Hammer Coral not happy with LEDs

[dc4]

I run mine at 100% and everything in my tank is great, including the hammer. Even when the hammer was half way up the tank, it was still opening fully so I doubt it's the lights.

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[tang daddy]

I would say that the 60w Cree eshine don't have super great coverage, however when I first got my DIY led from rapid running on my 75, I definately bleached my flower anemone and toasted a few encrusting monti and all my digi, also never seen stylos bleach so bad. Its true what others have said, they don't look bright to the eye and you definately can't match intensity by looking at your tank. I had to turn my LEDs down to 50% which looks dim but colours are coming back now... Lesson learned these crees have superior penetration and par.

[Gripenfelter]

I moved the hammer down 12" so we'll see today how it does. Rest of my corals are fine. Just the hammer that is unhappy.

[shootingstar]

If it is just the hammer that is unhappy then it might be something else.

I have a hammer in my DT under Sol Blue's that is very happy.

I have the same light (eshine 60w/3w cree's) on my frag tank and the hammer frags were happy and grew huge in there as well.

Perhaps the hammer just needs more time to adjust, or maybe the change in flow (old tank to new tank) is ticking it off.

[Lampshade]

My hammer has been the longest battle in recovery so far in my tank. Fully bleached SPS has come back faster than my hammer. I noticed low flow and low light have been helping, but still nowhere near the giant ball it used to be. I'll be watching to see what you do that works, hopefully mine can follow.