fluval Chi to 10 gal upgrade

[Riverhawk]

It does sorta look like froggy is splitting... They do branch.. My bro's has 6 heads...

[Bearchumjs]

Originally Posted by Jmkb02

Are there any lfs near you at all??

There's petco, a crappy place and a new place with barely any stock. Why?

[Sniperhank]

Your frogspawn sure looks mad. Mine did that too. You'll prob loose the head, but not the whole coral. Happened to mine until I accidently crushed it...

[Jmkb02]

Cause you could probably order stuff from anywhere else beside Petco. I wouldn't use them if you can. There is one near my house, and all of there fish are just no bueno. I just wouldn't go through them if you can

[Sniperhank]

Originally Posted by Jmkb02

Cause you could probably order stuff from anywhere else beside Petco. I wouldn't use them if you can. There is one near my house, and all of there fish are just no bueno. I just wouldn't go through them if you can

Generally this is right, but there are some that are pretty nice. There is one several hours away from me that has a frag tank and all kinds of stuff. My local one isn't the best, but it is better than the other lfs. Hit or miss.

[Bearchumjs]

Originally Posted by Riverhawk

It does sorta look like froggy is splitting... They do branch.. My bro's has 6 heads...

Well I hope he's just splitting! It's weird. It happened all of a sudden. The other half of it is still very happy. I added some chemi pure elite today. That should take care of any poor water quality- not that I think my water is poor... I've been doing good only feeding Blue once a day and only 4-5 pellets. I also keep up on my weekly pwcs. Hair algae grows on my heater and it annoys me.

How long does it take a frogspawn to split?

[Bearchumjs]

Originally Posted by Sniperhank

Your frogspawn sure looks mad. Mine did that too. You'll prob loose the head, but not the whole coral. Happened to mine until I accidently crushed it...

I don't know what made him so angry, unless he's splitting.

[Bearchumjs]

Originally Posted by Jmkb02

Cause you could probably order stuff from anywhere else beside Petco. I wouldn't use them if you can. There is one near my house, and all of there fish are just no bueno. I just wouldn't go through them if you can

Oh yeah, ours is pretty nice. The guys who work in aquatics are real knowledgable about aquariums. The gals- not so much. That being said- it's still a big chain store and they can only do so much. Their tanks looked really crappy today, which is unusual. Basically you can only buy coral if they just got it in. If its looking poor cause its needs aren't being met they won't sell it at a discount. I think they charge too much anyway. In a few months the new LFS should have their coral tanks up and running. The new place is where I got the frogspawn. They got it in with a fish order and weren't ready for coral so she sold it to me for $5. They would probably order me a coral if I asked, even though their tanks aren't set up. I'll probably wait until my birthday to get more coral. Maybe a Kenya tree and another zoa frag.

[Bearchumjs]

Here's the frogspawn tonight.

[Convict2161]

Looks good to me

[Bearchumjs]

Originally Posted by Convict2161

Looks good to me

But the one side of it is all retracted and pulling away from the skeleton. You think it'll be ok?

[Convict2161]

Originally Posted by Bearchumjs

But the one side of it is all retracted and pulling away from the skeleton. You think it'll be ok?

Don't call it over yet. I've seen them come back. You have the lights and flow for it. Give it some time. The rest of it looks nice and healthy.

[Bearchumjs]

Originally Posted by Convict2161

Don't call it over yet. I've seen them come back. You have the lights and flow for it. Give it some time. The rest of it looks nice and healthy.

Ok! Watch and wait. Seems to be the saltwater worlds motto!

[Evansimp]

Did you see the coral fully open when you bought it? maybe it was already damaged?

[Bearchumjs]

Originally Posted by Evansimp

Did you see the coral fully open when you bought it? maybe it was already damaged?

It was closed when I bought it. After allowing it to adjust it looked really good. Now it looks blah. I hope that it's splitting and not dying.

[Jmkb02]

When my frogspawn split, it closed for literally a week. I thought for sure it was gone then boom! Two heads! Just think of it as a good thing and stay motivated! The tank is looking great and you have done some awesome improvements. Keep your head up chicka, your doing great!

[Bearchumjs]

Well. The frogspawn still looks crappy.

I noticed yesterday but didnt think much of it, my ricordia is still moving, and now there is a cloudy goo looking substance just above him. There seems to be more "goo" today. Do I leave the goo? Do I siphon it out with airline tubing? I took a picture but the "goo" doesn't show up too well. It's the lighting cloud on the rock right next to the top of the ric.

[CorallineAlgae]

It's best to syphon it out. That goo certainly isn't anything worth leaving. It'll dissolve if you let it be but that would only end up as more waste in the tank. It's either part of the corals inner tissue or expelled zooxanthellae or something like that. I'm no biologist so who knows but I've seen that happen before. No sense in letting it decompose in a closed system.

[Bearchumjs]

Originally Posted by CorallineAlgae

It's best to syphon it out. That goo certainly isn't anything worth leaving. It'll dissolve if you let it be but that would only end up as more waste in the tank. It's either part of the corals inner tissue or expelled zooxanthellae or something like that. I'm no biologist so who knows but I've seen that happen before. No sense in letting it decompose in a closed system.

Ok! I wanted to make sure it wouldn't hurt the little guy before I did anything. Thank you!

[Jmkb02]

Are you spot feeding this little guy?