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07-30-2009, 06:16 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Gatineau, QC, Canada
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FrogSpawn dying, need help!
Hey, recently my clowns, hoo happens to be hosting with my frogspawn, started to have black spots on them. Everybody told me it was normal and that I should not worry (is it really?). Anyhow, soon after, my frogspawn started to retract and now dosent open at all on some brachs (he has 4). And worst, he started dying!!! 
I can see some skeleton on some part of him and im fearing that I might lose him. I did a water change, nothing, reajusted the flow, nothing. If ANY of you guys have an idea please help me save him! Could the clowns be the cause?
Specs: 30g bow front, prism skimmer, temp 79-81, sal 1.026, nitrate 0.0, amonia 0.0, Kph 9, lighting 135wth coralife, 2 clowns, 1 blueyellow damsel, 2 cleaner shrimps, cleaner crew, cal around 400.
All other corals are doing fine, no problem there.
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07-30-2009, 06:19 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: 20 minutes North of Cheese Steaks and Pretzels
Posts: 3,191
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxthecat
Hey, recently my clowns, hoo happens to be hosting with my frogspawn, started to have black spots on them. Everybody told me it was normal and that I should not worry (is it really?). Anyhow, soon after, my frogspawn started to retract and now dosent open at all on some brachs (he has 4). And worst, he started dying!!!
I can see some skeleton on some part of him and im fearing that I might lose him. I did a water change, nothing, reajusted the flow, nothing. If ANY of you guys have an idea please help me save him! Could the clowns be the cause?
Specs: 30g bow front, prism skimmer, temp 79-81, sal 1.026, nitrate 0.0, amonia 0.0, Kph 9, lighting 135wth coralife, 2 clowns, 1 blueyellow damsel, 2 cleaner shrimps, cleaner crew, cal around 400.
All other corals are doing fine, no problem there. |
Post a pic of him
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07-30-2009, 06:23 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Westchester, N.Y.
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From what I've read, Clowns hosting corals like frogspawn, torches, etc. could eventually kill the coral. |
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07-30-2009, 06:33 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Gatineau, QC, Canada
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Originally Posted by biowheel
Post a pic of him
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I tryed and the pictures I have are too big to be uploaded, If you know how to do it please tell. Im not the biggest computer jock.
Without a picture, I can tell you its crumpled up and wont open or very little.
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07-30-2009, 06:36 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Gatineau, QC, Canada
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Arrrrg, you mean my clowns could be killing my Frogspawn?? It took them like 6 months to stop hosting with my heater, im not even kidding, to go in the frogspawn.... thats it I quit...
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07-30-2009, 06:40 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: 20 minutes North of Cheese Steaks and Pretzels
Posts: 3,191
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxthecat
Hey, recently my clowns, hoo happens to be hosting with my frogspawn, started to have black spots on them. Everybody told me it was normal and that I should not worry (is it really?). Anyhow, soon after, my frogspawn started to retract and now dosent open at all on some brachs (he has 4). And worst, he started dying!!!
I can see some skeleton on some part of him and im fearing that I might lose him. I did a water change, nothing, reajusted the flow, nothing. If ANY of you guys have an idea please help me save him! Could the clowns be the cause?
Specs: 30g bow front, prism skimmer, temp 79-81, sal 1.026, nitrate 0.0, amonia 0.0, Kph 9, lighting 135wth coralife, 2 clowns, 1 blueyellow damsel, 2 cleaner shrimps, cleaner crew, cal around 400.
All other corals are doing fine, no problem there. |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxthecat
Arrrrg, you mean my clowns could be killing my Frogspawn?? It took them like 6 months to stop hosting with my heater, im not even kidding, to go in the frogspawn.... thats it I quit...
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Very normal . Clowns will host anything . Can you post a pic? Click on my "images" near my name and click the FTS (first one .) My Frogspawn is up on the right . Did he look like that ?
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07-30-2009, 06:50 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: 20 minutes North of Cheese Steaks and Pretzels
Posts: 3,191
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxthecat
I tryed and the pictures I have are too big to be uploaded, If you know how to do it please tell. Im not the biggest computer jock.
Without a picture, I can tell you its crumpled up and wont open or very little.
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Do you know how to "upload " them to your images ?
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07-30-2009, 06:53 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Gatineau, QC, Canada
Posts: 82
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Hum yeah, I think, its a branching bubbly type. green tip. I still cant post a pic because its too big and i dont know how to make it smaller
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07-30-2009, 06:56 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Gatineau, QC, Canada
Posts: 82
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Ok the pics are on my account album
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07-30-2009, 07:16 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Gatineau, QC, Canada
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no ideas on how to solve this?? anybody?
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07-30-2009, 07:18 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: 20 minutes North of Cheese Steaks and Pretzels
Posts: 3,191
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Sorry . I had to find your pictures . Have you ever fed your FS ?
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07-30-2009, 07:27 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Gatineau, QC, Canada
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No, I tried a couple of times with some mysis shrimps or some meaty food that i give to fishs and he did not seem to want it. I put some reefroids in the tank sometimes, use to do it more more it poluted my tank so I lowered the dosage
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07-30-2009, 10:03 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: 20 minutes North of Cheese Steaks and Pretzels
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxthecat
No, I tried a couple of times with some mysis shrimps or some meaty food that i give to fishs and he did not seem to want it. I put some reefroids in the tank sometimes, use to do it more more it poluted my tank so I lowered the dosage
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try a pc of silversides . 1/4 " X 1/4 " very small . Mine eats it every time . Other wise just keep an eye on it . Have you replaced you bulbs lately or are they old ?
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07-31-2009, 10:07 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Gatineau, QC, Canada
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i put new bulbs in late march, ill try feeding it but I really dont get it, could something be eating it?
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07-31-2009, 11:25 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: 20 minutes North of Cheese Steaks and Pretzels
Posts: 3,191
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxthecat
i put new bulbs in late march, ill try feeding it but I really dont get it, could something be eating it?
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Anything is possible . Try looking at it at night with a flash light .
Have you changed the flow in the tank lately ? Added a power head ? New salt ?
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