What's wrong with my hammer

[fishmaster818]

What's wrong with my hammer

 

[jesterisdead]

Nothing. Mine do this from time to time as well. Unless you see pieces of it floating off or after an hour it stays that way nothing to worry about. They are almost like bta when they do this as well.

 

[Desert Orchid]

Mine do this especially after feeding the fish as if it has gotten a little snack too. Do you have angels or butterflyfish in that tank? They can bother the hammers.

 

[fishmaster818]

Nope just chromis

 

[Desert Orchid]

Sounds like just a normal response then unless it starts to turn brown and jelly like. Keep an eye on them though ....... good luck!

 

[fishmaster818]

What's all the white stuff

 

[jesterisdead]

Look like feeders to me

 

[fishmaster818]

It shoots out

 

[Ladysaber]

Waste normally. Mine do this after eating baby brine shrimp.

 

[fishmaster818]

So it will be fine

 

[Ladysaber]

It should be. Just keep an eye on it :)

 

[fishmaster818]

What about know

 

[fishmaster818]

It has sone brown sruff on it

 

[fishmaster818]

So it has brown slime too

 

[fishmaster818]

Brown string not slime

 

[Ladysaber]

Browning is normally not good. Check your params again. It's not happy.

 

[eliramos]

I noticed you moved it from your rocks to your sand
Try not to move it too much especially if it's in a weakened state.
I would rx dip it
Then place it back in in a low flow medium light spot
I had a frogs pawn do this same thing after a bad water change it looked like it was going downhill fast but it's made a huge recovery.
Check your water params keep up with water changes and do the rx dip.
Lps are fighters!
He can still make a turn around!

 

[fishmaster818]

How do I do the dip

 

[fishmaster818]

It looks to be shedding the yellow branch is this bad or is it fixing its self

 

[fishmaster818]

Here arey parameters
pH 8.3
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 2
KH 250