needed advice on hammer

[Lester]

hi ...

got this hammer with me for almost a month liao but recently the side of the hammer is not expanding as it used too...( circle red in the pic ).. it only has one head. the other side is expanding big as usual.. is it slowly diying ??? wat is happening to it ????

pls advise ...

[Lester]

here is a close up on it

[Travy]

My guess would be that the particular brunch is not recieving as much light and flow...

Tried feeding?

[Tigger]

does hammer needs feeding?

[Lester]

My guess would be that the particular brunch is not recieving as much light and flow...

Tried feeding?

hi bro ...

nope haven tried feeding ... cos was told that tooo much feed will kill it ... .. it used to open as much as the otheer side .,,,,,,,

hmmm.... is it a serious case ??? will it die ???

cheers:P

[Lester]

hi bro ...

nope haven tried feeding ... cos was told that tooo much feed will kill it ... .. it used to open as much as the otheer side .,,,,,,,

hmmm.... is it a serious case ??? will it die ???

cheers:P

ups ..

anyone can help me ???

cheers

[Sapient]

Usu hammer are quite hardy - it is usu affected by a few parameter - namely high nitrate ( > 30 ppm), temp (28 degreeswould be ideal ) and lighting (strong lights not needed generally 150W should suffice but I have try with 250W ... no ill effect though )

Hope it helps.

[kokhui]

bro,

Do you notice any white "smoke" kind of stuff coming out og your hammer?

[Gouldian]

Usu hammer are quite hardy - it is usu affected by a few parameter - namely high nitrate ( > 30 ppm), temp (28 degreeswould be ideal ) and lighting (strong lights not needed generally 150W should suffice but I have try with 250W ... no ill effect though )

Hope it helps.

I agree with sapient, the euphyllia species are good indicators of your water condition.

I suggest you start looking at all aspects of your water condition and rectify it at the root.

[Lester]

bro,

Do you notice any white "smoke" kind of stuff coming out og your hammer?

hi bro ..

nope .. didn't notice any white smoke coming out ..

it just tat the camel shrimp is always beside the hammer .. could it be the cause ???

cheers

[Lester]

Usu hammer are quite hardy - it is usu affected by a few parameter - namely high nitrate ( > 30 ppm), temp (28 degreeswould be ideal ) and lighting (strong lights not needed generally 150W should suffice but I have try with 250W ... no ill effect though )

Hope it helps.

hi bro..

hmmm nitrate is < 30.... my octo is doing well ... wat could be the other reasons ??

[Nickel]

I agree with above observations to check nitrate, temperature and lighting.

From you pic, that portion seemed to be shielded from light. You want to try tilting it abit to ensure lights reaches all of them. Some water flow is beneficial to the hammers too.

Hope above helps.

[kokhui]

it just tat the camel shrimp is always beside the hammer .. could it be the cause ???

Lester, I read that camel shrimp are not reef safe. Your thoughts?

[Lester]

Lester, I read that camel shrimp are not reef safe. Your thoughts?

Hi...

i finally found the murderer of my hammer liao ... it is one of my camel shrimp .. thanks bro ... actually saw it last night.. having it buffet ...

going to remove all the rocks.... to catch the 3 little fellow... out

alot for the help provided...

cheers

[Lester]

Hmmmm..........

suddenly realise that to remove all the rocks just to catch the litlle devil is alot of work... shit.......... %$@$%^

anyone have better idea of catching the 3 little devils ????

below is my rocks layout... :S

[damienkee]

mayb put some prawn meat in a bottle, and when u realise they go into the bottle, move the bottle out!

hope this help!!!

[Lester]

hii...

thanks for all the help and coments pls advice given ... finally caught the 3 little devils ... plus 2 psiton shrimps.. plus lots of little crabs ...

Cheers

[gothia]

i think u take hell a long time to fish them out..anyway they are not reef safe..

used to have 4 ... but they never done any harm to my corals..( when it is well fed )

jus sharing my experience..