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	Hammer Coral
fishkid99 Enthusiast Posts: 252 Kudos: 218 Votes: 39 Registered: 07-Dec-2005	i cant figure out whats wrong with my hammer coral. its doesnt come out most of the time during the day but comes out fully at night with the moon lights. I moved the hammer down to the bottom of the tank today because i figured that the light in my tank was to strong for the lil fellow. Will this solve the problem or is their something else i need to do?? >>>----> <----<<< pnh
Posted 06-Jun-2006 00:32
terranova Fish Master Posts: 1984 Kudos: 1889 Votes: 229 Registered: 09-Jul-2003	Hammers should be pretty tolerant of high lights. I have a frog that has been thriving under 250 watt MHs and T5s for months, and they're in the same family. My guess is it probably has something to do with the water flow, or maybe the type of lighting? How do your calcium and other levels look? Any creatures you might have in there that could be bothering it? -Formerly known as the Ferretfish
Posted 06-Jun-2006 22:05
fishkid99 Enthusiast Posts: 252 Kudos: 218 Votes: 39 Registered: 07-Dec-2005	calcium was tested last nigt Ca: 200 ppm whats kinds of water flow does it like ive her medium to high but idk.. and none of my fish (including my clowns) bother the coral everyone just ignores it. >>>----> <----<<< pnh
Posted 07-Jun-2006 05:55
DarkRealm Overlord Moderator metal-R-us Posts: 5962 Kudos: 2166 Registered: 23-Sep-2002	WHOA! With your calcium that LOW Im going to take a wild stab in the dark and guess that your alkalinity is most likely sky high. Id definately test for alkalinity, and PH.....and do another calcium test just to verify the results. what test kit are you using to test calcium with?
Posted 07-Jun-2006 07:29
terranova Fish Master Posts: 1984 Kudos: 1889 Votes: 229 Registered: 09-Jul-2003	mmk yeah as I guessed your calc/alk has gotta be totally out of wackkk... like Nate said, which test kits are you using? if it's anything but Salifert, I recommend changing it and med to high flow should be okay IMO as long as his polyps aren't being blasted off or anything when you give us a 2nd calc/alk reading we can figure out how to stablize your levels -Formerly known as the Ferretfish
Posted 07-Jun-2006 13:07
fishkid99 Enthusiast Posts: 252 Kudos: 218 Votes: 39 Registered: 07-Dec-2005	Ca test: Nutrafin Parameters: pH 8.4 Alkalinity: 300 water hardness: 425 nitRITes: 0 nitRAtes about 10 ammonia: 0 Ca: 360 ppm >>>----> <----<<< pnh
Posted 08-Jun-2006 03:27


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