Something Happened Overnight To My Hammer??

[William Norman]

In my Coral and Invert QT, overnight this happened.

Did something eat it ? Or did it get hit by on of the other coral's sweepers?

Only thing that I did before I went to bed was feed Oyster Feast.

In the QT are blue hermita, Ceriths and Nerites and other corals.

My parms are using API
Temp 78
Gravity 1.024
Ammonia approx .15
PH 8.2
Nitrate 0
Nitrite 0
Alk - 10
Calc 400

 

[Crabs McJones]

In my Coral and Invert QT, overnight this happened.

Did something eat it ? Or did it get hit by on of the other coral's sweepers?

Only thing that I did before I went to bed was feed Oyster Feast.

In the QT are blue hermita, Ceriths and Nerites and other corals.

My parms are using API
Temp 78
Gravity 1.024
Ammonia approx .15
PH 8.2
Nitrate 0
Nitrite 0
Alk - 10
Calc 400

It may be due to the ammonia. In a fully cycled tank you shouldn't be reading any ammonia or nitrite. Your salinity is ok but you may want to up it to 1.025-1.026. How long has it been in your qt tank? And what lighting do you have it under and how much flow is it getting?

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

You may have had an ammonia spike if you're registering some with your test kit. I would do a good water change and see if that helps.

 

[William Norman]

Would an ammonia spike affect one head and not the other ?

The flow is low, the par is about 150. I forget the name of the LED.

It has been in QT for 3 weeks.

 

[William Norman]

I am not sure how the second picture of my other corals got uploaded... my mistake for confusion.

 

[ChiCity]

Would an ammonia spike affect one head and not the other?

Yes, and the other head is also affected too, it’s just taking longer to bail..

 

[rockstarta78]

How old is this tank? Are there any fish in this tank? I could be wrong, but it doesn't look like the tank finished cycling. A cycled tank should not have ammonia. It is detrimental to both your fish and coral.

 

[William Norman]

The tank is about 6 months old. It is only QT for coral and inverts. I have been feeding heavy, so I think the HOB and small amount of rock couldn't keep up. Its a 5 Gal tank, so if my had is too heavy the ammonia will go up.
I did a water change of 2 gals when I saw the ammonia number.

Still even with the slight amount of ammonia, I wouldn't have expected the hammer to react this way.

 

[ChiCity]

Euphyllia are hardy, but become fickle due to parameter issues.
And bjd

 

[rockstarta78]

Have you been running your HOB filter for 6 months? Besides the sponge what else you have in that filter? If a coral or fish is already stressed a small chemical imbalance is all it needs for it's condition to go downhill. Based on everything that you have explained so far, Ammonia is the only thing that makes sense for the polyp bailout.

 

[William Norman]

Yes the HOB has been running but I change out the filter floss every week when I do a water change. I am wondering if I need to add some more rock and sponge to the tank to add more bio filter.

 

[samnaz]

how long has the hammer been in your tank?

 

[William Norman]

I purchased it about 3 weeks ago. I dipped in Coral Dip and it was looking good.