Is my purple neon orange tipped hammer doomed?

[2002RamAir]

Hey all
I have been having trouble with this coral for a few days now and can't figure out its problem. It was fully opened about 4 days ago and has looked like this ever since. Any help would be great! Thanks

Salinity - 1.0245
Temp - 79.7
PH - 8.07
Ammonia - 0
Nitrate - 0
Phosphate - 0
Calcium - ~420
Alk - 9.6dkh
MG - ~1420

If any more pics are needed please let me know.

 

[2002RamAir]

For some reason the pic won't load. See here

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2475672

 

[maroonman]

looks like a wall hammer . They do not have a great success rate. I read on the other page you have had it for 4 month? How has the flow been on it? Looking at the pic. It doesnt appear to have much flow at all. ( tenticals hanging down ) try a spot with just a little more flow. All my hammers do best with a light rocking motion.
I did have a torch I bought about 3 months ago do about the same thing. Just wouldnt puff out . I moved it 3 times before it got the sweet spot .

check for any algae near the base ..skeleton to flesh part. Algae growth or trapped pieces will cause them to not open.

Keep an eye on it . If it developes any brown slime , I would remove it to keep from infecting any other lps.

 

[2002RamAir]

Just picked him up to move him to where he was when it was happy. Figured other hammer May of stung it. And this happened.

 

[aromano]

total bailout?

 

[maroonman]

that pic. I can't make heads or tales to it. It almost looks to be melting away. You seeing any Slime ? I would probably take it out and smell if it's rotten smelling.. That looks bad from what I can see.

 

[mrbncal]

Sometimes when its at this stage, as a last resort, I will cut off the dead area of skeleton. Then dip in lugols twice a day for a week or more, until you see results or until it dies. You're already behind the disease at this point so you need to act quickly to save any part of it. You can lower the temp several degrees to help slow down the bacterial infection. That's my 2 cents.

 

[Tweaked]

Case of the wall hammers lol. Very hard to keep in our tanks as most are coming in damaged and or cut. This leads to infections that we typically don't see until about 4-6 weeks from collection.

 

[ReefCowboy]

I've quit on wall hammers. All pieces I've had slowly vanish over 1-2 years. The usual receding from a corner towards the other. I bought on impulse an Australian bright yellow that I paid big $ to watch it go away like the others when all corals including sps do great.
I would love to hear from reefers that keep them over two years and find out otherwise.

 

[Tweaked]

I've quit on wall hammers. All pieces I've had slowly vanish over 1-2 years. The usual receding from a corner towards the other. I bought on impulse an Australian bright yellow that I paid big $ to watch it go away like the others when all corals including sps do great.
I would love to hear from reefers that keep them over two years and find out otherwise.

A select few my friend. Check my thread out here.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2465527

 

[discocarp]

I've also had really bad luck with wall hammers. I lost a gorgeous (and sadly expensive) fluorescent orange wall hammer. There wasn't anything I could do except watch it wither away slowly.

 

[Daniel62]

Wall hammers have never made it in my tank either. I stick to branching now

 

[m0nkie]

Sometimes when its at this stage, as a last resort, I will cut off the dead area of skeleton. Then dip in lugols twice a day for a week or more, until you see results or until it dies. You're already behind the disease at this point so you need to act quickly to save any part of it. You can lower the temp several degrees to help slow down the bacterial infection. That's my 2 cents.

I would also use superglue and glue the fresh cuts areas. The glue will seal the flesh from infections.. then lugol dip..

chances are not good tho for wall hammer.