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It's definitely a frogspawn, and while they're similar to hammers being from the same genus, they're distinct species. Looks like it's gearing up to split soon.

Everything seems off. All the LPS corals I've added - elegance, torch, and bubble corals - were fully open for the first two-three days, but then they started to recede:

1. Elegance coral: fully retracted for the past 5 days
2. Bubble coral: not fully open, very small bubbles
3. Torch coral ...

VynoraL wrote: ↑Sun Mar 23, 2025 4:22 am When you mention freshwater, do you mean using RODI water for the dip?

I'd recommend using just RO water for the freshwater dip.

Wall hammers are notoriously tricky to keep long term, and infections are a major concern due to their poor recovery after being cut.

Looking at your parameters, I'd say the calcium level is a bit off at 360ppm - ideally, you want to be above 380, with 410-420 ppm being the sweet spot.

Also ...

hey all

ive got a decent setup goin on, 140L tank, t5 high glow light, aquaclear70, fluval205, heater and all that jazz, plus a few corals and mushrooms to keep things interesting

ive currently got 3 green chromis and 3 yellowtail damsels, plus a clean up crew to keep the tank tidy

im thinkin of ...

My duncan coral's got brown spots and markings now. Had a gobi fish in the tank, and I couldn't find him for days - that's nothing new, he hides a lot. But since my duncan's started spotting, I'm worried. What should I do to help it?


Bleached coral needs to be moved down, into low light ...

the green weed could be due to excess light causing algae growth, worth lookin into that before addin another tang

Hey all,

so i just got a hammer coral and some zoanthids from a local saltwater store the other day. they looked awesome in the store, but after acclimating them and adding them to my 24 gallon nano-cube, they're not opening up like i thought they would. one of my zoanthids is about 70-80% open ...

My open brain coral's really struggling - the skeleton's exposed and it's refusing food. No sweeper tentacles at night anymore, just nothing. I gave it a Coral RX dip recently, got a couple bristle worms out of it, but that's about it. Parameters are all in check: Temp's 79, Salinity's 1.024, and ...

I got rid of my cleaner shrimp, banished him to the sump for now until I can return him to the LFS. He wreaked havoc on my acan. That sneaky shrimp would wait till I was out of sight, even after the food was gone, then swoop in and raid the acan's stomach, making off with all the food and causing ...