Can your hammer do this?

Reef Bass said:
Question - has anyone noticed how to influence the color ratio on bicolor hammers? When I got this hammer over a year ago, it had two branches and only one branch had heads with green tipped tentacles . That has continued to this day where all new heads have followed that pattern.
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My LFS has a colony that looks just like yours. About 1/3 of the polyps have the splash paint green tips and the remainder of the polyps are that dark purple.
 
I was unaware also that the branching ones had a different nomenclature. Need to go to my Flickr account & change the name for my branching hammer LOL.
 
That "bubble" is normal when the head is splitting. It's not actually a tentacle that is inflated, but more like the "skin" of the coral... It might last for a few days.

That latter picture is parancora, as you guys already said :)
It is totally different species than ancora. Ancora is the easiest to identify with yeayamaensis IMO.

I'm a fan of the Euphyllia corals, and currently I have 6 different species :)
Ancora, 2 different Parancoras, Paradivisa, Glabrescens and Yeayamaensis. I just cant get enough of these...
Here is a video of my yeayamaensis :)
It really does not show in the video, but it's big! The heads are more than 2" each. I have two of those. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9LOllIbKUI&feature=plcp
 
I will see if Ben ( n0rk ) can post some new photos for me , He posted some of my old tank on the Ultra , Ultra LPS , page 17 post # 416 , I am hopeless at computers , I have some new hammers , which i am sure you would like to see :)
I am good friends with the Divers / Collectors , here in Queensland Australia , so i get to check out the corals before they go overseas , I am always on the look out for the unusual / one off pieces :inlove:
 
At a local LFS here they had a branching bubble coral. That was the first time I had ever sen a branching one. I wanted to buy it, but don't have any room. Someone finally snatched it up. Has anyone else seen one of those?
 
Never seen a branching bubble , we are not allowed to import corals into Australia , Might be from Indonesia , However i do have 3 bubble corals , 1 x pink , 1 x green , 1 x Blue , i have heard of Tri colour Bubbles from Darwin , in the Northern Territory , i will try to find one :beer:
 
I had one in like 2001-02 that was called a chocolate bubble coral, it pretty much looked the color of light chocolate milk. Sadly it didn't last long because I didn't know it needed way less light & I gave it way too much.
 
SushiGirl said:
So what is the difference between Paradivisa & Glabrescens?
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They are different species :)
Glabrescens is the "torch coral". It has reeeeally long tentacles, and it basically looks like a torch, hence the name ;)

I have never heard about a branching bubble coral... Are you sure it was actually a bubble coral (Physogyra & Plerogyra)?
Like Euphyllia, the bubble corals don't like too intense lighting. They'll do better in a bit shady place... I have a Physogyra lichtensteini, and it does really well in the sandbed under a "bridge".
 
Rapide said:
They are different species :)
Glabrescens is the "torch coral". It has reeeeally long tentacles, and it basically looks like a torch, hence the name
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Well, yeah LOL. But when I googled each I couldn't tell any difference between the two from the images that came up, I mostly meant physical differences that I could tell while standing in a store since stuff is misidentified on the internet & in stores.

Rapide said:
I have never heard about a branching bubble coral... Are you sure it was actually a bubble coral (Physogyra & Plerogyra)?
Like Euphyllia, the bubble corals don't like too intense lighting. They'll do better in a bit shady place... I have a Physogyra lichtensteini, and it does really well in the sandbed under a "bridge".
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Yes, it definitely was. One of these days I'll remember that I have a camera phone when I see stuff like that, but you can find it in google. It was a white one. If I ever see another I'm grabbing it & making room for it, especially if it's pink LOL.

Since getting back into the hobby this time, I've read that the "chocolate" bubble corals were likely collected in cave like areas. I wish I had had that info then.
 
:) Glabrescens is green/brownish, sometimes really dark or bright green. Is has these balls in the tips of the tantacles that are usually white/light green.
Paradivisa has shorter tentacles, and the balls in the tips aren't as round as the glabrescens', more like oval shaped. Paradivisa comes in more colors than glabrescens. It's hard to put in words, but if I see a glabrescens I can tell ;)

I'm so gonna get this branching bubble coral! If you see one, buy it! :D
It looks great!! (Google)
Thanks for the idea!!
 
Rapide said:
:) Glabrescens is green/brownish, sometimes really dark or bright green. Is has these balls in the tips of the tantacles that are usually white/light green.
Paradivisa has shorter tentacles, and the balls in the tips aren't as round as the glabrescens', more like oval shaped. Paradivisa comes in more colors than glabrescens. It's hard to put in words, but if I see a glabrescens I can tell ;)

I'm so gonna get this branching bubble coral! If you see one, buy it! :D
It looks great!! (Google)
Thanks for the idea!!
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Cool, thank you!

I'll definitely get the next branching bubble I see...well, unless it's a huge $300 colony LOL.
 
Do you guys ever see the Frogsporn x Hammers ? , picked up a really nice one on the weekend , Will try to get some photos , They have both the hammer ends and the frogsporn tips on the same coral :beer:
 
Rapide
What type of lighting do you use on your Euphyllias ? i run ATI powermodules on a 7 ft x 2.5 x 2.5 starfire tank , the colours look awsome on a black substrate :thumbsup:
 
My boyfriend found a place selling branching bubbles for $20 with 3 or 4 heads & we'll have our new 20L fully set up tomorrow, so hopefully I'll be getting one soon when the tank is ready! Yay!
 
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