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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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saltwater
casey & will

My frogspawn has been like this for several months over the months it’s shrunk it was busy when i got it and everything was fine my tests are fine everything is good but it’s gotten smaller and stayed shut for a while now. It’s stopped shrinking but im not sure what to do to fix this. It fully retracts on a night and sometimes in the day nothing is irritating it. It’s been like this since before i moved it into a new tank iv had it for 5 months

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URGENT HELP!! I have had one hammer die last week, didn’t think too much of it but now another wall hammer is looking dodgy like that one was before it died.

It’s not opening up fully and two parts are completely retracted and looks extremely unhappy. Please any and all suggestions for how to fix this issue are appreciated and valued

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V.but_dumb
V.but_dumb | Reef Builders

Is my toadstool and gsp cooked 🥲

(Before cleaning this toadstool to this white condition using the soft water flow, it released a huge thick brown jelly, and after cleaning, it has some small white holes like SPS bleach on it, my GSP also still doesnt open for 6 days already)

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Mark2jz
Anthony hernandez

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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Rookie mistake. I bought this Duncan not long after setting up the tank because I heard they were "easy".

Those 2 bleached branches were there when I bought it. Stupidly, I superglued it to the main rock before I realised it should have sat lower in the tank. Until now, it only extended it's polyps when the lights were off at night (normal) and before the lights were on in the morning in ambient light.

Finally, I think it has adapted to the light conditions and starting to enjoy life.

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