Hammer infected. Acro and Poci , part of elegance died -- how to treat?

[FishPersonFL]

Hi
My fish expert friend easily said my hammer is infected. He didnt offer what to treat with though, etc. He said to cut up whats left to try to salvage, which makes sense.
But since other corals have also died, unrelated genus, succh as poci that was unkillable for many years and a small head of my elegance (the other remains fine so far) and the one acro I had (small). All this within a week of each other. I want to kill whatever it is in the tank. But also to get rid of the chemical after it's done.
Only thing that helps right now at all is very big water changes.
What can I treat tank with.. And I need it very fast if I can save the hammer -- had since 2017 and has grown more than 10x over since.
TY!

 

[KrisReef]

Detached polyps are not a disease that is treated with any medications. People used to say it was because of poor water quality?

I would recommend cleaning the tank and replacing a lot of the water and hope for the best.

 

[JGT]

The problem you are going to face is that is a wall hammer. Not easy to cut without damaging tissue and causing infection which can kill the whole colony. It’s why people tend to go with branching hammers.

 

[FishPersonFL]

Detached polyps are not a disease that is treated with any medications. People used to say it was because of poor water quality?

I would recommend cleaning the tank and replacing a lot of the water and hope for the best.

yes, it's what I been doing. Only thing I can think though affected my tank water qual is several months ago my contractor was doing a lot of work in my apt, new kitchen, and a lot of debris got in the water. I been making large water changes every 2 months approx since. Each time is a better longer positive effect. Debris must be in the rocks etc. Maybe slowly change out the rockwork as well?
I just did 40% yesterday. I was going to do (it's a 60 gallon tank) 10 gals every 1-2 days 7 times over. I'd change ALL of it at once, but my right shoulder is recovering from surgery and can barely use it. the 25 gallons last night took about 3 hours compared to 1 hour before.

 

[FishPersonFL]

I cut it up. had to throw away 90% of it. one segment ended up being it's own separate 'head'. that one was easy and healthiest. The other I had to cut live tissue :-/ . But all three are doing well, it's been 2 days. Crossed fingers. Was upseting throwing away the rest esp since it was still alive. Nothing else I could do. I'm going to keep on doing water changes 10 gallons every few days. Stop after 2 weeks. Then prob again when neeeded. Hopefuly by end of year I'll have diluted enough whatever has contaminated my rocks/tank (if thats what caused this). We'll see