Hammer help

Msmith2813 · Nov 10, 2019

My euphylia have always looked pretty good and I have always used t5's. I downsized and switched everything over to a biocube with an AI prime hd. Since then some of my hammers haven't looked great. They've been looking and growing kind of spindly and limp. My torches look good, frogspawn, and octospawn all look great. I'm not quite certain what's making my teal, splatter, and purple green hammers look bad when everything else is looking pretty good.
Over the last two months I've worked my light setpoints to around 60% strength for the blues, whites at 20%, red and green at 7% and the uv is at 5%

Mastiffsrule · Nov 10, 2019

Hi, sorry about the troubles.

I love hammers. I’m inclined to think it may be a flow issue. I’ve never had mine show the symptoms so I’m speculating.

@Flippers4pups knows these guys well.

MERKEY · Nov 10, 2019

Possibly sweeper tenticals at night?.?.

Scubasteve11 · Nov 10, 2019

Look at all that euphyllia!!! Love the tank.

I'm no help on a fix but following.

Flippers4pups · Nov 10, 2019

Most likely the move has upset them. Different tank means slightly different water parameters, different lights as well.

The only thing you can do is give them time. I have found that torches are more tolerant of change than hammers and frogspawn.

Msmith2813 · Nov 10, 2019

Flippers4pups said:
Most likely the move has upset them. Different tank means slightly different water parameters, different lights as well.

The only thing you can do is give them time. I have found that torches are more tolerant of change than hammers and frogspawn.

Ok. They don't look to be dying they just look terrible. I cut one into two frags and put them on each side of the rock. Trying to see if one does better with less light and less flow