Hammer Coral Issues

[BST310]

Any ideas what’s going on with this hammer? Still “opening” everyday and flesh extends down skeleton.



Symptoms began after a sudden salinity drop of one point. The rest of the hammers look a little off but not anything like this. Off as in the individual heads seem very small and not open and expanded. Like they’re sucked in but open.

Parameters
Alk: 7.1
Cal: 440
Mag: 1400
Nitrate: 10 (Salifert)
Phostphate: 0 (Salifert and Hanna ULR) been this was for some time not new.
salinity: 1.025

Is it possibly completing a split?

 

[jordan9095]

could be stress from splitting. i would dip it.

brightwell medicoral for ~8 mins. i use more than recommended. enough so that the water is slight yellow tint

then in another dip for 8 mins with brightwell aminos, iodine, & brightwell restor.

 

[joseserrano]

Looks like it is really stressed, just stay on top of your parameters. Another fluctuation may kill it off.

 

[BST310]

Thanks for the advice guys. Something definitely seems to be affecting them as another one isn’t so hot looking now, has black almost rings around the tentacles like it’s squeezing the hammer head tip.

Think I will dip the affected ones.

 

[LittleReefers]

any suggestions on a dying bubble? Got it when it was healing figured I would give it a shot. Think one of the bubbles was popped or it broke.

 

[taima1shu]

Any updates? How did you solve the issue?

 

[BST310]

Any updates? How did you solve the issue?

I did a couple dips in Two Little Fishies Revive. Probably two or three over the course of a week.

Made a full recovery green hammer in the center is the same one.

 

[taima1shu]

Wow, very nice! I will get my hands on revive as well.
Love your hammer garden!