What happened to my hammer

[Perthegallon]

Hello guys I have a perfect healthy hammer coral and I just looked in my tank to see the head was floating In the water what just happened???? Please help

 

[Saltyreef]

Polyp bail out

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[Perthegallon]

Omg it’s both heads

 

[Perthegallon]

Polyp bail out

What does that mean???

 

[Saltyreef]

read up on the link i posted

 

[Perthegallon]

read up on the link i posted

Should I glue them to a rock then?

 

[Saltyreef]

I would choose to wedge it in a crevasse before gluing.
Somewhere calm and low flow.
Might be a gonner if its stressed and releasing its polyps

 

[Perthegallon]

Really sad this was my favorite coral and has been with me for a while

 

[Perthegallon]

I just tested but my alk was 8 calcium at 420 and testing for mag right now maybe I’ll do another water change I’m not sure why it was stressed it has been looking healthy for a while

 

[Saltyreef]

How long has your tank been up and running and what are your water parameters and lighting look like?
Has it been stable?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Stressed or too much flow. Rarely (and I wish I could give you encouragement) do they rebound after seperation

 

[Perthegallon]

How long has your tank been up and running and what are your water parameters and lighting look like?
Has it been stable?

My tank is kinda newish at about a year but I do keep lots of torch’s (far away from the hammer) my tank has been constant with parameter no changes I can see the only difference was I did add macro algae yesterday I kept that in my lower par section around 150 with kessil ap 700

 

[Perthegallon]

Stressed or too much flow. Rarely (and I wish I could give you encouragement) do they rebound after seperation

I’m thinking to much flow maybe I really don’t run that much

 

[Perthegallon]

Yeah they look like they getting worse