opparation save hamer coral!!!

brewski4u1

brewski4u1

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welll i went to the LFS and a saw a hammer coral( it was labled as a tourch!) in the we have deing coral tank! was going for 70 w/ 50% off and offered the owner 10 and he said it was mine! i felt so bad to see this amazing coral die so i bouught it in hopes i can save it!
its been in my tank for over 5 hours now and already look way better then it did in the store! so i'm hoping i can save it! i'll post pic in the afternoon tomm cause i've been drinking and dont feel like takin the time! (dam dial up) but still its looking really well! i did dip in ro to kill anything that could harm my tank! just cause it came w/ a monster gorrila crab(yikes~
who is living in my qt for now! )
if anyone can give me tips on how to special treat this that would be awsome!
pics will be up tomm with day after pics!
 
R

rcreations

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You should feed it some meaty stuff at night. I feed my hammer coral small pieces of silverside once a week.
 
brewski4u1

brewski4u1

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thanks i'll give that a try tonight! as well as pics will be up when i get home from work! anything else i could try to help this guy out!
 
spanko

spanko

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Euphyllia are photosynthetic coral. The get most of their energy from light. They don't really need to be fed but will thrive with a little once in a while. For a new Torch I would let it sit for a week or so to acclimate to it's new surroundings before target feeding it. It will take some of the food from the water column when you feed your fish. Especially since you said it was looking better since it got into your tank. Let it sit for a while and see how it does. Post a picture if you can.
 
brewski4u1

brewski4u1

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this was about 5 hours after in my tank!

this is today after about a hour of pc's in about 45 my Mh will come on so i'll take another pic w/ mh once ther on for a bit!

right now i have it in the sand bed in a low flow area! so we will see how it goes!
and am i right its a hammer not a tourch as they had it labled?
 
littlebuck

littlebuck

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It looks like an anchor really. pretty much the same thing but the anchor has rounded tips.
I think it looks pretty good. yes there is a dead spot in the middle but thats from something falling on it and killing it off.
I feed my scrolling anchor every few days. It looked like urs when i 1st got it with the dead spots but now u cant even tell it was damaged.
Good luck and nice find.
 
snakeblitz33

snakeblitz33

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check your water parameters and make sure that you have some good flow. You might want to add some sort of liquid vitamin to the water, it wouldn't hurt. Also, what is your water change schedule?
What type of lighting do you have? What do you currently feed it? Do you feed phytoplankton?
 
sharkbait9

sharkbait9

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You can defiantly save that. Feed it krill, silversides and a mix of mysis and baby brine and daphnia, that’s what I use to save adopted coral, Let it circulate on the tank. If you water chemistry is good and you don’t shock it with stronger lights, it will bounce back stronger.
Good luck, it looks great so far.
Do you know what the LFS did to it first off? Was it stung, chemical war, bad lights, water chemistry wrong?
I ask this because a lfs by me are such idiots and have no clue about coral placment and i buy a lot of their coral at 50-60% off when let coral start to die off.
 
brewski4u1

brewski4u1

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water is perfect!! 000 across the board! water changes are 5 gallons a week on a 30 gallon tank! lights are 250 Mh and dual 55w Pc i dose the tank every other day w/ DT's i get my ro and salt water from the LFS and make them test it in front of me! salt w/ a refractormeter and ro with the dts or what ever its called sorrry have been drinking again!!
wont buy it unless its perfect!
 
beth

beth

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I just love it when hobbyists do rescues. We should all commit to doing this sort of thing.
 
brewski4u1

brewski4u1

Member
Allmost 2 weeks later and the hamer or what ever it is called is looking soo much better gettin great extension and the color is coming in nicely!

anothe question i have is if i place this near another coral will it sting and kill it if left there?
well here are some updated pics!


and just for looks here is my huge frogspawn i got it w/ 3 heads a yeear ago not its has like 8 ! i'm gonn have to frag it soon or its gonna take over my tank!
 
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