Hammer head closed up spitting something brown

[reefer2000]

Hello everyone this hammer head coral was doing great and all of a sudden i come home and see that my hammers 2 heads are closed and spitting something out. I took pics please help me ive had some problems with this hammer to the point that i was losing 7 heads and i cut the dying heads and only had 2 heads and now it started to become a big hammer from 2 heads and this happened. Dont realy wanna frag and start all over please help me recover it .

 

[James M]

It’s pooping

 

[reefer2000]

It’s pooping

But now its all shriveled up to its skeleton
Should i worry?

 

[tupes]

I'll also say it pooping.

Can you post a new photo all shriveled?

I wouldn't be worried unless I see exposed skeletons.

 

[ScottR]

I had a hammer where I tried to trim the bottom bone. It then split vertically into two heads. It “pooped” everyone few days. Eventually healed back to normal. A sign of distress. You may need to find the underlying problem. The usual: parameters, lighting, blah blah.

 

[reefer2000]

It

I'll also say it pooping.

Can you post a new photo all shriveled?

I wouldn't be worried unless I see exposed skeletons.

It exposed the skeleton for about 4 mins and it came back to the shape in the picture. Thanks for replying so quick . Right now its nighttime and its not that bad but i thing its ok ? Please let me know.

 

[tupes]

Itll be fine. Give us an update tomorrow. I expect it to be inflated in the next day or so, if not in the next couple of hours.

 

[Tuan’s Reef]

I’m willing to bet it’s not going to be fine and slowly deteriorate from this point forward. I too thought mine was pooping. Not sure if it’s BJD or what but it’s a slow death. Already lost 2 this way. When mine was healthy I can barely see the skeleton but once I saw it there was no rescue .

I took mine out and put it in my empty QT tank. It’s still receding in there

It would recede , then extend but less full each time . And expel purple ish phlegm

 

[Softhammer]

That brown stuff very well could be bleaching too. Especially since you lost other heads. I’d be focusing on the big picture, not the individual coral. How’s your temperature control?

 

[reefer2000]

That brown stuff very well could be bleaching too. Especially since you lost other heads. I’d be focusing on the big picture, not the individual coral. How’s your temperature control?

Tempreture is 26 celcius which is pretty normal my lights are ecotech radion gen 4 pros and right now its at 50 percent intesity and i am aclimating them i 4 week period to 80 percent

 

[reefer2000]

I

Itll be fine. Give us an update tomorrow. I expect it to be inflated in the next day or so, if not in the next couple of hours.

ts still the same and it was almost closed up the whole day i dont know if it is stress or not but i certainly think something is wrong but gonna give it another day if it gouse to **** than might put it in a shady area and work its way up

 

[reefer2000]

I’m willing to bet it’s not going to be fine and slowly deteriorate from this point forward. I too thought mine was pooping. Not sure if it’s BJD or what but it’s a slow death. Already lost 2 this way. When mine was healthy I can barely see the skeleton but once I saw it there was no rescue .

I took mine out and put it in my empty QT tank. It’s still receding in there

It would recede , then extend but less full each time . And expel purple ish phlegm

Yaaaa i know that one my friend lol. Before i used to run realy cheap leds and that was the result- bleaching - thats common for them under bad lighting but now that i have radions they were doing fine dont know what could have stressed them.