Hey all, new reefer here in need of advice from the knowledgeable!
Back story: My tank has been up since August so 5 months, month ago I started adding some soft coral, then I went for the wwc black Friday sale anyway Initisl gsp, and zoa's from the sale are going ok it looks like to me. My hammer from the sale is another story.
Branching neon hammer, first few days it seemed to be going strong was opening and looking good to me, a few days ago I noticed it was looking withered, it still opens during the day but just looks deflated, some of the tenticles are almost gone now, shriveled up like a grape. Picture doesn't quite show as much as the eye can see. It's been expelling brown stringy stuff from each mouth, at first I thought was waste but it's almost every other day so I'm worried about zooxanthellae. It seems to have lost green coloration, but it's not turning white. Parameters are below any suggestions greatly appreciated!
Tank: 36 gal bowfront with additional ~10 gal in sump.
Temp:78.5
Sal: 1.025
Ammonia:0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 5
Phosphate: 0 (seem to have trouble building this haha)
Calc: 420
Alk: 7.5 (too low?)
Ph:8.3
Lighting is single ai prime
Back story: My tank has been up since August so 5 months, month ago I started adding some soft coral, then I went for the wwc black Friday sale anyway Initisl gsp, and zoa's from the sale are going ok it looks like to me. My hammer from the sale is another story.
Branching neon hammer, first few days it seemed to be going strong was opening and looking good to me, a few days ago I noticed it was looking withered, it still opens during the day but just looks deflated, some of the tenticles are almost gone now, shriveled up like a grape. Picture doesn't quite show as much as the eye can see. It's been expelling brown stringy stuff from each mouth, at first I thought was waste but it's almost every other day so I'm worried about zooxanthellae. It seems to have lost green coloration, but it's not turning white. Parameters are below any suggestions greatly appreciated!
Tank: 36 gal bowfront with additional ~10 gal in sump.
Temp:78.5
Sal: 1.025
Ammonia:0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 5
Phosphate: 0 (seem to have trouble building this haha)
Calc: 420
Alk: 7.5 (too low?)
Ph:8.3
Lighting is single ai prime