Hammer not opening. Any ideas?

thatguysulli · Jul 25, 2020

I am holding on to a hammer for a friend that just bought is last week. It is not opening up and Im confused as to why. Everything else in the tank is doing great. I’ve never had a coral not open up so I’m just looking for some ideas as to maybe why.

Fred2482 · Jul 25, 2020

Welcome! How long has it been in the tank?

Bryn · Jul 25, 2020

Welcome to R2R... How are your parameters looking, especially compared to your friends tank. pH, Temp, Alk, Ca, and salinity?

Billldg · Jul 25, 2020

Did you acclimate it to your tank parameters and what are your tank parameters?

thatguysulli · Jul 25, 2020

Billldg said:
Did you acclimate it to your tank parameters and what are your tank parameters?

Yes I acclimated it to the tank as I have all my coral.
Nitrite-33ppd
PH-7.8
Cal-453ppm
Alk-10.2

thatguysulli · Jul 25, 2020

Fred2482 said:
Welcome! How long has it been in the tank?

6 days

thatguysulli · Jul 25, 2020

Bryn said:
Welcome to R2R... How are your parameters looking, especially compared to your friends tank. pH, Temp, Alk, Ca, and salinity?

My friend just got his tank so I am holding on to a few coral until his tank is ready.
PH-7.8
Temp- 78/79F
Alk-10.2dkh
Ca-453ppm
Salinity-34ppt

Billldg · Jul 25, 2020

thatguysulli said:
Yes I acclimated it to the tank as I have all my coral.
Nitrite-33ppd
PH-7.8
Cal-453ppm
Alk-10.2

Do you know the parameters of the tank it came from?

thatguysulli · Jul 25, 2020

Billldg said:
Do you know the parameters of the tank it came from?

Only the salinity which I matched but I have gotten almost all the coral I have from there and all the others are doing great.

Bryn · Jul 25, 2020

Is it sitting in front of a power head, or getting a lot of strong water flow?

thatguysulli · Jul 25, 2020

Bryn said:
Is it sitting in front of a power head, or getting a lot of strong water flow?

No, it is actually placed under neither the power head so it get some flow but not a lot.

thatguysulli · Jul 25, 2020

Just for reference here is the whole tank. The hammer sits under the power head in the back right hand corner

DSEKULA · Jul 25, 2020

I'd consider checking phosphate, mine generally look like that with a po4 spike and poof around day 10-14 if it's not corrected.

Bryn · Jul 25, 2020

I'm running out of ideas, other than the Clown taking a liking to it, and maybe tried to host in it, and irritated the hammer. Everything else looks great. I hope someone with more experience will have some more suggestions for you.

Billldg · Jul 25, 2020

Their is something you can try, I would dip it in some Seachem iodine coral dip, it will help it in case it’s stressed or has a bacteria infection.

thatguysulli · Jul 25, 2020

Billldg said:
Their is something you can try, I would dip it in some Seachem iodine coral dip, it will help it in case it’s stressed or has a bacteria infection.

I will try that out.

fishguy242 · Jul 25, 2020

second pic looks like it is starting to open compared to first pic,poss dip and time

Jimbhoy13 · Jul 26, 2020

Welcome to R2R. Your tank looks great. Hope the hammer picks up soon. Lots of knowledgable and helpful people here who will support and advise you when needed.