Wrong spot for Hammer

[agamblinalot]

got this little guy for free from my LFS that was just sitting on the bottom of their frag tank.

He’s looked like this since I got him about 3-4 weeks. Shouldn’t he be opening up more?

He gets indirect flow from a Sicce nano 1000 that bounces off the glass and hits him. PAR is around 150-170 ish as I have my 12” AI blade grow turned down to 60%.

 

[Fish Fan]

Hmmm, it does look a little retracted. Can you let us know your tank parameters? How old is your tank here?

#reefsquad can anyone take a look for the OP please

 

[Crabs McJones]

Have you tried moving it down more to see if it extends more? low par low/moderate flow makes these guys very happy :)

 

[agamblinalot]

Hmmm, it does look a little retracted. Can you let us know your tank parameters? How old is your tank here?

#reefsquad can anyone take a look for the OP please

Oh sorry! Parameters are;

PH: 8.1
dKH: 8.1
Cal: 419
Mag: 1298
SG: Always 1.026 with my ATO
Phos: .1
Nitrate: 12

Tank is 6 weeks post cycle. Probably 8-9 weeks old total

 

[Rocks reef]

I agree with the Mayor. Lower it down to lower PAR. Moderate flow to move the tentacles but not whipping them around.
My hammers are at the ends and front/back glass so they get lower PAR.

 

[agamblinalot]

Have you tried moving it down more to see if it extends more? low par low/moderate flow makes these guys very happy :)

I could try that. Would it be okay for me to cut off the huge dollop of glue from the skeleton with bone cutters?

 

[Rocks reef]

Oh sorry! Parameters are;

PH: 8.1
dKH: 8.1
Cal: 419
Mag: 1298
SG: Always 1.026 with my ATO
Phos: .1
Nitrate: 12

Tank is 6 weeks post cycle. Probably 8-9 weeks old total

Give it some time. Your tank is new and needs to stabilize.

 

[Rocks reef]

I could try that. Would it be okay for me to cut off the huge dollop of glue from the skeleton with bone cutters?

You could or keep it and use it as a wider base to attach it to a small rock or rock at the bottom.

 

[agamblinalot]

I could try that. Would it be okay for me to cut off the huge dollop of glue from the skeleton with bone cutters?

You could or keep it and use it as a wider base to attach it to a small rock or rock at the bottom.

I’ll just keep it and shove it in one of my nooks in some rock lower down. Don’t want to stress it.

Bottom right just above my zoa garden I’m thinking. I’ll probably put my Duncan in its spot that gets here tomorrow. I may have went overboard on the WWC sale earlier this week…haha

 

[Rocks reef]

I’ll just keep it and shove it in one of my nooks in some rock lower down. Don’t want to stress it.

Bottom right just above my zoa garden I’m thinking. I’ll probably put my Duncan in its spot that gets here tomorrow. I may have went overboard on the WWC sale earlier this week…haha

Post up what you got from WWC when it arrives. We (Reef Squad) can help with placement, etc.

 

[agamblinalot]

I have a candy cane, Duncan, red cap monti, birds nest (yes I know I may have jumped the gun on sps as young as my tank is lol) and some acans.

Want to put acans on the bottom rock on the left of my zoas.

 

[agamblinalot]

I have a candy cane, Duncan, red cap monti, birds nest (yes I know I may have jumped the gun on sps as young as my tank is lol) and some acans.

Want to put acans on the bottom rock on the left of my zoas.

Let me know what #reefsquad suggests for placement on my scape pic I posted before this. Thinking birds nest top left, Duncan where the hammer is and the monti top left so it shades the mushroom. No idea where to put the candy cane.

I’d love to learn!

 

[Rocks reef]

You placement sounds good. For the Duncan, the middle is good. They can adapt to higher light if intensity is increased slowly or moving them higher slowly.

 

[Fish Fan]

The bird's nest is one of the more forgiving SPS too, so give it a try. I know what it's like when there's a big sale and you can't resist

 

[Troylee]

The bird's nest is one of the more forgiving SPS too, so give it a try. I know what it's like when there's a big sale and you can't resist

That’s one sps I can’t personally keep . I think I fry them with to much light lol.

 

[Red_Beard]

That’s one sps I can’t personally keep . I think I fry them with to much light lol.

You are pushing a lot of light! I dunno though, mine is high up right under the light and has exploded. About the size of a volleyball from a frag 2 years ago. They do become their own worst enemies with flow and shading though when they get big. Ive had to adjust to keep it happy. Way more flow with it bigger, and multiple fixtures for angled light.

 

[Troylee]

You are pushing a lot of light! I dunno though, mine is high up right under the light and has exploded. About the size of a volleyball from a frag 2 years ago. They do become their own worst enemies with flow and shading though when they get big. Ive had to adjust to keep it happy. Way more flow with it bigger, and multiple fixtures for angled light.

Yeah I tried a couple and cooked them under my halides lol.. red dragon is the same way I grow them to a volleyball then they start to Stn from the inside out! . Mine got so big it broke off the ledge it grew on and I could never get the flow right again and it turned up the ghost over a couple weeks sigh..

 

[tbrown]

That’s one sps I can’t personally keep . I think I fry them with to much light lol.

I've never had luck with Birdsnest. And then...

 

[tbrown]

Let me know what #reefsquad suggests for placement on my scape pic I posted before this. Thinking birds nest top left, Duncan where the hammer is and the monti top left so it shades the mushroom. No idea where to put the candy cane.

I’d love to learn!

This is what I'd do or move the Candy Cane to the left of the Monti and put the Monti where the Candy Cane label is.

 

[agamblinalot]

Let me know what #reefsquad suggests for placement on my scape pic I posted before this. Thinking birds nest top left, Duncan where the hammer is and the monti top left so it shades the mushroom. No idea where to put the candy cane.

I’d love to learn!

This is what I'd do or move the Candy Cane to the left of the Monti and put the Monti where the Candy Cane label is.

Thanks!! Where you put the candy cane is a vertical wall. I could find a nook possibly to glue it down to. Probably easier than trying to mount a monti there haha.

What would you put on the top right behind the leather?? It’s a really nice shelf I’d like to take advantage of.