Hello!
So I decided to dip my toes into LPS and purchased a nice hammer colony and a duncan frag about a month ago. Duncan is doing great but the hammer has never fully extended and I noticed that the tissue has receded. I think I had too much light in the beginning as I noticed that the color was starting to fade and it was expelling some xooanthellae [sp?]. I brought the lighting down (much to my anemone's dismay) as the hammer was already at the bottom of the tank and I haven't noticed it expelling anything since.
Can too much light cause tissue recession? Or is this more of a flow issue? Or water quality?
Photo is from the day I got the hammer, and the video is from today.
Please excuse the algae, it's been a battle but I think I'm winning. Finally have some detectable nitrates!
I should also note that I'm currently dealing with a chronically high magnesium issue (over 1600), not sure if this can cause problems with the coral as well. I can post full parameters later today
So I decided to dip my toes into LPS and purchased a nice hammer colony and a duncan frag about a month ago. Duncan is doing great but the hammer has never fully extended and I noticed that the tissue has receded. I think I had too much light in the beginning as I noticed that the color was starting to fade and it was expelling some xooanthellae [sp?]. I brought the lighting down (much to my anemone's dismay) as the hammer was already at the bottom of the tank and I haven't noticed it expelling anything since.
Can too much light cause tissue recession? Or is this more of a flow issue? Or water quality?
Photo is from the day I got the hammer, and the video is from today.
Please excuse the algae, it's been a battle but I think I'm winning. Finally have some detectable nitrates!
I should also note that I'm currently dealing with a chronically high magnesium issue (over 1600), not sure if this can cause problems with the coral as well. I can post full parameters later today