Injured Hammer

[Miles]

I was treating my flatworm problem last night and while siphoning out flatworms (and performing a water change) I accidentally sucked up a couple heads on my hammer.  As far as I can tell nothing detached... but the the heads are retracted still after 24 Hrs. Do you think it will recover?

[Twizted1]

I think it will be fine. Give it a couple of days. Just be more careful with it in the future.

[Wall_Tank]

It should be fine.   Most flatworms aren't really a problem.

[Neogenesis]

Worst case, they die and your hammer will grow back in to cover the hole.  You shouldn't have anything to worry about though.

[Andrew]

I did the exact same thing a few weeks back with my neon green hammer. Wasn't paying attention doing a water change and looked down in the bucket and saw all these green flakes and looked up and I took out a couple heads. They are almost back to normal now and healed. Just a little deformed looking still.

[volcano]

IME, they seem to recover very well.  I had a skeleton with zero to no growth.  6 months later it is a huge colony needing fragged.  I think you will be fine.  Best of Luck!

[THE MAD REEFER]

not trying to highjack here but i have the total oposite going on with mine where their sticking way out of the skeloton by 2-3" and its a small frag i got 2 months ago, been doing this ever since i got it

water is where its supposed to be across the board and rest of coarls are fine, sps, lps, etc....

is this normal or is it starving for something???

[Neogenesis]

If it's a hammer it sounds like it healthy and ready to grow.  Post up some pics, that's the best way for us to help.

[lazylivin]

Increasing flow will draw in those territorial super charged tentacles

[Miles]

UPDATE: The hammer is on its way to a 100% recovery...