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vest0830
07/04/2006, 05:44 AM
THe other morning I wake up to my hammer coral all closed up, and it pulled itself WAY into its shell/skeleton. I didnt think to much of it, sometimes it closes up a little if a snail falls on it or something...I come home in the afternoon and its even furthur into the skeleton. -To the point where it looks like a white skeleton in the tank.

Today I did my usuall weekend tank cleaning, tank was a little cloudy nothing out of the ordinary, now its 100% cloudy and the hammer is still shut WAY up. could the thing have died and causing the cloudiness? It looked perfectly healthy a week ago ???

ohh yeah, tank peram's are great and just did a water change a week ago.

only other thing I can think of, I just replaced my bulb. Its under a 20k 175mh, maybe its a little to much for it? IDK? To intense? the bulb was replaced about a week ago, and the hammer just now reacted.
chineseknife
07/04/2006, 05:47 AM
Can you see the tentacles and/or the mouth? If you can see white skeleton, then that ain't the best of news.
vest0830
07/04/2006, 06:07 AM
Right now, yes, you can see the skeleton.

edit:
a buddy of mine suggested a spike in my water temps caused the issue. I had picked up some CF to suppliment my 20k bulb, and kicked them on for a day, and then left all day and come home and the tank was almost hot. -very warm.

thats his thinking.
Sk8r
07/04/2006, 09:07 AM
Check your alkalinity.

Ah---just read about the heat. That will do it. Heat and light together = coral bleaching.

It may recover if you baby it. I have a fox that got badly battered, and the last few mouths are now setting up shop atop the old skeleton.
vest0830
07/04/2006, 05:30 PM
Alk is fine.

So you think its most likely gone?
I can get another no problem. I just really really loved this one. Its HUGE. Maybe 7" long, about 8.5" when opened.
vest0830
07/04/2006, 09:25 PM
I just got home from work for lunch, I think its a gonner :(
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/100321hammer.jpg

You can also see how cloudy my water is.


here is what it used to look like when I first got it. It would expand way more than this at times.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/100321tomato_hosting.jpg
vest0830
07/05/2006, 02:19 AM
I ended up pulling it out of the tank.

RIP hammer coral. :(
(ohh yeah, it stunk too)
ACBlinky
07/05/2006, 09:27 AM
If it stunk, it was dead. So sorry you lost it :(
vest0830
07/05/2006, 04:01 PM
I think it stunk more than my anemone when it decided to take a trip up poweread alley.