frogspawn not comming out

[sharpblade15]

sorry if this is the wrong forum for this, my hubbie is the one that knows more about corals :P

our frogspawn hasn't been coming out for the last week and a half. we've done a few water changes, and the only change is a lot of algae growth in our tank.

we also have Acoel flatworms growing, a lot of them, and another member mentioned that may effect corals.

any help appreciated :)

Ammonia- .25
pH- 8.3
Alkalinity- 1.8
NO2- .05
NO3- 7

[crispyreef]

If your doing water changes and getting more algea growth, then the water your using has a high level of phosphates. Are you using tap water? That may be the problem. Is this a new tank? It looks like from your parameters that the tank has not finished cycling. If that's the case, the tank is not ready for corals.

[sharpblade15]

the tank is about a year old, and we aren't using tap water. we moved the rock set up, and now they look better. thanks for your suggestions.

[Rick2203]

a tank that is cycled should not contain any ammonia, even a little trace of it its harmful, have you had any fish die?, maybe you something die, and had an ammonia spike, you should take care of that asap.

[Reefynewby]

water quality is a must for keeping frogspawn. I tried one a little while ago, but my water was dirty then, and my branching frogspawn NEVER opened. It died... so i ended up removing it (i shouldn't have) and purchasing a new one a few days ago. It's doing great, no matter where i put it, in medium current, low current, no current. Although it does expand most in less current, it's fine everywhere, and even ate some mysis. I feed mine on snow, and it comes out when i feed more, but it's all based on water and lighting (mostly water). frogspawn like indirect moderate light. What kind of lighting do you have?