NovaReefer July 19, 2015 Share July 19, 2015 So I was gone for 48 hours and when I got back home my hammer head looked like this... Any thoughts??? Parameters are good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squishie89 July 19, 2015 Share July 19, 2015 Can you tell us your inhabitants? Do you have other corals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaReefer July 19, 2015 Author Share July 19, 2015 2 BTA, 1 gsp, 1 saddleback clown, 1 red and 1 purple fire fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squishie89 July 19, 2015 Share July 19, 2015 Hmm. Not sure what to tell ya, your inhabitants aren't the coral destroying type. How long did you have it for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaReefer July 19, 2015 Author Share July 19, 2015 I had it for 7 months. So any one think it will regrow or should it be pulled out of the tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jhead85 July 19, 2015 Share July 19, 2015 I've had the same thing happen and haven't figured it out..just noticed a peppermint shrimp pickin at it..not surre if he's the problem but I had a torch for 6 months and one day it got smaller and smaller and couldn't figure it out.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harticus5 July 19, 2015 Share July 19, 2015 I would pull that and trash..... That looks super dead in the pic. Very small chance it would grow back at least to the best of what i know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k July 19, 2015 Share July 19, 2015 looks like it starved to death. Healthy Euphylliads should have tissue extending down the shaft an inch or more below the crown. This picture looks like algae has covered the skeleton nearly to the top of the crown and finally the coral just died. Go buy a frag of same coral at your favorite LFS, ask to put it on hold to observe for a few weeks and watch the tissue either grow or recede. These corals can take many months to die if correct water parameters aren't met. But when they are thriving, they grow fast and the tissue extends down the shaft till the next branch junction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaReefer July 19, 2015 Author Share July 19, 2015 It was a full big bloom before I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incredible Corals July 19, 2015 Share July 19, 2015 It was a full big bloom before I left.[/quoteMaybe an alk swing. Did you change anything (heaters, water change, dosing etc)? It won't grow back but there are a lot of things that could cause that. I would also post your parameters when you get a minute. Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k July 20, 2015 Share July 20, 2015 the top can still be "full bloom" but be on edge of death. starvation most likely culprit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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