Branching hammer behavior

[i like fish]

I got a branching hammer coral on saturday, it looked fine until today, one of the three heads is closed up. Is this normal?

 

[q]

It is probably not normal.
Why don't you list some info about your tank. Water quality, temp, lighting, and flow rate in the area of the coral.

 

[saltyrich]

Hammers and frogspawn are both great indicators of water quality. Check everything out.

 

[quazi]

I have frogspawn and branching hammer. Sometimes they just close up. If one is closing up, and the others are OK, I would not worry too much. If they all close up for more than 2 hours, worry! Check your pH, etc. Keep polyfilters available at all times. They cure a plethera of ills.

 

[i like fish]

Thanks, I slowed down the current in that corner of the tank. I'll see what happens next. It looks like it's getting worse. Gonna go test the water.......

 

[wrassecal]

If only one head is close up did that one come into contact with another coral or anything else? We did some moving around last weekend and one head touched a frilly mushroom and they both drew up, mine is frogspawn that did that and it is just now starting to come back out. Just an idea. I f one of my heads of hammer coral is too close to rock it never come all the way out either.

 

[i like fish]

Yes, it was next to some rocks. I hope I find a good spot in time to save it........