frogspawn coral not opening

[hollywood11892]

so iv had a frog spawn for about 3 weeks now and it was opening perfectly looked healthy and everything. but i noticed yesterday it wasnt opening up much and today its opening up even less im a day late on my pwc but i didnt think itd be that big of a deal, and my lights are 250 watt metal halides. any ideas

[redsea]

Have you checked your water paremeters to see if anything is wacky? Also have you checked your temp. ?

[hollywood11892]

yes temp is at 79 and thats been consistant for a while now, and no i havnt gotten a test kit just yet even though i shoulda by now

[redsea]

Hmmmmm, mabey something like nitrites or nitrates or too high????

[hollywood11892]

thats what im thinking i already started mixing the salt, hope that works

[ReefPhan_Harpua]

Might want to consider a test kit ASAP. You need to know the parameters of your water in order to effectively recreate a marine environment. JMO.

[mr_X]

what kind of flow do you have it in? are all of the heads retracted, or only some?

[hollywood11892]

well its only got one head on it at first it was only partially retracted but now all of it is, and its in indirect flow

[mr_X]

it might be brown jelly disease. i would increase the flow a little and see what happens.

[hollywood11892]

wont that make it close even more i thought they didnt like it?

[mr_X]

didn't like what? for some reason the frag you have in a lower flow area is going down hill. i suggest you move it to a different location as soon as you can. i'm not saying to put it 6" from a power head, but something about it's current situation is negatively effecting it. since you've had it for 3 weeks, i'm not convinced it's water parameters, but it's hard to say without being there....knowing husbandry habits etc. the first thing i would do is move it.

[hollywood11892]

ok ill try that then and see if it helps