA Posts: 4,898	Frogspawn is not a high flow coral.. They like light to med flow, and med lighting.. If pieces are being torn off and floating around, move it to a less flow zone __________________ Professional Pyro: NO REALLY; I get PAID to blow stuff up!! ~Steve~ Current Tank Info: 12G NANO

05/29/2006, 02:03 PM	#5
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Just enough flow to let the arms toss slightly. Don't know what may happen to the bits: had a rabbit bite one off. Been trying to catch it since, in the notion of supergluing to a rock and hoping it would lay down a little calcium... __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.