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[Jlfjcf]

Hello my name is joe I'm kinda new to the hobby I have a question about branching hammer coral do they usually not come out as much when they are producing more stalk

 

[Reefing Madness]

They usually come out the same, the new stalks come from the under sides when they are fully extended.

 

[mike007]

welcome

 

[Jlfjcf]

Well what would make a hammer coral stop coming out as big

 

[Reefing Madness]

Water parameters, lighting, fish picking at it.

 

[Jlfjcf]

I have 4 54w t5 lights and 60w cf on a 55 gallon but I think my phosphates might be high

 

[Reefing Madness]

Lighting looks good. Need to test the Phosphates, check TDS on RO water also.

 

[Jlfjcf]

TDS what's that I make my own RO water

 

[Reefing Madness]

Total Dissolved Solids. You want to check for this coming out of the RO. You want them to be 0.

 

[Jlfjcf]

They have a test for that

 

[Jlfjcf]

All my other stuff is doing good my trumpet coral my brain coral my Kenya trees and my other head of hammer it's just one clump of hammer

 

[Reefing Madness]

Can you get a pic of that side of the Hammer. Does it have a brown jelly growing on it anywhere?
What is TDS? by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com

 

[Jlfjcf]

Nope

 

[Jlfjcf]

I will when I get home

 

[Jlfjcf]

Here is a picture of the hammer

 

[Reefing Madness]

May be your phosphate levels, I don't see a whole lot of Coralline growing, and I see algae growing on the rocks. That may be the issue.

 

[Jlfjcf]

That's what I figure about 2 months ago I had a crash because my babysitter would over feed everything while me and my wife were at work so the parameters were all screwed up I've just got my amonia nitrites nitrates back in order

 

[Reefing Madness]

Right on. You'll be ok once the params come back in line.

 

[peterthegamer]

Hammer it self doesn't look the best

 

[Jlfjcf]

What you think might be wrong