Concerned about Hammer

[MillerDog1]

Noticed a little while after feeding a loooooong brown strand coming out of my Hammer coral. It broke off before I could snap a pic but this thing was like 8 inches no exaggeration. Any ideas what this could be? Color is still good but it did shrink down to about 40% if it's normal size while this was going on.

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[Djbeasley05]

How long have you had it in the tank?


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[MillerDog1]

How long have you had it in the tank?

A little over a month




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[Djbeasley05]

A little over a month




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Did you acclimate it to the new light source slowly? If Params are good it could just be expelling waste. Worst case scenario it's expelling zooxanthellae. I would try moving it to a lower light lower flow area for a bit.


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[MillerDog1]

Did you acclimate it to the new light source slowly? If Params are good it could just be expelling waste. Worst case scenario it's expelling zooxanthellae. I would try moving it to a lower light lower flow area for a bit.

Yes I increased lighting slowly. Parameters are good, this is just now the first time that I've noticed it doing this but I can see on the powerhead where it has happened before and the strings of whatever it is are on the back side of the head. I was hoping for waste but it seems like a bit much to just be waste.



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[Knighthawk]

Just pooping

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[rvareef]

whats that blacked out!?

 

[MillerDog1]

whats that blacked out!?

Banners hanging in my office that may or may not be child friendly lol


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[rvareef]

Banners hanging in my office that may or may not be child friendly lol


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sometimes my hammer shrivels after seeing a dirty banner

 

[MillerDog1]

sometimes my hammer shrivels after seeing a dirty banner

I didn't say dirty. Just covering my tracks and not trying to offend anyone. Can't be too careful nowadays


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[rvareef]

I didn't say dirty. Just covering my tracks and not trying to offend anyone. Can't be too careful nowadays


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ohh ok, if its not dirty then I dont know whats the cause!

 

[nfrench2100]

Dangit now I wanna know what the "œdirty banner" is [emoji848]

Anywho, that brown stuff is poop


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[oceanfan913]

Expelling waste, I have had that from mine as well.

 

[Mark9]

Mine has done this, have even seen fish eat it.