shootingstar_reef
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hey everyone,
I have one unhappy (green) hammer, and one happy (gold?/yellow?) hammer. Green has retracted and I think the tissue is receding a tiiiny bit; it's been like this for a few weeks now they were both added at the same time roughly two months ago. Water changes haven't seemed to help. Pics below.
Tank is a 45.2 WB. Lights are smatfarm, on for about 1-10-1. Blues/purple are maxed, cool white at 30%. green at 20% I think. red at 0%. I have a single IM wavelink set at '4.'
Nutrients: 8 dKH; 1-2 ppm NO3; 0.18 PO4 (a lil high, i know. working on lowering this), pH 8.3.
Feeding: probably 60:40 dry food to frozen; with selcon 1-2X day.
Regimen: 10 mL AB+, 2 mL Phyto, 1/2 "0.15 CC" scoop of BRS chili. 10 drops of cheatogro, 5 mL A4R. ~10% wc every other week. Refugium with algae; it's on for I think 6hrs at night.
"oh but shootingstar_reef, where are they in the tank?"
wow stranger i really commend you on this intuitive question. The green hammer is located "below" the wavelink (slow-moderate flow, moderate light, in sand bed) and the yellow is in the rockwork (high flow, still moderate light?).
Any thoughts? Should I dip the green see if it helps? Move it to higher flow? Pray? Sacrifice a goat fish? All suggestions are welcome (but will not sacrifice a goat fish).
I have one unhappy (green) hammer, and one happy (gold?/yellow?) hammer. Green has retracted and I think the tissue is receding a tiiiny bit; it's been like this for a few weeks now they were both added at the same time roughly two months ago. Water changes haven't seemed to help. Pics below.
Tank is a 45.2 WB. Lights are smatfarm, on for about 1-10-1. Blues/purple are maxed, cool white at 30%. green at 20% I think. red at 0%. I have a single IM wavelink set at '4.'
Nutrients: 8 dKH; 1-2 ppm NO3; 0.18 PO4 (a lil high, i know. working on lowering this), pH 8.3.
Feeding: probably 60:40 dry food to frozen; with selcon 1-2X day.
Regimen: 10 mL AB+, 2 mL Phyto, 1/2 "0.15 CC" scoop of BRS chili. 10 drops of cheatogro, 5 mL A4R. ~10% wc every other week. Refugium with algae; it's on for I think 6hrs at night.
"oh but shootingstar_reef, where are they in the tank?"
wow stranger i really commend you on this intuitive question. The green hammer is located "below" the wavelink (slow-moderate flow, moderate light, in sand bed) and the yellow is in the rockwork (high flow, still moderate light?).
Any thoughts? Should I dip the green see if it helps? Move it to higher flow? Pray? Sacrifice a goat fish? All suggestions are welcome (but will not sacrifice a goat fish).
