So i got a reverse hammer saturday and it seems to not wanna fully open up. It has opened a little more now then it did the first few days but we're going on day 4 now and its still only half way opened. Anyone have any idea what could be causing this?
hammer not opening all the way :[
- Thread starter Jisko
- Start date
- Tagged users None
AllSignsPointToFish
"No Longer The Guy Without FaceBook"
- Joined
- Oct 1, 2015
- Messages
- 5,851
- Reaction score
- 9,674
- Location
- Gulf Breeze, Florida
- What state or country do you live in
- Florida
How much flow do you have? I've found branching hammers don't like a lot of flow.
id say medium to low... its below the only power head in the tank. The power head blows toward the right corner of the tank and the return blows toward the front left corner near the hammer. the return pump nozzle is a good 25+ inches away so I wouldnt think it would be all that much flow going on it. It does seem to sway around a lot though so maybe im wrong
AllSignsPointToFish
"No Longer The Guy Without FaceBook"
- Joined
- Oct 1, 2015
- Messages
- 5,851
- Reaction score
- 9,674
- Location
- Gulf Breeze, Florida
- What state or country do you live in
- Florida
My branching hammers like almost no flow at all...seriously. I have to do everything I can to minimize flow to get even decent polyp extension.
Yeah I'm gonna give it till Friday to see if it opens up a bit more
I'm thinking I might have to move it to the back left corner. The same rock but in the back corner has little to no flow so it might be a good spot for it. My only worry is the frogspawn is so big you wont eve see the little guy back there haha
AllSignsPointToFish
"No Longer The Guy Without FaceBook"
- Joined
- Oct 1, 2015
- Messages
- 5,851
- Reaction score
- 9,674
- Location
- Gulf Breeze, Florida
- What state or country do you live in
- Florida
I know the feeling with the frogspawn growing a large fro 
Leave it where it is for a couple of days, and if it looks like it is getting smaller, move it to a lower flow area. I wouldn't do anything right now.
Leave it where it is for a couple of days, and if it looks like it is getting smaller, move it to a lower flow area. I wouldn't do anything right now.I know the feeling with the frogspawn growing a large fro
Yeah I figure if it doesn't open by Friday when I go home to do maintenence ill move it my only concern is i used epoxy to get it to stick in that hole haha
AllSignsPointToFish
"No Longer The Guy Without FaceBook"
- Joined
- Oct 1, 2015
- Messages
- 5,851
- Reaction score
- 9,674
- Location
- Gulf Breeze, Florida
- What state or country do you live in
- Florida
It will be fine. The epoxy bond is not usually that strong on live rock. Just go slowly during the removal.
AllSignsPointToFish
"No Longer The Guy Without FaceBook"
- Joined
- Oct 1, 2015
- Messages
- 5,851
- Reaction score
- 9,674
- Location
- Gulf Breeze, Florida
- What state or country do you live in
- Florida
It looks like good old fashioned coralline algae to me.
