Either i have bad luck with hammer coral or something is wrong with my tank cause I cant keep them from staying closed up. This is my first hammer that has died and the one that is on the rock seems to loose heads. Also would there be a reason for my star polyp to not open?
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@ReefKC
102d
I have had a lot more success with my hammers keeping mag 1400-1500 and dosing AF Life Source 1 scoop a week they have all really puffed up more and seem to be starting to split more.
@carpetsurfer
102d
I have 4 varieties of hammers all thriving at various light levels 50-150PAR so here's my advice: around 1400 mag, 400-500 calc (mine is 600 right now for some reason), 1.025sg, 5-15 nitrates, up to .1 phosphates, 78f. Those are the things I find are easy to control with regular water changes, don't chase the other numbers. I do weekly 15% water changes to replenish trace elements using redsea coral pro salt. I don't do anything else except clean the filter sock and skimmer cup. Mine are all happy in relatively low flow, polyps barely swaying around. Good luck!
@Mark2jz
102d
Thank you soooo much for your help!! And info! Ill definitely keep that in mind now! I hope i can have a hammer garden soon 😁
@carpetsurfer
102d
I'm by no means an expert, do your water changes and don't stress too much! How old is your tank by the way? Edit: the only things I really control are temp, salinity, phosphate and nitrate. The salt mix I use keeps everything else very stable (if my first response wasn't clear)
@Mark2jz
102d
It's about two 3 months old now, right now my phosphate are at .16 so ill probably do a 15% water change
@carpetsurfer
102d
Yeah that's a little high, mines high too right now, but I promise the small weekly changes will probably solve a lot 🫡
@bucrob
101d
Not gonna read through all this but just make sure they get low flow, just enough to make their polyps sway gently. Also phosphates I normally keep high for them, they like a bit dirtier water as do most LPS. Alkalinity wise, stability is key, I’ve seen hammers thriving in a consistent 6.1dkh tank before. Light, they can do lower and higher light, minimum 75 par and a max of about 200-250 just make sure it’s moved up slowly
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ugh that sucks hope it tyourns around
Thank you!!