waterfaller1
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I think all lps benefit from periodic direct feeding.HippieSmell said:
Hammer is decaying
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I don't think there is, CeeGee. The deterioration on our hammer seems to have stopped. While it lost a great deal, it was isolated to one section. Most likely cause was damage from mishandling. Another lesson learned.
In fact, it's beginning to color up. The stems are starting to turn a pleasant green from the rather dull tan. Our hammer may turn out to be the show piece we'd hoped it would be.
Wayne
In fact, it's beginning to color up. The stems are starting to turn a pleasant green from the rather dull tan. Our hammer may turn out to be the show piece we'd hoped it would be.
Wayne
kindafun
Entreprenerd
Have a similar problem with a wall hammer. When I got it it was full and fleshy the entire length, now it's dying back from both ends of the wall. Funny thing is that during the time that the hammer has been declining I have a goniopora that has gone from the brink of death (visually) to thriving. Water parameters are good.
HippieSmell
Occupy Reef Central
Yeah, I keep hearing about how other things in the tank do well when the hammer starts to go downhill. I guess they're just really sensitive. It kind of reminds me of SPS doing their RTN thing. Isn't RTN caused by high phosphates? Maybe that's the problem, it's just that we only associate that with SPS, not LPS.
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
Does anybody in this thread that lost their wall hammer coral to recession with no brown jelly (infection) monitor levels of Mg?
T Man
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I feel like I'm in a support group..........I lost this peice from a tank move. When I moved the corals back in the tank is the decay started and then had to be removed.sniff sniff...........
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This is a sad memory, I can see the similarities in the the bases.I have big leathers in the tank and that leads me to believe through my loss.
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
The decay started after a tank move and you've come to the conclusion it was the fault of your leather corals?<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8182187#post8182187 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by LU359TINMAN
I feel like I'm in a support group..........I lost this peice from a tank move. When I moved the corals back in the tank is the decay started and then had to be removed.sniff sniff...........
This is a sad memory, I can see the similarities in the the bases.I have big leathers in the tank and that leads me to believe through my loss.
Branching hammers are less sensitive than wall types.
You can (possibly!) keep hammers with leather corals as long as you're diligent about water changes, protein skimming and the use of GAC.
HippieSmell
Occupy Reef Central
I don't remember exactly what my mag levels were at the time, but I'm sure they were between 1200-1300 ppm. Why? What's your theory?
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
Mg deficiency (not Sr as once suggested years ago) might be responsible for tissue recession in LPS corals.
Many people don't monitor Mg (or Sr for that matter).
Brown jelly/bacterial infections are another matter altogether.
T Man
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Not specifically the leathers, but a mutiitude of all the corals and maybe the eighty pounds more rock and aragonite. I had all my corals in a temporary tank and looking back, I can say that I could have done it a lot differently. I'm still working on patience.<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8182243#post8182243 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Gary Majchrzak
The decay started after a tank move and you've come to the conclusion it was the fault of your leather corals?
T
