Hammer coral retracted

[stetan]

I was moving my Hammer Coral to another location and accidently touched one of the heads. The head retracted and have not extend. Its already been close to 3 days. The other heads are find. Any advice ?

[DottyClown]

That's strange.  I've touched my Octo, Torch and Hammer before.  But they usually open again within same day.  Was it a gentle touch, or was it rough and injured it?

[stetan]

gentle touch.

[leejwa]

It could be due to sting by other coral. Try shift it to another location and see if it get better?

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[stetan]

Yesterday when I went back, the other 2 heads also started receding.  Did a 20% water change and shifted the hammer to a lower light lower flow location.

Checked this morning, situation does not seem good.........anything else I can do ?

 

All my other corals including 2 other hammers are doing fine...

[tuajia]

Try doing an iodine dip, sounds like a potential infection due to contact

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[stetan]

Try doing an iodine dip, sounds like a potential infection due to contact

 

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I have Coralrx.  Will this do ? or must I dip in iodine ( where do I get it?)

[tuajia]

I'm not familiar with coral rx so I'm not sure. Should be ok, better than nothing. There's reef iodine available commercially also.

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[sharonleong]

How does iodine dip works?

[Harlequinmania]

Iodine serve as a disinfection and helps in healing of corals tissue.

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[sharonleong]

On 7/18/2016 at 2:06 PM, he said:

Iodine serve as a disinfection and helps in healing of corals tissue.

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What kind of iodine are you referring to?

[alexcyf]

Might be flatworm infestation

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