Hammer coral help!

bfishy22 · 12/01/2017, 08:51 PM

Hi all,

Just wanting a bit of help regarding my hammer coral - lately it seems to have been receding and as you can see in the attached photos, its sharp skeleton is showing with a browning base and some browning skeleton 'shards'. Any idea on whats going on here?

Params seem to be good and all other corals a flourishing at the moment. This sort of happened out of no where.

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JustAClownFish · 12/01/2017, 09:24 PM

What are your water parameters? We need numbers

When di dyou get the hammer? Did you change the photoperiod, light intensity, or start dosing something?

outy · 12/01/2017, 09:59 PM

Looks healthy and may have had a period of receding. I would watch it and make sure its not progressing negative. If its staying the same it still may grow out.

I have never had luck with those types of hammer. branching hammer grows like weeds in my tank

Name That Tuna · 12/02/2017, 01:41 PM

Mine does something like this, maybe twice per year.... a small portion dies off, but then it damn near doubles in size in the following couple months. Everything else flourishes while it's going on..

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12/01/2017, 08:51 PM	#1
bfishy22 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Posts: 8	Hammer coral help! Hi all, Just wanting a bit of help regarding my hammer coral - lately it seems to have been receding and as you can see in the attached photos, its sharp skeleton is showing with a browning base and some browning skeleton 'shards'. Any idea on whats going on here? Params seem to be good and all other corals a flourishing at the moment. This sort of happened out of no where. Sent from my SM-N920I using Tapatalk

12/01/2017, 09:24 PM	#2
JustAClownFish Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: California Posts: 226	What are your water parameters? We need numbers When di dyou get the hammer? Did you change the photoperiod, light intensity, or start dosing something?

12/01/2017, 09:59 PM	#3
outy Moved On Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: auburn CA Posts: 4,021	Looks healthy and may have had a period of receding. I would watch it and make sure its not progressing negative. If its staying the same it still may grow out. I have never had luck with those types of hammer. branching hammer grows like weeds in my tank

12/02/2017, 01:41 PM	#4
Name That Tuna Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 36	Mine does something like this, maybe twice per year.... a small portion dies off, but then it damn near doubles in size in the following couple months. Everything else flourishes while it's going on.. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk