UPDATE Hammer Coral Stung!!!

[StarGazer_1]

Here is an update on the damage
This is the hammer
The 2 damaged polyps are in the upper leftish

This is the brain
The damage is on the left lobe, lower left

This is the big picture as it sits now.
The offending shroom on the left
I have more in the tank else where but am going to trade them off
I have too many
Any hope for the damaged areas?

 

[boxerzz]

Reduce its flow and lights, it should recover totally.

 

[StarGazer_1]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14686577#post14686577 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by boxerzz
Reduce its flow and lights, it should recover totally.

THE BRAIN OR THE HAMMER?

 

[crvz]

I'd be pretty surprised if the mushroom caused that kind of damage. Can you tell us more about how long you've had these corals, your water conditions, and tank hardware?

 

[StarGazer_1]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14687447#post14687447 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by crvz
I'd be pretty surprised if the mushroom caused that kind of damage. Can you tell us more about how long you've had these corals, your water conditions, and tank hardware?

2 weeks
amonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 5
PH 8.4
Calc 420
temp 78 F
lighting 65/65 actinic/10000K compact flourescent
aragonite substrata
powerhead
fluval U4 submersible canister filter

 

[StarGazer_1]

what to do with the dead polyp branch on the hammer?
cut it off?
hope for the best?
maybe new polyps will form?
thx

 

[PRDubois]

How do you know it was the Shroom?

 

[StarGazer_1]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14694562#post14694562 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by PRDubois
How do you know it was the Shroom?

caught at the scene

 

[snorvich]

Mushrooms won't lose many "battles" with other corals. I try to eradicate all I can find.

 

[StarGazer_1]

brain ok
hammer not happy
see new post

 

[melev]

Mushrooms have a very powerful sting, and almost always win in coral warfare. Move other corals away from the 'shrooms, or remove the 'shrooms entirely. The latter is assuredly the better option.

 

[StarGazer_1]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14736337#post14736337 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
Mushrooms have a very powerful sting, and almost always win in lawn gnome warfare. Move other lawn gnomes away from the 'shrooms, or remove the 'shrooms entirely. The latter is assuredly the better option.

thinned them out aweek ago
lots of distance

 

[melev]

If you run fresh carbon actively in a Phosban Reactor, that may help as well. As long as the coral isn't being stung any longer, it may recover.