New hammer deflated

AnotherReefHobbyist · Jan 31, 2021

I have looked for similar threads, and found much information, however none of them quite suit my case.

I picked up some beautiful Coral from another hobbyist ( makes my Duncan looks WEAK now ) and the frogspawn has been doing great, already like halfway open in the 30 or so minutes it’s been in my tank, and the hammer is starting to open up, however one of the heads is ultra deflated, params are as follows:

ammonia: 0
Nitrites: 0
Nitrates:10-20
The only other test I have is for PH which I will do here in a second.

Keeping a low flow until it opens up a bit more, and medium low lights for now.

Is this normal or should I be concerned? ( I should mention only 1/3 heads is deflated )

Sleeping Giant · Jan 31, 2021

Have you tried blowing it off, might be something irritating it

AnotherReefHobbyist · Jan 31, 2021

Sleeping Giant said:
Have you tried blowing it off, might be something irritating it

Not yet, doing that right now :)

edit: just done, a little polyp tip came off!! What’s that mean!?

Sleeping Giant · Jan 31, 2021

Also might need to move up to better flow and light

AnotherReefHobbyist · Jan 31, 2021

Sleeping Giant said:
Also might need to move up to better flow and light

I turned back on my powerhead, and will keep it on the bottom until I can run out and get some putty to place it up higher on the rock work.

and thanks for the help!

Sleeping Giant · Jan 31, 2021

SaltwtrNewb said:
I turned back on my powerhead, and will keep it on the bottom until I can run out and get some putty to place it up higher on the rock work.

and thanks for the help!

You can use crazy glue too

AnotherReefHobbyist · Jan 31, 2021

Sleeping Giant said:
You can use crazy glue too

Really? It says you need a dry surface, I will try it though!

And as far as the coral goes, some parts are still deflated, but the rest is continuing to look good and open up, so I will just let it ride out from here, the upped flow did seem to make it a little more happy though :)