Green hammer left its base.

[Ariel V Rosa]

I have done tons of reading some success stories and most saying flush it down the toilet. The hammer it self looks rather healthy and is responding to light and feedings.

What should I try to secure it somewhere to see if it will make it.

1) Find a low flow area place it there and wait (almost impossible in my tank, everything has water movement)

2) Attempt to reattach it to its base?

3) Attempt to glue it to a large flat plug?

4) Do like I do with my mushrooms and run a piece of thread though it then glue?

5) all is lost toss it in the bin before it dies and you get an ammonia spike?

 

[Retro Reefer]

It is possible it may attach to something but unlikely.. I just saw a video the other day from a vendor who had a frogspawn that bailed out and attached itself to his frag rack and he also had some tiny sps growing on his overflow box he said was from polyp bail out as well... I would put it in something like a shroom box to keep it from blowing around, I make them out of old water bottles.

 

[Ariel V Rosa]

It is possible it may attach to something but unlikely.. I just saw a video the other day from a vendor who had a frogspawn that bailed out and attached itself to his frag rack and he also had some tiny sps growing on his overflow box he said was from polyp bail out as well... I would put it in something like a shroom box to keep it from blowing around, I make them out of old water bottles.

That seems like a good Idea, I can probably scruff something together quick out of Acrylic sheets.

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

I had a frogspawn head do that last week I was able to glue it to a plug but within a couple of hours it was obvious it wouldn’t survive. I pulled it out.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Generally due to high/excessive flow or stress to tissue. 9 of ten times, they are done once separated from base But I have seen 1 or 2 attached and actually grow- but rare.

 

[Robink]

I had one that detached. I put it behind some rockwork and it recovered, grew a new base.

 

[Reefinmike]

If it looks healthy and simply bailed due to high flow you have a 50/50 chance of it growing a new skeleton. If your parameters are out of whack or lighting way too bright- fix that before attempting to save the coral. Usually i just throw bailouts away. They aren’t worth the trouble especially if you already have loads of euphyllia. Imo they’re the easiest stony coral by a large margin.

 

[Super Fly]

this happened to mine and I glued it to a rock. It survived and is thriving.