Is my Aussie Hammer DOA?

[brucelee90]

The delivery was 4 days late and the hammer seems dead. The skeleton is huge and I assume it took years for this animal to reach this status. Should I still try to revive it?

I didn't expect to receive it since I canceled the order... What a pity!

 

[RedReefer]

4 days late, idk about it coming back.

 

[Tbg299]

I have lost 2 hammers in the past, and that def looks dead.

 

[Chrisv.]

Looks like it's toast. Are there intact tentacles in there where the striations are? I'm not used to looking at them out of the water.

 

[Spieg]

Doesn't look good, but I'd give it a few days of observation.

 

[Gtinnel]

Almost definitely dead.

 

[Mxracer65]

I also would give it a few days. I have brought back some corals that looked to surely be gone.

 

[brucelee90]

Thanks everyone. I will put the skeleton in a bucket of saltwater to observe for a couple of days.

Looks like it's toast. Are there intact tentacles in there where the striations are? I'm not used to looking at them out of the water.

None. Everything turned into mucus and just melted away.

 

[brucelee90]

Almost definitely dead.

Agreed. Everything melted away...

 

[brucelee90]

4 days late, idk about it coming back.

No it's gone...

 

[Mxracer65]

Thanks everyone. I will put the skeleton in a bucket of saltwater to observe for a couple of days.

None. Everything turned into mucus and just melted away.

It's dead.

 

[Chrisv.]

Maybe you can use the skeleton in you calcium reactor, or put the skeleton in your garden as a decoration.

 

[jcolliii]

Sniff it. You'll know if it's dead.

 

[brucelee90]

Sniff it. You'll know if it's dead.

Smells like dead sea urchins haha

 

[polyppal]

4 days in transit? Unless it’s a Lazarus coral it ain’t coming back

 

[MaxTremors]

4 days in transit? Unless it’s a Lazarus coral it ain’t coming back

I’ve heard of plenty of corals making it 4 days in transit, but not in December. I’ve heard of mushrooms and zoas lasting as long as ten days, but again when the weather is closer to the mid-seventies.