bought this hammer back in august and it looked normal at my LFS but its always looked like this in my tank, none of the tentacles are uniform. some are really swollen and extended while otheres look almost like a torch. this is in a LED biocube about halfway up and i finally just cut the extra powerhead (koralia nano 565) off last night so just the mj1200 return pump is running, this thing seems like it can barely take any flow. i have the red sea test kit and will be testing for calc and alk when i get home from work.
Is my Hammer dying?
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timrocks311
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it's not dying, but it does look like something is possibly irritating it to make the polyps shrink. It could be a few things. My one hammer shrunk when i moved it to higher flow, but it puffed up again. My other hammer shrinks it's polyps if my clowns bother them too much, or chew on it. My anemone also decided to move right next too it and some days the hammer has some shrinkage and some days the anemone does. I already moved it over one and the anemone moved with it.
Hitman
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Also test for mg as euphyllia do not do well in high mg. 1500 is detrimental to them 1400 is ok 1350 is my sweet spot in my tank. They do like flow but not direct flow and medium light. It might be just the picture but you may have them under to much light. Mine are under about 100 to 150 par with medium indirect flow. They also like your water to be on the more dirty side nutrient wise. Also in the picture I see a Fire Shrimp they will pick at them to clean them which could make them made but if you have any peppermint shrimp they are know to eat euphyllia's.
Hitman
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Have you ever tested a fresh batch of your salt mix? Reg Red Sea should be way way lower then that. #reefsquad how would you suggest getting his mg down?
Do you have any other salt and a separate tank you could move it to temporarily?
Do you have any other salt and a separate tank you could move it to temporarily?
Looks more like an irritation response to me. While it may not work for everyone, always kept magnesium in 1480-1520 range, calcium 420-450, and alk around 9.5-10dkh with out issue and growth was great.
Hitman
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Absolutely true. I run my mg at 1350 - 1390 and Alk at 11 and mine are happy happy! Different strokes for different tanks lol Life would be to easy if there was a perfect set of parameters. Could you imagine you we all could dial our tanks into 1 set of perfect parameters and grow anything with zero worries or hands on work! Lol The dream is real lol
Mag is the most common test error across all kits.
Red Sea test kits are really inaccurate for mag.
Red Sea test kits are really inaccurate for mag.
CoralReefer13
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Mine runs MG between 1500-1550 and Alk of 7.3 The Euphyllia absolutely Love it. I have not found Euphyllia to be very picky at all when parameters are within reason. I use Salifert tests for MG, CA and ALK.
