Hammer Coral

[jdm01]

I have a hammer coral that started with 2 heads. About 4 weeks ago it split into 3 heads. Unfortunately I had to move it to a different place in the tank. It is a 90 gallon tank that is 24" tall. I have a sleeper goby that keeps knocking it over. I put it up close to the rock work with a small piece of LR in front of it. One of the heads has completely receded and the other 2 are not doing so well. I can post a pic later tonight. Any thoughts as to the cause or cure?

 

[Bcollins111900]

Glue it to a piece of live rock or wedge it in tightly in a creavace/crack. It should be ok with a fews days time as long as it is not to severe. It just needs some time to heal. Should be ok.

 

[jdm01]

Thanks. I do have it tucked away tightly. Time to wait and see.

 

[jdm01]

As promised, here is a pic of the sick hammer. I am most worried about the head on the left. It still shows some signs of life, but not much. Not really sure what happened.

 

[Confooseld]

Doesn't look to good but I think it can come back with good treatment.

 

[BLANKENSHIP76]

May like higher light than that in the bottom of the tank. If your tank is 24 inches deep and you have 150 halides on it, the hammer may not be getting all the light it wants on the bottom of the tank. Rule of thumb with a 24 in deep tank is 250W halides to keep high light critters on the bottom, you may want to move it up a little once it stabilizes. Your hammer may not like high light, but my guy loves it.

Here is a pic of mine and it is half way up the tank with 250W de halides on it.

 

[jdm01]

Thanks. I will try that in a week or so once it stabilizes.

 

[edwardbotha]

how is the flow?

 

[jdm01]

It is a little low in its current postion. I can move it to a higher flow area if that would be better. In reflecting, it did do better where the flow was higher.

 

[RayD]

My hammers don't expand as well under higher flow. I thought they would. Frogs and Torches love the heavier flow rate.