Is my hammer dying?

CryptoNautical · Aug 13, 2021

I've read that extremely deluded Cephalexin may help. It was not a scientific study, and was only a test that happened to work. BJD is normally caused by a multitude of different bacteria's, and without identifying the major one at play it can be difficult to treat.

Goaway · Aug 13, 2021

I was meaning to ask, what coral was next to the hammer? It may have been stung

Goaway · Aug 13, 2021

I don't see brown jelly, but it is injured. What corals were around it?

QuinnLee512 · Aug 13, 2021

But is this bjd? It's not oozing brown slime like my frogspawn. I'm just trying to learn for when I decide to try another euphyllia.

Goaway · Aug 13, 2021

QuinnLee512 said:
But is this bjd? It's not oozing brown slime like my frogspawn. I'm just trying to learn for when I decide to try another euphyllia.

no. it's injured

QuinnLee512 · Aug 13, 2021

Mibu said:
I was meaning to ask, what coral was next to the hammer? It may have been stung

Duncan, frogspawn, and lobo. I was also wondering if it was stung but I don't believe that the Duncan is that aggressive? It's fine with a frogspawn right? Not sure how aggressive lobo is?

QuinnLee512 · Aug 13, 2021

Mibu said:
no. it's injured

So what is the normal course of action for an injured coral?

Goaway · Aug 13, 2021

QuinnLee512 said:
So what is the normal course of action for an injured coral?

You did the dip. So now its checking water parameters. And isolate the hammer to its own territory. Keep it 6 inches from everyone else.

Hopefully it recovers.

Pistondog · Aug 13, 2021

QuinnLee512 said:
Yeah I've resigned myself to having lost both of my euphyllias. Rough first 2 weeks to reefing. I saw threads saying that the brown stuff was just coral poop only to find out later that it's a disease. I bought Lugol's iodine and reef primer. I've already done a hydrogen peroxide dip so might give one or both a try.

Is the tank only 2 weeks old?

Goaway · Aug 13, 2021

Pistondog said:
Is the tank only 2 weeks old?

That would be a twist. They did only imply 2 weeks of reefing,

QuinnLee512 · Aug 13, 2021

Mibu said:
You did the dip. So now its checking water parameters. And isolate the hammer to its own territory. Keep it 6 inches from everyone else.

Hopefully it recovers.

Ok thank you. Will do.

QuinnLee512 · Aug 13, 2021

Mibu said:
That would be a twist. They did only imply 2 weeks of reefing,

Yes. However I filled it with mostly water from my cycled DT that is still empty. Then I topped it off with new saltwater. The 2 weeks is from when I bought my first ever coral. Prior to that I was just busy buying stuff while cycling my DT.

Goaway · Aug 13, 2021

QuinnLee512 said:
Yes. However I filled it with mostly water from my cycled DT that is still empty. Then I topped it off with new saltwater. The 2 weeks is from when I bought my first ever coral. Prior to that I was just busy buying stuff while cycling my DT.

I don't honestly want the answer. The only thing important is keeping water parameters in check. I just assume anyone wanting to grow lps did their homework. Problems happens and we want help. Sometimes it's out of our control.

QuinnLee512 · Aug 13, 2021

Here are my parameters from the 11th.

Salinity 1.026
PH 7.8
Alk 9.3
Cal 420
Mag 1350

Other than pH being low, everything looks good to me. At this point, I'm going to assume that it got stung. Thanks for everyone's help.

QuinnLee512 · Aug 14, 2021

Sure enough it was bjd. Hammer is gone. Hopefully it hasn't infected my other corals. No more euphyllias left.

Arthacker87 · Aug 15, 2021

I'm sure you heard this but if you're new to reefing but 2 weeks isn't something someone with no recent and massive knowledge in reefing. Too much changing stressed coral and killed them. They were nice sorry for your loss. Patience is key in reefing

MaxTremors · Aug 15, 2021

QuinnLee512 said:
Duncan, frogspawn, and lobo. I was also wondering if it was stung but I don't believe that the Duncan is that aggressive? It's fine with a frogspawn right? Not sure how aggressive lobo is?

Duncans are basically non-aggressive and have a very weak sting.

QuinnLee512 · Aug 15, 2021

Arthacker87 said:
I'm sure you heard this but if you're new to reefing but 2 weeks isn't something someone with no recent and massive knowledge in reefing. Too much changing stressed coral and killed them. They were nice sorry for your loss. Patience is key in reefing

I actually followed all the guidance which was to dip and quarantine. My frogspawn got bjd within 2 days of me dipping it and adding it to my tank. Then it spread to my hammer. The only stress that I can think of is that I dipped it.