Weird Hammer Behavior

[austintylerl]

So I've had this hammer coral for about ten years, it's been through some hell and frankly shouldnt be here today, but it is!

For two weeks now most of the heads are closed up. No idea why, waters been stable, no new inhabitants or equipment, no scape changes etc.
I dipped it twice in CoralRX, with no change, nor did I find any pests on it. If I had to guess, the heads started to split but I don't know for sure because I rarely saw it at night or closed up.

Any ideas what's irritating it?

My water:
SG 1.026
KH 10.1
Mag 1350
CA 440
No3 10
Pho .09
Ph 8
temp 78

 

[BryanM]

Unknown. Seems odd w/o pests. I would probably not dip anymore as it also irritates them.

I just lost a torch out of the blue when everything else is doing quite well. "Shyte" happens unfortunately. Google says they live 10-20 years in home aquariums, to which he's had a long run.

But no pests, and fish/hermits/etc not bothering it, good water parameters, no red flags. I think you're probably in "shyte happens" territory.

 

[austintylerl]

well.....shyte

 

[RabidDragon]

are you sure you don't have white/red bugs, mine had them and were retracted like that. They are referred to that way on this form... "white bugs". Tiny white/red spots, like pin heads or smaller that crawl around your coral.
I used a bug killer that I bougth at Lowes to make a dip that got rid of them.... forget the specific name of it at the moment.

 

[austintylerl]

I havent witnessed any bugs. After I saw your response I bought some "Bayer Advanced" which is now known as "bioadvanced" so hopefully that will help out. I'll follow up later this week to report.
Thank you

 

[GHOSTLY]

So I've had this hammer coral for about ten years, it's been through some hell and frankly shouldnt be here today, but it is!

For two weeks now most of the heads are closed up. No idea why, waters been stable, no new inhabitants or equipment, no scape changes etc.
I dipped it twice in CoralRX, with no change, nor did I find any pests on it. If I had to guess, the heads started to split but I don't know for sure because I rarely saw it at night or closed up.

Any ideas what's irritating it?

My water:
SG 1.026
KH 10.1
Mag 1350
CA 440
No3 10
Pho .09
Ph 8
temp 78

Not to takeover but my polyps are like this but the one right next to it is fine

 

[Skippy The Meh]

Do you always run your KH at 10? Or did it swing that high? Anything else in the tank showing signs of stress?

 

[austintylerl]

KH has been high for years. No other corals are miffed, goni's, micromussa, montis and stylos.

 

[DSC reef]

All those mushrooms around it could be using allelopathy and slowly killing that hammer. Hopefully not, both corals are beautiful.