Wall Hammer Polyp Bailout

[niQo]

I started chemiclean yesterday. So far so good. It disappeared a lot overnight, which it usually does not. Have you done the test to see if peroxide would take care of it?

I did not. I want to see if it will recover organically. So far it has stabilized, but the Cyanobacteria is not helping things.

I’ve increased flow, but that seems to be spreading it.

 

[sghera64]

I started chemiclean yesterday. So far so good. It disappeared a lot overnight, which it usually does not. Have you done the test to see if peroxide would take care of it?

I have not tested with H2O2. How do I do that?

I did use my microscope to verify that it was Cyanobacteria.

 

[niQo]

I have not tested with H2O2. How do I do that?

I did use my microscope to verify that it was Cyanobacteria.

Take some Cyano out of your tank with 2 cups of tankwater and add 1 mL of H2O2 (3%), if the water turns pink-ish after some hours, then dosing your tank with 1mL H2O2/10 Gallons might take care of it (if you are willing to do this). See link.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/positive-identification-of-cyanobacteria.253287/

 

[Jenuvio]

Did this hammer survive??

 

[niQo]

Did this hammer survive??

Mine did not... Not to mention I had another one for a little while and it just died recently... I just can't seem to keep these for more than a few years!

Anytime I stir around some sand I think some of my corals get a type of bacterial infection. This hobby is getting old!

 

[Jenuvio]

i’ve heard wall hammers are the trickiest to keep... try a branching hammer.. good luck

 

[Fishingandreefing]

I lost a wall hammer couple months ago as well and had a few bail outs. Just don’t know why.

 

[Ferrell]

Ive had the same issue with a couple of hammers. I had one that lived in a dip net for about 3 months, suspended at the top of the tank, looking normal as ever sans the skeleton... until one day it escaped and went through the blender aka powerhead. Never got a definitive answer as to why. Also just had a micromussa with 5 heads bail one out yesterday

 

[Jenuvio]

Ive had the same issue with a couple of hammers. I had one that lived in a dip net for about 3 months, suspended at the top of the tank, looking normal as ever sans the skeleton... until one day it escaped and went through the blender aka powerhead. Never got a definitive answer as to why. Also just had a micromussa with 5 heads bail one out yesterday

some corals are just suicidal :/ don’t take it personal.. ✌

 

[oneilwiz]

Hey reefers, sorry to hear about the disasters with these corals just dying ( bailing from the skeleton), I am now facing the same problem as well. I now have zero hope, I was planning on dipping all the Frog spawns and hammers with Revive Coral Dip

and see if it will prevent or stop any additional deaths

 

[Fishingandreefing]

I have see too much of these and just had two heads of toxic green hammers lost today. Lost a bunch of hammers recently due to similar causes.

 

[oneilwiz]

I have see too much of these and just had two heads of toxic green hammers lost today. Lost a bunch of hammers recently due to similar causes.

Bummer, I Frag the frog spawn and dip it in Revive. Let’s see what happens. It’s sad we don’t pin point what is the root cause.

 

[Marmoset32]

Bummer, I Frag the frog spawn and dip it in Revive. Let’s see what happens. It’s sad we don’t pin point what is the root cause.

did yours survive the dip?

 

[Fishingandreefing]

did yours survive the dip?

I rarely heard reefers had luck with it. Either that, melting yumas, stn/rtn on sps are just like cancers, no cure sad but true

 

[oneilwiz]

I didn’t have any luck at all lost all my hammer and frog spawns. They were some big colonies too

 

[Marmoset32]

I didn’t have any luck at all lost all my hammer and frog spawns. They were some big colonies too

That’s a bummer to hear. Sorry for your loss