Hammer bailout

[OGReeferTY]

Hammer bailed out. He seems to be doing fine in the sand. He was higher up but moved to the sand. .25 phosphate, like 700 calcium.

 

[Lavey29]

Some of your other corals are struggling to. Cal way to high, phos moderate to high. What is your nitrates?

 

[OGReeferTY]

Some of your other corals are struggling to. Cal way to high, phos moderate to high. What is your nitrates?

Checking now. I don’t do too many water changes. So that could be a reason as well

 

[Merthynia]

You may want to do a fairly large waterchange today to help what is left.

 

[OGReeferTY]

Some of your other corals are struggling to. Cal way to high, phos moderate to high. What is your nitrates?

Nitrates are 0

 

[OGReeferTY]

You may want to do a fairly large waterchange today to help what is left.

Should I try and move the hammer in the bottom?

 

[Merthynia]

In my experience, once the polyps bail like that, it's just a slow death for them. Maybe someone has experience otherwise?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Elevate back off the sand as sand irritates them easily. As for bailout, since they are a large polyp stony coral, calcium and alkalinity are two very important water parameters that will affect the growth of your coral. This coral will start to die off if the calcium levels are too low. A calcium level of about 400 ppm is just right.
This coral species isn’t terribly picky when it comes to the proper placement in your tank. The trick would really be just to avoid the extremes. . . .
Avoid extremely bright locations or areas of very high current, and avoid areas that are too dark or with currents that are too low. Fast currents risk damaging the soft, fleshy polyps (and getting an infection). Bright lights will cause bleaching. Insufficient lighting will cause the poor coral to wither away and starve to death.
Hammer corals only require a moderate amount of light for photosynthesis and can grow well in the intermediate regions of your tank. Just about any reef LED lighting should be sufficient for most tanks. Reduce white light intensity and get it off the sand bed which sand can irritate it.
The polyps should sway in the current, but not sustain so much pressure they are constantly bent over their skeleton. Too much flow will tear the polyps (worst case) and cause the polyps do not extend in the first place (best case). So, don’t give them too much flow.

 

[Lavey29]

Nitrates are 0

O nitrates is bad. Your corals have no food source.

 

[vetteguy53081]

O nitrates is bad. Your corals have no food source.

Hammer corals only require a moderate amount of light for photosynthesis and can grow well in the intermediate regions of your tank. Hammer corals are more subdued eaters who would benefit from the occasional feeding of a meaty marine food like mysis and brine shrimp. They do not rely on nitrates and are affected when no3 is High than low.
I run nitrates at about 4 and they love it as you can see

 

[Merthynia]

@vetteguy53081 Have you had success with the polyps reattaching?

 

[Lavey29]

Hammer corals only require a moderate amount of light for photosynthesis and can grow well in the intermediate regions of your tank. Hammer corals are more subdued eaters who would benefit from the occasional feeding of a meaty marine food like mysis and brine shrimp. They do not rely on nitrates and are affected when no3 is High than low.
I run nitrates at about 4 and they love it as you can see

Agreed, that why 0 is bad and the other corals in his tank are struggling

 

[OGReeferTY]

Hammer corals only require a moderate amount of light for photosynthesis and can grow well in the intermediate regions of your tank. Hammer corals are more subdued eaters who would benefit from the occasional feeding of a meaty marine food like mysis and brine shrimp. They do not rely on nitrates and are affected when no3 is High than low.
I run nitrates at about 4 and they love it as you can see

Well I can order something in Amazon? How do I get them up? I got some reef roids I can feed them. I also found a plastic bowl I got a crab in. I put the hammer In that in the tank to keep him off the sand bed cuz he won’t stay on the rock. Made sure I moved the wave maker up higher and bouncing off the glass. I also have a foundation pack from Red Sea but that only does calcium, mag and alk.

 

[vetteguy53081]

@vetteguy53081 Have you had success with the polyps reattaching?

Never. Although Ive heard of a couple attaching elsewhere its rare

 

[OGReeferTY]

@vetteguy53081 Have you had success with the polyps reattaching?

No, I can’t get them to stay on it without fallling off.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Well I can order something in Amazon? How do I get them up? I got some reef roids I can feed them. I also found a plastic bowl I got a crab in. I put the hammer In that in the tank to keep him off the sand bed cuz he won’t stay on the rock. Made sure I moved the wave maker up higher and bouncing off the glass. I also have a foundation pack from Red Sea but that only does calcium, mag and alk.

Feeding the tank generally increases nitrate. I dont favor chemicals if avoidable

 

[OGReeferTY]

Feeding the tank generally increases nitrate. I dont favor chemicals if avoidable

Would reef roids be fine?

 

[aggrofish]

For an immediate fix get Brightwell neonitro. I dos NO3 and PO4

 

[InactiveAcct]

I had some do that when introduced to tank phosphate near yours. Unfortunately one went, and within 2 days they all bailed

 

[OGReeferTY]

I had some do that when introduced to tank phosphate near yours. Unfortunately one went, and within 2 days they all bailed

I’ve had him for a few months. And everything seemed fine. Haven’t added anything else after him. I guess it’s cause I don’t do water changes often.