Wall hammer bailout

[Bryce M.]

So this is just interesting and I'm not too worried.
I've had this hammer for almost a year now. Lived through my lps crash like it was nothing
Now all of a sudden 1/3rd of it has been slowly bailing out for a week and finally tonight it left. It's all settled on a rock nice and cozy
All the polyps look healthy, no stress
I've read people just having this happen
The chunck that left was quite large, maybe 3 inches (it's a wall colony not a head branching one)
Will it be okay? Looks healthy and I'm watching. Other 2/3rds looks as happy as ever
Should I be panicking or celebrating that I'm getting another colony of this coral?

 

[Triple.T]

Can you get a picture? How big is your tank and what do your water parameters look like?

 

[Bryce M.]

Can you get a picture? How big is your tank and what do your water parameters look like?

Tank is a 70 gal
I'll have to get parameters tomorrow

 

[Terri Caton]

It’s highly unlikely it will form a new colony. For the coral it’s like a Hail Mary. Extremely unlikely to work but there’s at least a chance.

Personally, with Euphyllia, I have found that you need to remove the part of the coral that is dead to keep it from affecting the rest of the coral.

 

[Bryce M.]

It’s highly unlikely it will form a new colony. For the coral it’s like a Hail Mary. Extremely unlikely to work but there’s at least a chance.

Personally, with Euphyllia, I have found that you need to remove the part of the coral that is dead to keep it from affecting the rest of the coral.

Nothing on it is dead

 

[Terri Caton]

Nothing on it is dead

If you see white skeleton that part is dead. It’s not just my own experience I’m speaking from. Cut off that part of the skeleton.

 

[S.Pepper]

So this is just interesting and I'm not too worried.
I've had this hammer for almost a year now. Lived through my lps crash like it was nothing
Now all of a sudden 1/3rd of it has been slowly bailing out for a week and finally tonight it left. It's all settled on a rock nice and cozy
All the polyps look healthy, no stress
I've read people just having this happen
The chunck that left was quite large, maybe 3 inches (it's a wall colony not a head branching one)
Will it be okay? Looks healthy and I'm watching. Other 2/3rds looks as happy as ever
Should I be panicking or celebrating that I'm getting another colony of this coral?

Let's hope ur celebrating that you're getting another colony.

 

[Terri Caton]

Let's hope ur celebrating that you're getting another colony.

Very true. Could be. That would be totally awesome!

 

[Bryce M.]

Very true. Could be. That would be totally awesome!

Hope so, awesome coral
I'll cut the skeleton off!

 

[Bryce M.]

I just find it odd its acting like this out of the blue

 

[Terri Caton]

Good luck. I know it sounds drastic and the rest of the coral looks great so hard to do. I resisted for a while on mine and lost several more heads. Finally cut it and it’s been healthy and thriving ever since.

 

[Terri Caton]

I just find it odd its acting like this out of the blue

They are funny corals. It’s upset about something. Personally I didn’t change anything in my tank when it started doing that. Kept it in the same place and same flow. But, mine had recently been moved (the entire tank) so I know what the stressor was. Had another one I didn’t cut and lost the whole thing.

 

[Unholy_Rigatoni]

Some other members report that wall hammers tend to die for no reason. Sorry it doesn't help as nobody seems to know why...

I can't keep Wall Hammers? They eventually melt away.

Tonight I had to remove yet another hammer coral (wall variety). I've kept a reef aquarium 10+ years... but I can't seem to keep the wall hammer corals. I have branching varieties that give me no trouble. Does anyone else have issues with the wall variety of hammer corals?

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