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I have a 4 head hammer that looked off last night. Two of the heads were closed up and the tissue around the base of each head appears to be receding. I can't get a good picture of it. The other two heads look completely normal.
I am just wondering if I missed something.
I picked it up and really looked it over and don't see any bugs, flatworms, eggs, etc. All my other corals look good.
I tested everything last night and the only thing that seems off was my nitrates and magnesium, but not significantly
Salinity: 1.025
PH: 8.2
Alk: 8
Calcium: 400
Magnesium: 1200 (I dosed to bring it back to 1300)
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 20 (water mixing now for water change, but this is usually between 5-10)
phosphate: .1 (this has been stable at .1 for months, via Red Sea)
This hammer has been in my tank for a couple months and has never had any other issues. I am sure I am missing something, but I don't know what. I can't think of anything that has changed recently. I did have a marinepure cube in my overflow for a few months that I removed 2 weeks ago to set up a QT tank. I only have a 20 gallon tank, so I guess this could be a reaction to a reduction in Nitrifying bacteria.
Any help is appreciated.
I am just wondering if I missed something.
I picked it up and really looked it over and don't see any bugs, flatworms, eggs, etc. All my other corals look good.
I tested everything last night and the only thing that seems off was my nitrates and magnesium, but not significantly
Salinity: 1.025
PH: 8.2
Alk: 8
Calcium: 400
Magnesium: 1200 (I dosed to bring it back to 1300)
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 20 (water mixing now for water change, but this is usually between 5-10)
phosphate: .1 (this has been stable at .1 for months, via Red Sea)
This hammer has been in my tank for a couple months and has never had any other issues. I am sure I am missing something, but I don't know what. I can't think of anything that has changed recently. I did have a marinepure cube in my overflow for a few months that I removed 2 weeks ago to set up a QT tank. I only have a 20 gallon tank, so I guess this could be a reaction to a reduction in Nitrifying bacteria.
Any help is appreciated.
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