Help after hammer bailout

[Newbie219]

Hello!
I am new to the hobby. I unfortunately had an alkalinity spike and believe I caused my branching hammer to bailout. I currently have my water parameters under control. My hammer had one last piece of flesh remaining. I read in another forum to put it in a shot glass with sand and see if it can regrow. Yesterday I placed it in the middle of the glass and today I woke up to it moved to the edge of the shot glass and has partially buried itself. I don’t see how it could have did this. Is this good, perhaps a sign of it trying to grow? Any advice on how I could keep it growing or just give up would be so appreciated! Please see photos of it yesterday and today. Thank you!

 

[Ron Reefman]

IMHO, it's best left to do it's thing. If you keep changing the environment, I don't think it will have a chance.

 

[Newbie219]

IMHO, it's best left to do it's thing. If you keep changing the environment, I don't think it will have a chance.

Thank you! So far it is still hanging on.

 

[Razorp]

Mine did this, it lasted about two weeks before melting.

 

[Newbie219]

:( such a bummer. Ours was a very slow death. Painful to watch, haha.