Hammer losing color.

[Pauliex77x]

I just noticed that my green stem hammer is losing its green. There is some still there but it's mostly gone.

Alk 8.3
Cal 450
Mag 1350
Nitrates 2
Phos .03

It's always open and fat. Just the color is gone now. Something to worry about?

 

[fishguy242]

hi,too much light??

 

[Pauliex77x]

hi,too much light??

I'm not sure. It's under a quad T5 fixture. It was under an AI prime for a week or two when I first got it but i swapped to the T5

 

[Snuggs]

Mine do that under high lighting.

 

[Pauliex77x]

Mine do that under high lighting.

Is it an emergency that it has to be moved or is it something they acclimate to?

 

[Snuggs]

Bec

Is it an emergency that it has to be moved or is it something they acclimate to?

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i have a euphyllia species tank I just turned my hydra down by 25 percent. The color change did not appear to be harmful

 

[fishguy242]

try to place in slightly shaded area no drastic moves ,how tall is your tank ,lights above water in inches?

 

[Pauliex77x]

try to place in slightly shaded area no drastic moves ,how tall is your tank ,lights above water in inches?

It's a IM 25 lagoon. 12 inches deep. Quad T5 lights 2 blue plus 1 coral plus and 1 actinics that are mounted roughly 4" off the surface (mounting legs that came with the fixture). The frag is glued to a piece of rubble rock that I have on the substrate in the corner of the tank. Since swapping to the T5 there is really no shaded areas. (Shading was the reason I switched out the prime).

Is it something they can acclimate to? If not I have a 10g that I can move the frag to that I'm using the prime on. Would prefer to leave it in the lagoon though as it's my favorite coral so far.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Moderate light and water flow, feed2x per week and assure salinity has not climbed out of range

 

[Texas Rick]

If all your water parameters look good. I would definitely remove it from direct light. Medium flow and if you have any reef roids. I would shut the pumps off and squirt some reef roids. The zooxanthellae are probably dying off due to too much light. Obviously mix it with salt water. It may give off some mucous and that’s perfectly normal. After 10 minutes turn your pumps back on. Just keep it on low light until it recovers

 

[fishguy242]

poss under rock shelf partially??

 

[Pauliex77x]

There really isn't a rock shelf I can move it under. Paramaters are all in good shape. I feed reef roids 1x a week as all my corals are small frags. As long as it's something I can get it to recover from I'm not worried. I just didn't know if this is something that needs to be addressed quickly

 

[syrinx]

In this case too much light is likely- however folks must remember that too little light will also result in loss of color. Many times on large btanching hammers the shaded portions will become white or clear. In these situations gradually increasing light will increase color.