Hammer dying?

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Hello! I have my hammer. Everything was good but today I realized is bleaching and dying. Yesterday it was and it looked very healthy but I have a clownfish (the one that has just 1 white line head to tail) and he was bothered my hammer and my Duncan. I think he stressed my hammer and today look this way. Any recommendation? He is going to survive?

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What are your parameters? How old is the tank and how long have you had the hammer? How is flow and lighting? This coral does not look good at all. Assuming parameters are good I would move it to a low flow area of the sandbed ASAP and spot feed it as much as possible.
 
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can you post your tank params and other tank mates besides the clowns?
July 23 parameters

Sal: 1.025 SG
O2: 8mg/L
PO4: 0.01 ppm
NO3: 1.9 ppm
Ph: 8.0
Alk: 9.3 dKh
Ca: 450 ppm
Mg: 1470 ppm.

I have 2 oscellaris, 1 ultra baby blue hippo, 1 scopas tang, 1 baby diamond goby, 1 baby blenny, 1 royal gramma, 1 orchid dottyback and 1 six lane wrasse
 
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What are your parameters? How old is the tank and how long have you had the hammer? How is flow and lighting? This coral does not look good at all. Assuming parameters are good I would move it to a low flow area of the sandbed ASAP and spot feed it as much as possible.
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July 23 parameters

Sal: 1.025 SG
O2: 8mg/L
PO4: 0.01 ppm
NO3: 1.9 ppm
Ph: 8.0
Alk: 9.3 dKh
Ca: 450 ppm
Mg: 1470 ppm.

I’m pretty sure is by the clownfish I literally saw him in the exactly moment he bothered the hammer and hammer closed like this
 

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man i hope he lives, but that lower head is no bueno any time i had a euphy look that bad they never come back
 

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Flow: lights:

July 23 parameters

Sal: 1.025 SG
O2: 8mg/L
PO4: 0.01 ppm
NO3: 1.9 ppm
Ph: 8.0
Alk: 9.3 dKh
Ca: 450 ppm
Mg: 1470 ppm.

I’m pretty sure is by the clownfish I literally saw him in the exactly moment he bothered the hammer and hammer closed like this
do u have an anemone in there? if not i would buy one or get rid of clowns, i have had them kill a duncan b4 b/c they would not stop hosting
 

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A receding flesh band is not good and it has been on downward spiral for awhile. A declining hammer can go many weeks in decline before it affects its appearance. Your nutrient are extremely low causing it to starve. I think there is a decent chance of bringing at least the large head back. Get phosphate up to.05-1 and nitrate up to 10-15. Place it moderate par and flow and spot with mysis a couple times a week. Best of luck.
 

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