Thin and long hammer...why?

[patrick123]

I find that recently all my hammer corals are fully extended with thin and long tenticle instead of the fat fat one. This has been going on for about 1 month now. All other corals like bubble, button, zoo, mushrooms and anemone are ok.

Is there a trace element deficiency? I have been dosing the kent marine trace element.

Please advise.

Thanks,

Patrick

[Vinoth]

If the current is high, the tentacles will be thin and longer. Correct me if i am wrong

[patrick123]

Forgot to mention, could this be a sign of overskimming? I'm using a dual beckett skimmer right now.

[ReDDeviLs]

should be the current, dont think there is prob with the beckett..

wah dual sia.. hey bro i sold my h&s hehe.. sorry offtopic!

[FuEl]

Sounds like sweeper tentacles. They might be trying to sting something to make space available for future growth..

[typrobin]

1 particular piece of my hammers is also like tat, the other 2 pieces are alright...i think it shouldn't be much of a prob...maybe it is the elongated species..just like human, some are longer some are shorter, mine is just nice (6inches)....

i meant the hammer corals...

[patrick123]

Very strangle lay...they were not like that when I first bought them. They were thick, fat and short. Now a day, they are long and thin. Even the new hammer that I introduce recently is starting to become long and thin. It is not just the long sweeper tentacles but also the hammer itself.

Do you guys really think it is the wave? Coz I have 3xTunze running right now for my 6ft tank. I fear that if I reduce the flow, the cyano will come back.

Thanks,

Patrick

[JustinK]

should be the current, dont think there is prob with the beckett..

wah dual sia.. hey bro i sold my h&s hehe.. sorry offtopic!

experiencing the same thing with my hammer too, notice similarly that under strong current it tends to elongate while those further away from the current are more fat.. strange behaviour, but no harm done so far.

[dradttg]

I am experiencing the same thing with my frog spawn. I think it has to do with lightings.

The frog spawn that is extending a lot is partially block by another frog spawn branch.

[Vinoth]

Similar thread

http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/index.php?...ammer+tentacles

[ReDDeviLs]

wow 3xtunze..

i really think thats the reason lor.. mine frogspawn and hammer also like that..

[patrick123]

This is really a challenge since my anemone love the wave, but my frogspawn and hammer don't. So what should I do? Turn down the wave or what? Will it coz harm to the hammer and frogspawn under long term condtion of strong wave?

[ryz]

strong current will induce this phenomenon. as their tentacles get stretched... I think... leave it in a low flow area and it should return to norm.

[patrick123]

Thanks everyone for the advise. Since my hammer is pretty big and is in the middle of the tank, no way to move it so I will try to reduce the flow and see.