Hammer corals

[Joshua89111]

Hey i have these tw hammers and they are doing terrible they recently (in the last two days) closed up for no reason even if i feed them they still are closed i also have a torch but its doing amazing i tested my water only concern is phosphate is 10 ppm but i added the seachem phosphate remover and i recently got some cheato algae only other thing that could be wrong is nitrates are low and i cant seem to keep em up they stay between 5-10 ppm

 

[lapin]

Possibly a change in lighting is not making them happy.

 

[Uncle99]

Phosphate at 10ppm?
Either way out of line or test/posting error.
Should be say 0.05 to .15ppm or a bit higher if mature system.

Maybe your number is incorrect and your Seachem is mopping up to much, too fast.

 

[Joshua89111]

Possibly a change in lighting is not making them happy.

They have been there for months

 

[Joshua89111]

I ment to put 1 ppm but what could happen i mean i changed nothing i noticed i was a little diffecent in mag should i change my water i did a 10% yesterday but they were closed before that

 

[Uncle99]

They would not like 1ppm phosphate.

 

[Joshua89111]

They would not like 1ppm phosphate.

Yeah should i do a bigger water change?

 

[Sharkbait19]

Could you post other parameters as well? Alkalinity is a very important factor in keeping healthy euphyllia/fimbriaphyllia, and if it drops lower than about 8 dKH, you’ll see a significant drop in polyp extension.

What does your water change process look like? Do you disturb the sandbed a lot? I ask because the water in the picture looks rather cloudy.

 

[Joshua89111]

Could you post other parameters as well? Alkalinity is a very important factor in keeping healthy euphyllia, and if it drops lower than about 8 dKH, you’ll see a significant drop in polyp extension.

What does your water change process look like? Do you disturb the sandbed a lot? I ask because the water in the picture looks rather cloudy.

Not home right now so i couldnt give you accurate results but yes i had changed my filter floss out before that pic and accidentally dropped it so it will clear up later but should i do a large water change maybe around 30-40%

 

[CoralB]

What is your alk ?

 

[Joshua89111]

What is your alk ?

Not home couldnt tell you right now

 

[CoralB]

Not home couldnt tell you right now

When you do get home try to test your alk and test your phosphates then please post . Phosphate imo should be from 0.05 - 0.2 , I keep mine around 0.1 and I consistently dose alk to maintain 81/2 - 9 dkh

 

[Joshua89111]

When you do get home try to test your alk and test your phosphates then please post . Phosphate imo should be from 0.05 - 0.2 , I keep mine around 0.1 and I consistently dose alk to maintain 81/2 - 9 dkh

Yeah ive had alot of trouble with phosphate should i do a 30-40% water change

 

[Uncle99]

Yeah ive had alot of trouble with phosphate should i do a 30-40% water change

Im not sure where your phosphate is at or how it got that way.

If the torch is great but the hammers bad, I’m not sure that’s a water issue.

What livestock is in there?

 

[Joshua89111]

Im not sure where your phosphate is at or how it got that way.

If the torch is great but the hammers bad, I’m not sure that’s a water issue.

What livestock is in there?

Two wyoming white clowns fire fish a coral beauty and my cuc is some snails and blue leg crabs and red ones

 

[Uncle99]

Two wyoming white clowns fire fish a coral beauty and my cuc is some snails and blue leg crabs and red ones

Oh, there you go, CB known for tasting stingless corals.
May not be fatal.

 

[Joshua89111]

Oh, there you go, CB known for tasting stingless corals.
May not be fatal.

You think i havent seen it doing anything but i did run out of his food that had sponge in it i know they need some sponge in their diet

When you do get home try to test your alk and test your phosphates then please post . Phosphate imo should be from 0.05 - 0.2 , I keep mine around 0.1 and I consistently dose alk to maintain 81/2 - 9 dkh

just tested alk is sitting between 8-8 1/2

 

[YBF_Reeftank]

When you get home you should test and give us all the numbers you have, that will help us further assist than just tackling it blindly

 

[Zestfullyclean]

 

[Sharkbait19]

Im not sure where your phosphate is at or how it got that way.

If the torch is great but the hammers bad, I’m not sure that’s a water issue.

What livestock is in there?

in my experience, torches have been far more tolerant of swings or water issues than my hammers or frogspawns were. May be individual experience, or if perhaps they do tend to respond differently.