anchor: wall vs. branching

[SDguy]

bad bad FLASHED pic (washed out) colors are off.

here it is semi closed... so you can see the split heads.

i can make it retract even more... and u will see flesh between each head (denoting its not a wall)...but this pic should be good enough for now.

I have an aussie pink one that I think is similar to yours. While the skeleton is not a continuous wall, like a classic wall hammer, it certainly isn't like the tubular "stalks" of a classic Euphyllia parancora. It's almost like a half and half, the wall being pinched and separated at regular intervals. I wonder what species it would be classified as?

 

[dan10342]

I have an aussie pink one that I think is similar to yours. While the skeleton is not a continuous wall, like a classic wall hammer, it certainly isn't like the tubular "stalks" of a classic Euphyllia parancora. It's almost like a half and half, the wall being pinched and separated at regular intervals. I wonder what species it would be classified as?

ive seen the "pinched"/figure 8 hammers. i think they are classified as ANCORA walls. (you pink hammer is probably an ancora or a figure 8 hammer)

Mine is DEF parancora. the heads are fully separated... and they WILL have stalks. (when i got it from the LFS.. it was split in half with another employee. we both got a stalk. (there were 2 separate heads/stalks). the single head i got in july just hasnt split enough to see the actual long stalks.

 

[wrasseguy2]

i have had this wall for almost 5 years when i got it it was so tiny..i spot feed it once a week i have had two others and they did quite well for me but have found that the branching are a little easier to care for..i had a couple bouts of brown jelly but that was early on..these pics are a year or two old i need to get some new ones i just forget about it been there for so long

 

[SDguy]

ive seen the "pinched"/figure 8 hammers. i think they are classified as ANCORA walls. (you pink hammer is probably an ancora or a figure 8 hammer)

Mine is DEF parancora. the heads are fully separated... and they WILL have stalks. (when i got it from the LFS.. it was split in half with another employee. we both got a stalk. (there were 2 separate heads/stalks). the single head i got in july just hasnt split enough to see the actual long stalks.

Ah, I see. Very cool. It will be neat to see such a parancora as it grows up. Hopefully it grows as fast as the regular one, so I can get a frag from you in the near future

 

[dan10342]

Ah, I see. Very cool. It will be neat to see such a parancora as it grows up. Hopefully it grows as fast as the regular one, so I can get a frag from you in the near future

thanks.

upon further thinking about it...

is there such a thing as a hybrid hammer?

(the disk is 3 inches in diameter)

while transferring stuff from my old tank to my new tank, i successfully got the hammer to fully close up. i realized the heads on this hammer are indeed larger than any branching hammer ive seen... yet it obviously isnt an ANCORA hammer either...

branching wall hammer?

 

[SDguy]

ooo, nice. I think I need that frag

 

[100%hydrophylic]

dan10342, i have a frag that looks like that and is about the same size, except the heads are green and not yellow. when it is open it is soo expanded i cant even see the skeleton, it just looks like the flesh is growing out of the disk its on. my lfs said it was just a branching hammer though....

 

[frankyrivera]

My branching hammer grew very fast

 

[frankyrivera]

But my wall hammer has been the same size for about a year now

 

[ReefCowboy]

my branching hammer has semi curly tips

*i know i overexposed the pic... i apologize if it hurts your eyes*

Had to put sunglasses on to look at this piece. Looks like the sun itself

 

[Fish Biscuit]

I had an orange wall hammer that looked great for 9 months & slowly went downhill lasting maybe a little more than a year. I think my wall frogspawn may be on the way out now after about 3 years.

I won't get another wall euphyllia, every other one I have now is branching. IME the branching hammers grow much faster.

 

[oldsalt1987]

Wall hammer

Wall hammer

I have a wall that I got from a friend, some of it died before I got it but it's has since recovered I have it about 8 months and I have seen growth

 

[Fishy 1]

My branching hammer grew very fast

That looks awesome

 

[Greyson]

my branching hammer has semi curly tips

*i know i overexposed the pic... i apologize if it hurts your eyes*

Dat Gold Hammer

 

[BayouCityReefer]

I've had zero luck with wall hammers. As far as branching, they pop new heads about every two months. Gone from 2 heads to 14 in a year.