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Posted: October 13 2011 at 11:31am |
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So my frogspawns mouth is open really really big does that mean he is ready and wanting to eat? If so how would i go about feeding him and what time of day/night is best?
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Posted: October 13 2011 at 12:23pm |
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Are any of your other corals opening up? Check you water parameters, i.e. Ammonia, Nitrates, etc..
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Posted: October 13 2011 at 2:56pm |
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None of my other corals have their mouths open, they are all big and open but not with their mouths.
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Posted: October 13 2011 at 6:26pm |
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I've given mine chunks of krill during the day. I use chop sticks and hold the krill next to one of the "arms" and it will grab it and pull it in.
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Posted: October 14 2011 at 8:12am |
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I shoot a little mysis/brine every now and then.
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Posted: October 14 2011 at 8:44am |
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Pics would help
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Posted: October 16 2011 at 9:42am |
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Use a turkey baster and spray any type of meaty food across the frogspawn. Usually best done during the day as your frogspawn will likely retract some during the night.
Edited by DLindquist - October 22 2011 at 11:01am
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Posted: October 16 2011 at 11:17am |
A healthy Frogspawn Coral (Euphyllia) will be a round bush of tentacles. That's why they call it "frogspawn", because it looks like a mass of frog eggs. My thought is that the environment is not quite right for that coral. Please post a full tank pic and/or describe it. Also give us the Alk and Ca levels. GaryF asked about other coral. If you want some accurate information and useful help, please answer our questions. 
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Posted: October 18 2011 at 3:46pm |
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Unfortunately this does not sound normal. I have seen my frogspawn's mouths open when I disturbed the sand bed once and kicked up the ammonia. Check your water parameters when this happens! My frogspawn, when happy, just sways in the current and when something tasty comes by, the frogspawn tentacles typically stick to whatever is touching it and then it shrinks down to get things to the mouth (usually when I feed it with some type of pods).
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Posted: October 18 2011 at 5:45pm |
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Josh, are you there?
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Posted: October 19 2011 at 2:32am |
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Yeah im here sorry i havent been able to get on the last couple of days. So my calcium was low so i dosed it with 2 part. Now the mouth is closed.
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Posted: October 19 2011 at 3:54pm |
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Low Calcium might be part of the reason, but what about Alkalinity? It's very important to know both of those levels and dose only one part of the two part solutions to bring up the one that's low. It makes me want to ask
?What were the Alk and Ca levels before?
?and after dosing?
It's very important to know this.
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