Hammer coral ok ?

[Justinv201]

I have a fluval evo 13.5 with some corals in it. Moved everything to a bigger tank, fluval flex 32.5. My question is i moved all my corals to the new tank. My hammer coral is slowly getting back to normal. Just wondering does it look ok? Is this too much flow? The wave maker is on the far right of the tank. Plus i bought some zoas from a lfs, they havent fully opened yet, anything im dling wrong ? Levels are all good except ph. But i put ph bemuffer in it to try and raise it .

 

[billyocean]

Fresh air and surface agitation can raise ph. I personally wouldn't use a buffer. What is the ph? Don't know what levels are good means either...or if you're dosing anything...or if you have a skimmer....or maybe it's in a small room with a lot of people breathing heavy with an oven on creating co2..lol

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have a fluval evo 13.5 with some corals in it. Moved everything to a bigger tank, fluval flex 32.5. My question is i moved all my corals to the new tank. My hammer coral is slowly getting back to normal. Just wondering does it look ok? Is this too much flow? The wave maker is on the far right of the tank. Plus i bought some zoas from a lfs, they havent fully opened yet, anything im dling wrong ? Levels are all good except ph. But i put ph bemuffer in it to try and raise it .

While these are not picky about location bring it down to lower third of tank under moderate water flow. Hammers
require stable tank conditions, and areintolerant to major swings in water quality, and is sensitive to almost any level of copper in the water. 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.
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.

 

[Justinv201]

Fresh air and surface agitation can raise ph. I personally wouldn't use a buffer. What is the ph? Don't know what levels are good means either...or if you're dosing anything...or if you have a skimmer....or maybe it's in a small room with a lot of people breathing heavy with an oven on creating co2..lol

The ph is at 7.8 i do have a skimmer, a k1 nano but i havent installed it yet. What i ment by levels is ammonia, ph, nitrite, and nitrate and salinity. All good except ph.

 

[billyocean]

Cool..as long as the salinity and alk/mag/calc are stable it should be fine. It looks ok..perhaps just adjusting. Hard to tell but some surface agitation might help with ph. 7.8 isn't bad though.

 

[Justinv201]

Cool..as long as the salinity and alk/mag/calc are stable it should be fine. It looks ok..perhaps just adjusting. Hard to tell but some surface agitation might help with ph. 7.8 isn't bad though.

Ya sorry i meant to say parameters instead of levels lol. Kinda new at this. Only been doing saltwater for 3 years. Always can keep fish, just a hard time with corals. What about the protein skimmer, will that help ?

 

[billyocean]

Protein skimmer helps oxygenated the water. What are your nitrate and phosphate levels at and what do you test it with? Just making sure you're not zeroed out on either one.

 

[Justinv201]

Protein skimmer helps oxygenated the water. What are your nitrate and phosphate levels at and what do you test it with? Just making sure you're not zeroed out on either one.

Ph levels were a little low, about 7.8. Gave it marine buffer to try and raise it. Nitrate was 5.0 ppm. Its a all in one tank. So i cant dose it or anything. Hammer is looking better but zoanthids wont open up. I bought some from lfs 3 days ago and they havent opened yet. And ones from my smaller tank i moved them to the newer one. All the fish are doing ok. Just the corals, dor the life of me i have trouble with corals, lol

 

[billyocean]

A drop of lugols iodine a day may help..I do 2 a day in a 125 to at least have a trace of it. Zoascan close up for a week or two sometimes..especially if they are making new polyps. Wouldn't worry