Charlie G
Active Member
Hi all,
Hope you can help.
I have a Biocube 32 g for 2 yr 8 months now. I recently went away and when I returned my hammer was closing up and the flesh seems to be recessing (I think). The hammer does not look happy at all.
A little background. Before i left on vacation the tank for the most part seemed stable and doing well. I did have a torch that I had for a long time which seemed to be deteriorating but my hammer along with my Duncan seemed amazing. I have had them both for well over a year. Maybe closer to 2 years. My parameters a week before leaving were:
8/1/2024:
Salinity 1.026
Nitrate 19.3
Phos 0.11
Alk 8.3
Ca 400
I left on 8/9 for a week. I did (for the first time use an auto feeder). I had it feeding twice a day which I normally feed once a day. I put it for twice a day because I was worried that the fish may not get the food before going to the overflow as I could not put the pumps on feed mode.
When I returned my hammer was closed up and the tentacles receded and have not returned to their normal length yet. My parameters were off.
On 8/17:
Salinity 1.026
Nitrate 28.5
Phos 0.54
Alk 8.4
Ca 420
I did serial 15% water changes.
On 8/29:
Salinity 1.026
Nitrate 16.8
Phos 0.25
I will post pictures of what the hammer looked like prior to going on vacation and now. I do have a vermatid snail infestation but it had not irritated the hammer before. I did find many more snail tubes in the tank and some on the hammer which I have removed. I do not see signs of brown jelly disease but I do consider myself a beginner even now. I didn’t run some carbon for a few days. Incidentally I can home tonight and found aome white fuzzy/string stuff on my lepto which I haven’t seen before.
My hammer did close last year for awhile which I may have been due to fast a light change or possibly irritated by a cleaner shrimp I had which always hung around it. Once I put the light duration (original Biocube hood light) back to what I had it at and removed the shrimp the hammer returned. It did take a few months.
Sorry for the long explanation. Just wanted to give you what I knew.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Hope you can help.
I have a Biocube 32 g for 2 yr 8 months now. I recently went away and when I returned my hammer was closing up and the flesh seems to be recessing (I think). The hammer does not look happy at all.
A little background. Before i left on vacation the tank for the most part seemed stable and doing well. I did have a torch that I had for a long time which seemed to be deteriorating but my hammer along with my Duncan seemed amazing. I have had them both for well over a year. Maybe closer to 2 years. My parameters a week before leaving were:
8/1/2024:
Salinity 1.026
Nitrate 19.3
Phos 0.11
Alk 8.3
Ca 400
I left on 8/9 for a week. I did (for the first time use an auto feeder). I had it feeding twice a day which I normally feed once a day. I put it for twice a day because I was worried that the fish may not get the food before going to the overflow as I could not put the pumps on feed mode.
When I returned my hammer was closed up and the tentacles receded and have not returned to their normal length yet. My parameters were off.
On 8/17:
Salinity 1.026
Nitrate 28.5
Phos 0.54
Alk 8.4
Ca 420
I did serial 15% water changes.
On 8/29:
Salinity 1.026
Nitrate 16.8
Phos 0.25
I will post pictures of what the hammer looked like prior to going on vacation and now. I do have a vermatid snail infestation but it had not irritated the hammer before. I did find many more snail tubes in the tank and some on the hammer which I have removed. I do not see signs of brown jelly disease but I do consider myself a beginner even now. I didn’t run some carbon for a few days. Incidentally I can home tonight and found aome white fuzzy/string stuff on my lepto which I haven’t seen before.
My hammer did close last year for awhile which I may have been due to fast a light change or possibly irritated by a cleaner shrimp I had which always hung around it. Once I put the light duration (original Biocube hood light) back to what I had it at and removed the shrimp the hammer returned. It did take a few months.
Sorry for the long explanation. Just wanted to give you what I knew.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
