My Frogspawn.... wassup??

[hfp75]

Well I have had this frogspawn for about 4 months now and over that time I have moved from a 12g to a 24g.

Have any of you had a frogspawn that lost most of his arms/tenacles? When I got this 4 months ago it had nice long & flowing tenacles - it was very large. Now, they are short. They are not just shrunk, they are short & it is very small. There are 5 heads and 4 of the 5 heads are splitting.

I guess I am wondering why it has changed so much. I dont think that it is due to the splitting, but Maybe? To help, I have recently decreased the flow for it and its 3/4 or 2/3 the way up to the lights. My tank is a 24g nano with 2 CF/PC. One is a straight 10K and the other is a 10/actinic. My params are stable & I change 10-15% water every week.

Is it splitting? the fact that its a newer tank? lighting / flow?

I feed the tank every day. I am using appropriate amounts of Phyto/Oyster/Roti feast. Since its arms are so small feeding brine is impossible. If it were truly unhealthy 4/5 heads would not be splitting/growing...

I am using SeaChem (purple) salt & the water is distilled RO water from wally.

any ideas?

what does everyone else feed their FS?

PICS:

Initially: Large & Flowing
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...5/IMG_0472.jpg

Now: Small & the mouths are visible.
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...5/IMG_0569.jpg

[hfp75]

Well its been a month and half and for a while things were getting better. All the heads were splitting & the arms started getting longer / growing. Not alot but some. So, I figured I'd wait.

Now, over the last 10 days I have noticed a few things.

First, that there are bubbles on the 'stem' of the FS. Some are small-medium and some are very large. Here is a pic of the largest one. Con someone explain this?

Pic # 1
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...5/IMG_0608.jpg
Pic # 2
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...5/IMG_0611.jpg

Second, the FS that is living on the stem is receding (oulling back to the head), is that just part of normal growth? All of the heads basically split at the same time and all of them have some recession?

Pic # 3
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...5/IMG_0607.jpg

Thirdly, there is a small tear or open spot on its head. I dont know the cause but is this possibly related to the bubbles or stock recession?

Pic # 4
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...5/IMG_0610.jpg

Does anyone have some good wisdom/experience with Euphyllia Paradivisa?



I'm wondering if there is something I should be doing to treat it?

[fishytime]

it definitely looks like something is irritating it.....the bubble on the "stem" is likely just signs of growth.....odd that other parts are receding or not looking good....what do you have for fish in the tank?

[hfp75]

In the tank I have a few fish. Fish that I can see 'with' the FrogSpawn are my 2 clown gobies, 2 sexy shrimp, and neon gobie. In my opinion one of the clown gobies (yellow) will sit on top and the sexies will dance at the base of it. They are not there are the time though. It has been 'changing' for a while now, the sexies and gobies are in the last month.

[Nano]

I find mine does best on the sand bed or bottom, with mild flow. It looks like what mine did when it was acclimating to my leds try moving it down lower?

[hfp75]

Well, after a few weeks, the FS is on the mend. It was definitely getting too much light - I moved it lower and waited. It started growing its arms back and looks a lot better.

Recently I changed out a power compact 10k for a split 10k/actinic and now my Duncan wont open up... slowly I'll move it higher in the tank until it opens up. On a bright note (I kill myself - haha) the FS is more happy than before.

Either way I guess you cant have everything.

[hfp75]

Heres a pic. I guess there is a 15 minute rule to modify your original post...

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...5/IMG_0666.jpg

lookin better eh?