hammer coral dying please help!!

[gabeJLFT]

i’ve had this purple hammer coral for about two weeks and it was doing perfectly fine until yesterday. since yesterday it hasn’t opened, has ooze coming out of it and has already lost part of it. it is one of the most beautiful corals i have and was pretty pricey. what should i do??? (will include pictures of water parameters)

 

[Dom274]

Never had any success with wall hammers myself... Only the branching varieties. Always did the same thing to me, made it a week or two then melted.

 

[Ascended Reef]

Try an Iodine dip right away.

 

[gabeJLFT]

Try an Iodine dip right away.

i’m going to have to pick one of those up at the store i don’t have one

 

[Ascended Reef]

i’m going to have to pick one of those up at the store i don’t have one

Best of luck my friend. Had two hammers perish bc I was too retarded to even think about iodine dipping.

 

[DSC reef]

Wall hammers are notoriously difficult to keep compared to branching hammers (euphyllia paraanchora). Could never keep one over a year before it started withering away. Hopefully the dip helps but if not I'd try the branching euphyllia. Medium light, moderate indirect flow.

 

[jayala12]

I’m losing my gold wall hammer at this very moment so I feel you friend. Hang in there and hopefully all is well before too long.

 

[gabeJLFT]

I’m losing my gold wall hammer at this very moment so I feel you friend. Hang in there and hopefully all is well before too long.

thanks so much i just tried a dip and i will message u if it helped!! good luck!!!

 

[jayala12]

heres my poor hammer [emoji19] 80 bucks!!!!

 

[gabeJLFT]

oh man hope our hammers get better they’re both so colourful i paid 90[emoji17]

 

[samnaz]

I’ve lost two Euphyllia corals both were gone in a day, I suspect brown jelly disease. There was no hope for them, I think... not sure about yours, wish I could help. Try iodine dip. Best of luck.

 

[nemlover91]

How is every thing else in the tank? Have you changed anything? What kind of flow is it in?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Wall hammers although a little more challenging are fairly hardy. They do require some things..... as you did not make mention of flow in water and lighting.... They do best under blues or medium lighting ( not whites or brites)....occasional feeding and moderate water flow. If any of these apply. try placing them mid to lower tank out of the path of strong current under the best blues you have and see if that makes a difference. Other than Iodine, you may also use seahem, coralife or Any other dips at your local pet store .

 

[nemlover91]

Wall hammers although a little more challenging are fairly hardy. They do require some things..... as you did not make mention of flow in water and lighting.... They do best under blues or medium lighting ( not whites or brites)....occasional feeding and moderate water flow. If any of these apply. try placing them mid to lower tank out of the path of strong current under the best blues you have and see if that makes a difference. Other than Iodine, you may also use seahem, coralife or Any other dips at your local pet store .

Agreed with this post. My wall hammer likes little flow and I leave him on the sand bed. I have found that with two much flow it will tear the tissue right from the skeleton. Thus making the high risk of getting brown jelly disease. A good dip helps to prevent the disease and clean wounds.

 

[jayala12]

Agreed with this post. My wall hammer likes little flow and I leave him on the sand bed. I have found that with two much flow it will tear the tissue right from the skeleton. Thus making the high risk of getting brown jelly disease. A good dip helps to prevent the disease and clean wounds.

How bout your lighting for it? Mines mid tank a little left of the radion puck.

 

[nemlover91]

How bout your lighting for it? Mines mid tank a little left of the radion puck.

Got mine under leds toward the corner of the tank. I had one in my previous tank that did the same as yours. Found that it was getting way to much light. However, I was unable to have it recover before I found the problem. The one that died was in the middle of my aquarium half way up under a kessil led. Bottom of tank with mild to low flow is what I found mine liked. I can send pic of mine when i get home.

 

[nemlover91]

Got mine under leds toward the corner of the tank. I had one in my previous tank that did the same as yours. Found that it was getting way to much light. However, I was unable to have it recover before I found the problem. The one that died was in the middle of my aquarium half way up under a kessil led. Bottom of tank with mild to low flow is what I found mine liked. I can send pic of mine when i get home.

Hardly any flow just enough to barely move the hammers

 

[jayala12]

Hardly any flow just enough to barely move the hammers

My branching hammer and frogspawn are doing fantastic but my wall sucks lol

i moved it back on the sand and lowered my lights 3% and mp10 5%. See how that does. To op. How’s your hammer doing ?

 

[nemlover91]

My branching hammer and frogspawn are doing fantastic but my wall sucks lol

i moved it back on the sand and lowered my lights 3% and mp10 5%. See how that does. To op. How’s your hammer doing ?

It is a gold hammer? It looks better than the deflated pic you had posted. Got anything in the tank that could be picking at it? I think it will recover just fine if you feed it and keep in low flow.

 

[gabeJLFT]

My branching hammer and frogspawn are doing fantastic but my wall sucks lol

i moved it back on the sand and lowered my lights 3% and mp10 5%. See how that does. To op. How’s your hammer doing ?

sorry for the late response but it’s 100% gone i couldn’t do anything [emoji22]