lps question

[FlexLuthor]

OK, I have some hammer and frogspawn coral.
about 3 weeks ago i re did the work work in my tank and since then they don't look as lush. They no longer extend fully out and look pretty sad now. Do they need more time or do i have to find a new place for them.
Two of the hammer coral heads seem to be dying

 

[marrone]

I would check your levels, as you may have cause a little spike by moving things around. Also run some carbon, as it's possible that some sponges may have died when you moved the rocks around. I would also check the water movement, some LPS don't like a lot of flow, which may cause them to not open fully.

 

[FlexLuthor]

how long should i give it after that?, other than the two heads of hammer (they are lower, and not getting as much light i think) the rest of coral seems fine. I am running carbon, and fuge as well.

 

[basiab]

Either they are getting a different flow or different light than they used to. Corals don't like to be moved even if things stay the same. I have many different ones now and it seems that water movement is the bigger issue. I would put it in place and wait 3 days and if it didn't open well then I moved it either to more movement or less. Each one has different preference. You just have to experiment and hopefully find the right place before it dies on you. I have one hammer that open really nice and there is almost no flow. I have 2 torches near each other and one loves it and the other wants less flow so I put a shell in the way to lessen the flow.

 

[kidninja]

or if you have sand that would def piss them off if they had some contact

 

[FlexLuthor]

the two heads of the hammer did drop in sand. they're not looking food, some exposed skeleton now. the rest of it seems fine. ok so now the frogspawn is starting to extend. How much longer shoudl i give this?

 

[SnarfCat]

maybe you just got a bad piece.

 

[basiab]

If they improve from day to day where they are then leave them there.

 

[FlexLuthor]

naa ive had these for a awhile...
started with 2 heads and now im up to 6

 

[CONSTANTNE]

Have you done a water change since moving things around? Like others say, coral dont like being moved around but they should have bounced back. I say it has to do more with parameters than light/flow unless they are getting pounded by a powerhead.

 

[ryangrieder]

my torch use to do this when there was not enough flow on them... once the flow was increased, back to normal they went.

 

[FlexLuthor]

actually everything seems to be opening on its own now.....sweet!

 

[CONSTANTNE]

actually everything seems to be opening on its own now.....sweet!

Glad everything is fine

 

[FlexLuthor]

oh boy, so now withint the last two days the same two heads are receding and in addition one seems to be releasing some sort of filament