Opinions on a hammer issue

[fracgorilla]

Picked up two heads of a hammer little while back. One of the heads has retracted I'm pretty sure it's done for but would like some opinons on what y'all think

p 8.2
ammonia 0ppm
nitrite 0ppm
nitrate 20 ppm
calcium 440

Don't have an all test but will pick one up soon

 

[nathan1986]

You could either give it a day or 2 to see if things get better or cut the bad head off the coral in case whatever infected the branch doesn't spread to the healthy one

 

[Webmanny]

My recent frag did this too. I took it down to the sand bed and it got better. It may need some time to acclimate to the light.

 

[biomek]

i had one in QT doing the same thing. 2 heads on one side were fully opened up, one on the other closed. Was initially on the bottom egg crate in my qt and made a small shelf to put it up closer to the lights, i'd say in the upper 1/3 of the tank. Ever since, all 3 heads have been doing great. try moving to different flow and lighting areas every few days or so until it's happy.

 

[justthewife]

hammers dont like flow. Is it in the direct line of flow? Or does it blow around a lot?

 

[justthewife]

hammers dont like flow. Is it in the direct line of flow? Or does it blow around a lot?

I forgot to add, In my opinion.

 

[fracgorilla]

It's not getting a lot of flow it gently sways in the current. Placed about half way up in the tank. It seemed happy for the month that I've had it.