Hammer Coral sick

babymuchacho · 03/28/2014, 08:24 PM

I've had the Hammer Coral on the left for two months and the one on the right for about two weeks
and for some reason the left one has been acting weird and I have no idea why.

Anybody have any input?

calcium - 420
salinity - 1.024
nitrate - 10 ppm
nitrite - 0 ppm
ammonia - 0 ppm

crvz · 03/29/2014, 08:19 PM

Are you saying it only starting acting strange once the second one was added?

babymuchacho · 03/30/2014, 01:26 AM

yeah somewhat, a couple days before it wasn't acting normal. Nothings improved yet, even after a waterchange...

bundybear1981 · 03/30/2014, 03:42 AM

What else do you have in the tank? Anything that might irritate the hammer? How is filtration and lighting? And possibility of chemical warfare? How is alk and mag? It may be something out in your water that has caused a gradual decline in the hammer and the new specimen hasn't been in long enough to decline yet.

Pife · 03/30/2014, 04:52 AM

What are your po4s and alk? I would think something is of in your tank or you have a fish picking at it. What fish do you have?

billdogg · 03/30/2014, 06:48 AM

My first guess would be Allelopathy - chemical warfare. If you are not already, run some carbon in a reactor. If you already are, change it out.

Choice #2 is that another coral is bothering it. Is there anything else close enough that sweeper tentacles are getting to it?

03/28/2014, 08:24 PM	#1
babymuchacho Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Corpus Christi Posts: 4	Hammer Coral sick I've had the Hammer Coral on the left for two months and the one on the right for about two weeks and for some reason the left one has been acting weird and I have no idea why. Anybody have any input? calcium - 420 salinity - 1.024 nitrate - 10 ppm nitrite - 0 ppm ammonia - 0 ppm

03/30/2014, 01:26 AM	#3
babymuchacho Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Corpus Christi Posts: 4	yeah somewhat, a couple days before it wasn't acting normal. Nothings improved yet, even after a waterchange... __________________ 29 Gallon Reefer Current Tank Info: 29 Gallon Reef & 10 Gallon Salt

03/30/2014, 03:42 AM	#4
bundybear1981 Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia Posts: 685 Blog Entries: 1	What else do you have in the tank? Anything that might irritate the hammer? How is filtration and lighting? And possibility of chemical warfare? How is alk and mag? It may be something out in your water that has caused a gradual decline in the hammer and the new specimen hasn't been in long enough to decline yet. __________________ Tank inhabitants : 2x Clownfish, 1x Blue Koran, 1x Foxface Lo, 1xCoral Beauty, 1x Blue Tang, 1x Sailfin Tang Current Tank Info: New Build : 250g (6x3x2) with 2x RW15 pumps, 2x 2200lph return pumps, Tunze ATO, Jebao Dosing Pump, AquaOne G220 Skimmer

03/30/2014, 06:48 AM	#6
billdogg Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Grove City, Ohio Posts: 10,806	My first guess would be Allelopathy - chemical warfare. If you are not already, run some carbon in a reactor. If you already are, change it out. Choice #2 is that another coral is bothering it. Is there anything else close enough that sweeper tentacles are getting to it? __________________ I'll try to be nice if you try to be smarter! I can't help that I grow older, but you can't make me grow up! Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef with 40b sump, RO 150 skimmer, AI Sol Blue x 2, and a 60g Frag Tank with 100g rubbermaid sump. 2 x Kessil A360w lights, BM curve 5 skimmer

03/29/2014, 08:19 PM	#2
crvz Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: houstonia Posts: 7,989	Are you saying it only starting acting strange once the second one was added? __________________ -Chris- You don't win friends with salad. "Look! They're trying to learn for free!" ... "Use your phony guns as clubs!" Current Tank Info: rectangluar? wet?

03/30/2014, 04:52 AM	#5
Pife Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 7,408	What are your po4s and alk? I would think something is of in your tank or you have a fish picking at it. What fish do you have?