My hammer coral is dying!!

maryc137

maryc137

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Is there anything I can do to help it? The coral is starting to die back at one end and leaving bare skeleton. It's gone back about 1 inch in 4 days! I've had a couple different people at the LFS say they get bacterial infections, or something like that, and it sounds like not much can be done. Is there anything I can try?
 
cyn

cyn

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There is a product called coral dip, I have never used it, but have heard it mentioned a few times. I read a bottle at the LFS and it is basically an iodine solution, so it may help if your coral does have some sort of infection. Wish I could offer you more, I feel for you!
cyn
 
discusking

discusking

Member
I had this happen to my frogspawn coral. I don't know why, but it rotted to nothing. The mucus that came off of it sadly smothered my shrooms and they perished. Best of luck to u
 
discusking

discusking

Member
I had this happen to my frogspawn coral. I don't know why, but it rotted to nothing. The mucus that came off of it sadly smothered my shrooms and they perished. Best of luck to u
 
nm reef

nm reef

Active Member
I had this situation with my hammer several months ago....at the time it was approximately 10" of skeleton. I learned that it was probably RTN(rapid tissue necorisis) (sic)...long story short....I used a iodine dip and amputated the damaged area....its alive and well now but approximately 2/3 its origional size.....do a search on this site on hammer problems and you may find the thread from when mine was in trouble. I know it sounds drastic.....but it worked for mine!!!Research all you can before taking action...but do so quickly....RTN can and will destroy a healthy coral quick!!! Best of luck.... <img src="graemlins//confused.gif" border="0" alt="[confused]" />
 
pudd'ntang

pudd'ntang

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How often are you feeding it? and What? Sometimes they shrink do to high nitrates/amonina and low feedings.
 
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