Hammer and torch issue

Johnnyredd · Jun 24, 2014

A few weeks ago one head of my torch died. I broke it off and life has been good. We just returned from 4 days of being out of town and the center of my 6 inch long Hammer skeleton is bare. Nothing else in the tank looks different. It's been in the same spot for 5+ months and has been beautiful up until now. I do target feed it. All parameters were well within specs last night (salinity, ammonia, nitrates, nitrites, alkalinity, calcium, magnesium, phosphates)

Any ideas?

3Twinklets · Jun 24, 2014

Did any detritus settle in on it? Its important to keep Hammer and Torch tissues free of detritus. A low amount of current usually keeps them pretty clean.

Johnnyredd · Jun 24, 2014

Not that I have seen. There is enough flow to keep a constantly light movement across it and it's been beautiful for months. We were gone for four days, lights came on this afternoon and... a big chunk of the center is just skeleton. Nothing around it, etc.

What can I do for or with it?

Tab28 · Jun 24, 2014

If you were out of town it may have been a alk of ph spike. If it is a wall. It may be able to recover since it may have several mouths. Does the flesh of the hammer extend down the outside of the skeleton? If not it is not happy.