Yo, WTF is my hammer coral doing?!? HELP? .. PICS

Discussion in 'LPS Corals' started by mario8402, Feb 26, 2007.

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  1. jtReef

    jtReef Ritteri Anemone

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    you can if you wish. I just make sure every few days when I feed that some food hits the hammer. Usually the food sticks so your good to go. Most of the feeding this coral needs is supplied by the light.
     
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  3. mario8402

    mario8402 Fire Shrimp

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    Thanks for the info jtreef. I took this hammer out of my tank shortly after posting the pics. I didnt want all its crap floating everywhere. Someone mentioned that they get diseases.. is this common, normal, true??
     
  4. Stingray

    Stingray Blue Ringed Angel

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    What is meant by this the coral turning white, got me worried some of my frogspawn tips are turning white?
     
  5. geekdafied

    geekdafied 3reef Sponsor

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    The pic in question is either "poopin" or releasing its zooanthellae. When corals bleach, they're releasing the zooanthellae in them(brownish goo)
     
  6. Stingray

    Stingray Blue Ringed Angel

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    no goo the purple tips have just turned white colour 4 of them...so far.
     
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    geekdafied 3reef Sponsor

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    Werent you having other problems last week or something like that?
     
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  9. Stingray

    Stingray Blue Ringed Angel

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    lol yeah, just don't understand if the tips are suppose to be purple, why are they white, must be something wrong.....