Frogspawn Hits The Tank

[Crazy fishes]

I purchased a lovely looking E. Divisa (Frogspawn) today from the LFS and it is really beautiful. I think it may have more light in my tank since it has curled up tightly. I read they can be tough to acclimatise, but if you are luck enough that it does, are relatively easy to care for. I hope it opens up a little because it is really making my nervous . I have placed it almost directly under the light practically 6 inches away from the actual unit. I am wondering if moving it lower may be better Before it was under a triple 150 Watt MH unit but was a good 2 feet from the unit at the bottom of the tank. What are peoples feelings......

Regards

 

[SkiFletch]

I read they can be tough to acclimatise,

I won't tell you how I acclimated mine

If it's really not opening and looking stressed, you can always put it on the bottom to start.

 

[Crazy fishes]

Thanks Ski. I have moved it lower in the tank; it is on a piece of live rock and so the top of each head is about half way down in the tank. It is the most amazing green colouration and looks awesome under moon lighting. However I can only see the tips of the polyp's tentacles at present. Hopefully the next few days it will emerge to show all it's beauty.

"I won't tell you how I acclimated mine" is one of those sentences which just sparks intrigue and curiosity; you have to tell me now or I am going to be wondering for an indefinite time to come LOL!!! but it survived didn't it??

Regards

 

[@ombomb]

it took mine about 2 / 3 days to fully extend when i first got it, just give it some time

 

[Crazy fishes]

Thanks @ombomb. It is always reassuring to hear from other who have 'walked the path' so to speak. I have recently added a hammer coral, about 2 weeks ago and they are the same type of coral. Now the hammer is extending its lovely fluorescent tentacles.

Regards

 

[steelhealr]

Just take care..it sounds like you are moving rather fast. SH

 

[Crazy fishes]

Just take care..it sounds like you are moving rather fast. SH

But steadily.... with Ski's help. What exactly am I waiting for, if anything at all?? I am grateful for the note of caution though so thank you.
SH, my water chemistry is text book every time (values barely change) I measure it. Now using Salifert if you are interested, so a reasonably reliable kit. What pumps do people use for water movement. I am using the stock pump that comes with the 24g D&D plus a hydor koralia nano. Since I got the LPS (hammer more so) I am thinking that all that flow is, well, a little much. Is works out >25x flow rate, I am going to try turning the Hydor Koralia nano off and observing the next few days (Flow rate from the stock pump is 10x). In the 15 or so minutes it has been off the frogspawn has emerged a bit more and the hammer is looking a lot happier. I have just done the weekly water chnage and will check chemistry later today or maybe tomorrow.

Regards

 

[steelhealr]

The tank is not mature and coral survival is not measured in weeks or months but years. What was your startup date? SH

 

[Lynden]

Tank "maturity" isn't measured in time. If one transfers cured live rock into a tank that is up to par regarding salinity, temperature, etc. one can have a tank that is instantly mature. That is the method I used with both my current SW tanks.

 

[CageUK]

Tank "maturity" isn't measured in time. If one transfers cured live rock into a tank that is up to par regarding salinity, temperature, etc. one can have a tank that is instantly mature. That is the method I used with both my current SW tanks.

Forgive my relative (newbie) ignorance. I thought that what you are refering to there is cycling. The tank would be instantly cycled under those circumstances but not yet mature. I would class a mature tank as one that would be covered in coraline and fully populated with sea life (pods etc) throughout in all the nooks and crannys etc. Mine has been running just under 2 months now and although it cycled in a couple of days, it still doesn't feel like a mature tank. The back is still black plastic although there is one tine coraline spot I am proud of and I can't wait til it's all old and craggy like a marine tank should be!

I would be delighted if my tank is considered mature...but it just doesn't feel like it.

I came up with similar issues with my FW tanks but to a lesser degree (no pods etc). Tanks don't feel mature until everything is bedded in and had time to establish itself. A year on and I consider my FW tanks to be mature and have been for a while. I don't think it is necessarily to do with the water as we are constantly changing it (or should be).

Just my tuppence worth

Cheers