Help Hammer dying!!! skeleton fully out!

[PizzaIan339]

Help my hammer coral I got about a month ago is dying and showing skeleton fully!
This is lights on!

This is lights off

Please help I love this coral!
Nitrates:18
Phosphate:0.25
Alkalinity: 8.6
Could it be my peppermint?

 

[ryanjohn1]

Could have been the shrimp. You could have a try at an iodine dip but it’s pretty tough for it to come back from such rough shape like that. I’ve seen it happen.

 

[PizzaIan339]

Could have been the shrimp. You could have a try at an iodine dip but it’s pretty tough for it to come back from such rough shape like that. I’ve seen it happen.

Could I dip it in revive?

 

[ryanjohn1]

Could I dip it in revive?

Revive is an in tank treatment correct?

 

[ryanjohn1]

Are you talking about the two little fish revive?

 

[PizzaIan339]

Revive is an in tank treatment correct?

Are you talking about the two little fish revive?

Yes 2 little fish

 

[PizzaIan339]

It opened up a tiny more.

I am about to dip it.

 

[PotatoPig]

What are your PAR and Flow like in the vicinity?

 

[PizzaIan339]

What are your PAR and Flow like in the vicinity?

Decent flow it is always waving some not a ton but I can see the tentacles moving. I am not sure about par though.

Update: I dipped it in revive and put it on my 4d printed frag plug at the bottom of the tank.

 

[PizzaIan339]

Bump! Help please!

 

[PotatoPig]

Bump! Help please!

Right now there’s not a lot that can be immediately done. You’re mostly in a waiting game now to see if it comes back or not.

In terms of flow and PAR - a lot of these do well in lower (70-100 PAR), going higher can make them grow a little faster, but it pushes them harder / stresses them more.


Many of them also like lower flow, tentacles should wobble, but not be thrown around.

Bottom of the tank for now seems to be the right place to put it. Low light, low flow, low stress.

Monitor to see if anything is actively eating it, but otherwise you’re just waiting now. Brace yourself there’s a good chance this is out of your hands and it might not come back.

 

[ryanjohn1]

2nd what potato said. There’s not much to be done now. However going forward get yourself some Lugol iodine. It’s better to dip coral in ill health in that.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

2nd what potato said. There’s not much to be done now. However going forward get yourself some Lugol iodine. It’s better to dip coral in ill health in that.

*Buying drug store betadine (povidone-iodine) is much less expensive and can be stored for a longer period of time than Lugol's.

 

[Uncle99]

Moving it not a great idea if it did well in the past.
You’ve changed PAR and flow to add to its stressed condition, as well as dipped it in Revive.

If it was good one day and bad the next, suspect someone bothered it.

I no longer keep any shrimps or crabs whatsoever for this reason.

5 years now and no mystery deaths anymore.

LFS sell you these things cause they make you replace stuff.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

The tank is looking rather new, are those diatoms in the pics? Its not liking your tank for some reason, is this your first coral? How are other corals doing? What kind of light, and intensity?

Full tank pics always help, but I'm guessing this is a new experience for you and this is a learning curve.

 

[PizzaIan339]

Moving it not a great idea if it did well in the past.
You’ve changed PAR and flow to add to its stressed condition, as well as dipped it in Revive.

If it was good one day and bad the next, suspect someone bothered it.

I no longer keep any shrimps or crabs whatsoever for this reason.

5 years now and no mystery deaths anymore.

LFS sell you these things cause they make you replace stuff.

My Lfs actually said that it is a 50/50 chance that it would so if bring it back if any corals look stressed for full refund.

 

[PizzaIan339]

The tank is looking rather new, are those diatoms in the pics? Its not liking your tank for some reason, is this your first coral? How are other corals doing? What kind of light, and intensity?

Full tank pics always help, but I'm guessing this is a new experience for you and this is a learning curve.

Yup it is a new tank check my build thread for full tank shots as i am not home eight now but the other corals including zoas, mushrooms, cabbage coral and my green candy cane all look good. The shrimps den is right by the hammer.
Edit: The hammer is my 5th coral.

 

[PizzaIan339]

I am about to set up a trap for the peppermint as it is my main suspect

 

[ryanjohn1]

I am about to set up a trap for the peppermint as it is my main suspect

There’s a pretty good chance it is

 

[PizzaIan339]

There’s a pretty good chance it is

Well it’s just the waiting game now!