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Bottom- pineapple sponges which are short lived and favor dark, low flow areas and a few tube worms
Oops- that is poriferan type sponge and best is to remove by scraping off as mentioned and it all cleaned up. Also assure calcium is at least 380-400 to support skeletonThank you very much but I was actually talking about the weird stuff at the start of the fleshy part of the hammer. It's right at the bottom and looks like a different color then the rest of the coral. It's brownish and looks like a pile of noodles.
Mesenteric filaments, basically "guts". Have you tried an iodine dip? Do you have a pic of the whole coral?Thank you very much but I was actually talking about the weird stuff at the start of the fleshy part of the hammer. It's right at the bottom and looks like a different color then the rest of the coral. It's brownish and looks like a pile of noodles.
The pile of noodles is not a sponge... Please don't try to scrape it off!!Thank you very much but I was actually talking about the weird stuff at the start of the fleshy part of the hammer. It's right at the bottom and looks like a different color then the rest of the coral. It's brownish and looks like a pile of noodles.
Agree with this. Messenterial filaments are guts that corals can spill out to dissolve or do warfare with other corals or things irritating it. Like when a starfish spits its guts out to dissolve food.Mesenteric filaments, basically "guts". Have you tried an iodine dip? Do you have a pic of the whole coral?
Ahh yes... I figured glueing it may be bad but was told one time by my lfs to glue a hammer I damaged while removing it from a frag plug so I figured it may be Worth a shot. The tank is 9 months old and I run my ai primes at like 20%.Agree with this. Messenterial filaments are guts that corals can spill out to dissolve or do warfare with other corals or things irritating it. Like when a starfish spits its guts out to dissolve food.
Glueing over it might have done more harm than good. Also, the hammer is definitely not looking in good shape. How old is the tank and what lighting are you using?
Super glue will/did burn the flesh. I'm sure lesson learned but try to never put sg on flesh unless you instantly dip it in tank water. Even then it may do some damage.Ahh yes... I figured glueing it may be bad but was told one time by my lfs to glue a hammer I damaged while removing it from a frag plug so I figured it may be Worth a shot. The tank is 9 months old and I run my ai primes at like 20%.
Looks like poriferan sponge growth climbing the skeleton looking like cryptic sponge. Remove and place in container of tank water and scrape off or inject with vinegar to stop its activity.So I've got more footage of the hammer today. It doesn't really look much better and the glue I applied is covering the problem area but it didn't completely call it yet. I checked parameters and other than phosphate being a bit high at .06 and 440 for calcium everything seems good. I may go to my lfs tomorrow and run multiple test but if I get too busy I'll have to double check myself. Thanks for all the input.
Thank you for the response. I too am using all for reef at a quarter dose for my tank size which is a 20 gallon all in one. My ph never gets above 8 so I will be starting kalk likely tomorrow when my order from brs comes in. Magnesium has never been low when I check everything at one of my local fish stores but I'm due for another check soon. I'm going to be switching to red sea blue bucket from tropic Marin pro when I'm done with my last box which will take a while so I won't be changing too much at once and I will also mix the salts together for a bit before going all in on the blue bucket. I badly want to raise my lighting up but most of my coral react negatively with any changes too suddenly.Those are good parameters. I'm pretty much the same. My magnesium is 1350-1400. I think hammers love magnesium, so I'd check that one as well. For whatever reason, that is consumed the most in my tank. I just passed the one year mark, so similar to you at 9 months. I use all for reef and have to do additional dosing of Magnesium. What size tank, I still think you have your lights really low, hammers should be able to handle an AI prime at that intensity.