transparent frogspawn?

greerh · #1 07/18/2005, 07:14 AM

I bought this a month ago with my new tank. I was told it was bubble coral but it sure doesn't look like it.

Someone else suggested that it was bleached frogspawn? It is in a 29g tank with 2X65w pc lights on it.

Thanks
Heather

Steven Pro · #2 07/18/2005, 07:31 AM

It looks like a bleached frogspawn to me.

bobafett · #3 07/18/2005, 08:14 AM

It's a frogspawn. May color up with time but it sure looks cool the way it is.

E-A-G-L-E-S · #4 07/18/2005, 08:23 AM

man.... i love froggies and hammers....never seen that before!
it's def. a frog....that's a shame it's bleached, but i guess it's doing all right.
how long have you had it?
it is really different and cool looking....i'd buy one in a heartbeat if that was a color they came in!!!!!!!

greerh · #5 07/18/2005, 08:27 AM

It's been this way for a while I think. Definately since I got it (about 6 weeks).

So the question is if it's bleached, what can I do for it? Should I be feeding it more?

Thanks
Heather

E-A-G-L-E-S · #6 07/18/2005, 08:31 AM

boy i wish i could help.... try posting in reef discussion(more looks)
"How to care for bleached frogspawn"

greerh · #7 07/18/2005, 08:54 AM

Now that I've read further, I do think it is bleached. If I had to guess I'd say it is b/c of temp swings in the tank. I've been worried about that since I got it. I'm working on fixing that.

For the time being, I've tried feeding it with a syringe but the tenticles are not sticky. I've fed mashed up omega one frozen cubes and cyclopese. Any hints?

Thanks
Heather

Steven Pro · #8 07/18/2005, 09:23 AM

Cyclops-Eeze is good as are mysis shrimp, Pacifica plankton, and SweetWater zooplankton (daphnia). If you can feed it enough to sustain it, the zooxanthellae (symbiotic algae) may eventually repopulate the coral.

The tentacles not being sticky is a bad sign though. That means the coral does not have enough energy to 'manufacture' nematocysts, the stinging cells of the coral. I would not give up yet. Continue offering small meaty foods and hopefully it will pull through.

Dorado13 · #9 07/18/2005, 11:31 AM

When I was new to the hobby, I unknowingly bought a bleached frogspawn as my first coral. It took a while to find a location where it was happy and I lost some heads in the process but it finally after three months started to turn green. Now it is growing like crazy and is very beautiful even though it has some battle scars. I never fed the frogspawn during that time but I suppose it wouldn't hurt.

JN Reef · #10 07/18/2005, 12:05 PM

I bought mines transparent also. It stayed transparent when I had it in my old light set-up, 192W PC's. Then when I switched to halides, it darkened and was a solid green. I think the lighting causes the bleaching and the appearance.

Dubbin1 · #11 07/19/2005, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by greerh
Now that I've read further, I do think it is bleached.

Oh its definitely bleached.

greerh · #12 07/20/2005, 07:55 AM

I changed the photo period so that the lights are on at night and the temperature swing is reduced. (It now stays pretty solid between 82-83.)

I've also been feeding the frogspawn daily cyclopese since I'll be leaving town thurs. for a week. It seems to be coming out more. Is it possible to overfeed?

Thanks
Heather