This is an advice for noobs. I killed my frogspawn. I tried to buffer up my water cause ph was hitting 7.8, using Seachem Marine Buffer 8.3.
I mixed the buffer with 1 gallon of water, but did not wait long enough so solid particules where still in the water. I got very unlucky, cause when i put the water in my tank, a solid piece of the buffer ran right into the frogspawn mouth. He was ready to be fed, fully extended ( 5 inches polyps ). I saw him retract in 30 seconds. In 1 mn he was burned. Stress goo, filamentous. The polyps turned black. This morning, when the lights were off, there was only one injured polyp left...no more mouth, the skeleton was the main thing visible. A load of pods were eating dead tissues and were swimming through the calices. So...to noobs : mix welllll and be patient. First time i did something in the rush and it costs me my most precious coral. Maybe i'm sensitive when it's tank related, but i feel like i lost a lot.
I heard stories about frogspawns almost dead with only one or 2 polyps left that eventually grew back. I'll cross my fingers.
Also i noticed a sponge-like stuff right next to the frogspawn's stem. Maybe another head in progress ? Same color as the stem.
I'm so pissed 'cause in 1 month, with help of vitamins and phytoplankton, he tripled his size and was gorgeous.
...Don't rush, don't help too much mother nature..or learn the hard way like me
I mixed the buffer with 1 gallon of water, but did not wait long enough so solid particules where still in the water. I got very unlucky, cause when i put the water in my tank, a solid piece of the buffer ran right into the frogspawn mouth. He was ready to be fed, fully extended ( 5 inches polyps ). I saw him retract in 30 seconds. In 1 mn he was burned. Stress goo, filamentous. The polyps turned black. This morning, when the lights were off, there was only one injured polyp left...no more mouth, the skeleton was the main thing visible. A load of pods were eating dead tissues and were swimming through the calices. So...to noobs : mix welllll and be patient. First time i did something in the rush and it costs me my most precious coral. Maybe i'm sensitive when it's tank related, but i feel like i lost a lot.
I heard stories about frogspawns almost dead with only one or 2 polyps left that eventually grew back. I'll cross my fingers.
Also i noticed a sponge-like stuff right next to the frogspawn's stem. Maybe another head in progress ? Same color as the stem.
I'm so pissed 'cause in 1 month, with help of vitamins and phytoplankton, he tripled his size and was gorgeous.
...Don't rush, don't help too much mother nature..or learn the hard way like me
