Why is my hammer coral tentacles smaller than normal

cicrush13
Stephen
@cicrush13 · 2 weeks ago

What’s going on with this hammer?

Tentacles seem a bit smaller than normal. It’s been in for about a month without any issues. Water is sitting at 1190 mag currently.

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Mag seems a bit low

Can mag cause this

I reduced flow and added magnesium. It wasn’t getting direct flow but maybe a bit strong at times

Too much flow could cause a hammer to retract a bit especially if you moved it recently and your mag is a bit low but if your ph, nitrates, cal and alk are good I don’t believe that magnesium is the problem.

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