A nice piece to a tiny piece. What a shame. I glues the receeding pieces behind it in hopes it will come back to life. The first initial receeded piece I frag onto a plug looks like its still alive.

http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/...ps06e0fad6.jpg

Yes I've been running carbon Brad. Got about 1-2 cups in my sump in a mesh bag. Changes it 2 weeks or so ago. Some ppl told me I shouldn't be putting the already fully recessed frags in the same system as my DT. True?

At this point I'd just sit back and see what happens. The acro will live, or not. Playing around with it too much could cause more problems than it could fix. I would personally remove the receded pieces, they aren't going to do much but slough off the rest of the tissue into the tank.

Should I give my hammer a revive dip? It's excreting its guts a bit

I'd just leave it for now. Annoying it further probably won't help. See what it does ever night.

I'd change the carbon tonight and possibly keep changing it every few days until things calm down
I say this as your current carbon is weeks old and only in a bag (passive)
And even if you had a reactor for the carbon, I'd still suggest changing it until things calm down

At the very least, keep up with some WCs and you should see a turn around

Does the hammer have any brown jelly looking stuff on the heads? Google brown jelly disease to see pics of what it looks like if you're not sure.

It's just waste. Just do water changes and sit and wait. The more you fiddle the longer it'll take. Patience

I don't believe I saw any brown jelly stuff but it did excrete things with its mouth wide open like this a few hours before I did my 50% WC

http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/...ps529f7438.jpg

I will change my carbon tomorrow and prob do another 50% WC on sat. I will leave my hammer alone for now. No dip. How often am I supposed to change carbon? I'm getting mixed inputs. 6 weeks or 6 months?

I would change carbon monthly as a regular schedule. 6 months is silly :)