does frog spawn shed?

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  1. dinkanber

    dinkanber Skunk Shrimp

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    All day i have been watching my frog spawn one head at a time shrivel up, release a burgundy color film and come back out .The head in the pic that is out was the one that was just doing it and now the other three heads are in and one is releasing the flim as you can see.This is the second time today i have seen that head do this.
    after this pic was taken that film let go and that head opened back up
     

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  3. cosmo

    cosmo Giant Squid

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    Google brown jelly disease and see if that's it!
     
  4. dinkanber

    dinkanber Skunk Shrimp

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    no.Nothing like that.These look like the skin of the branches so to speak.each time it releases a film it is the exact size and shape of the last one
     
  5. dinkanber

    dinkanber Skunk Shrimp

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    you can see the head to the right is still holding the film
     
  6. Kevin3884

    Kevin3884 Tassled File Fish

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    could be stressing...r ur params on? do you have it in too high of flow?
     
  7. dinkanber

    dinkanber Skunk Shrimp

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    Yes I did a param check today. I moved it last night due to a new coral coming in and the only spot it would fit is were my fs was so I placed it in the middle of the tank a little lower. This morning it was out better then I had ever seen it. I was excited because I have never seen it so big and pretty like that and for the last 4 hours or so I've been watching it do this.
     
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  9. psiclone

    psiclone Purple Spiny Lobster

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    It's stressed. That brown goo that its ejecting is zooxanthellae. Check your parameters. Did you stir the sand up lately? How is the flow on the coral?
     
  10. dinkanber

    dinkanber Skunk Shrimp

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    I checked params this morning. All was good. As far as flow I don't know how to answer that. I was told by someone I don't have enough flow based on a pic I posted a few days ago. Would a video help?
     
  11. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    Not sure about the flow.

    But the release of the brown substance is normal IME with this coral. Whether it's zooxanthellae or just waste mine did routinely when I kept them.

    I would not be surprised if in a couple hours or tomorrow it's fine.
     
  12. Nvizn

    Nvizn Montipora Digitata

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    Waste.