Do any of you have teal/blue hammers? Or know of who sells them?

[MetalReef9]

REEF AQUARIUM VOLUME 2. DELBECK & SPRUNG.
Hormigaaquatica already referenced it on page 457. The same blue hammer is in the opening pages of the book (larger pic). I have drooled over that blue hammer for years.

 

[Hormigaquatica]

It decided it wasnt going to open. *sigh* Ill try another one (if Im able to get another some day).

And yeah, if I can get another one to grow out, we will talk Hollback

 

[Kinetic]

i have a pale teal hammer. It's slightly translucent, and I thought it was just a bleached one. It's actually pretty awesome, but not radiant teal like you may be looking for. I'm going to take a picture this week =)

 

[MarineGirl411]

I'd love to see a picture. =)

 

[Underwaterparadise]

IMO it's all in the lighting and the photo. I have seen thousands of Eyuphyllia corals and have never seen (in person) a true Orange or a true blue one. Some of them can look teal with enough blue light and the fact that most peoples tanks are standard glass that has a green tint to it. That green tent can alter the color we see as well.

I would have to venture to say if there was indeed a true Orange or Blue that there would be frags for sale every where since they are a fast growing coral and would garner a lot of money for a frag!

Just my .02c

 

[Hormigaquatica]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11267385#post11267385 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Underwaterparadise

I would have to venture to say if there was indeed a true Orange or Blue that there would be frags for sale every where since they are a fast growing coral and would garner a lot of money for a frag!

Just my .02c

Well, I can guarantee you that true orange ones exist Ive seen 3, owned one (however briefly). Blue ones Im a bit more skeptical of, but who knows.

 

[Underwaterparadise]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11267488#post11267488 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Hormigaquatica
Well, I can guarantee you that true orange ones exist Ive seen 3, owned one (however briefly). Blue ones Im a bit more skeptical of, but who knows.

And you know for a fact it wasn't dyed???

 

[Hormigaquatica]

Yup, 100% positive none of them were dyed. Its only the tips that are orange- dye would affect the entire animal. It had the kind of "glow" that you only get from florescence proteins, not from dye.

 

[Underwaterparadise]

Ok now orange tips and an entire orange coral are 2 different things. I have seen several with orange tips!

 

[whosurcaddie]

Believe it or not liveaquaria had one in there divers den section once. I wanted to buy it so bad but my tank wasn't ready.

 

[whosurcaddie]

they had a blue one

 

[Mental1]

I don't really know what color you would call this but these pictures have not been touched up at all.

Here's my hammer under full lights:

And now under actinics:

 

[Mental1]

Not sure why the pics aren't showing up -- just my computer? Will try again ..

Full lights:

Actinics:

Hope this works ...Sorry if it showed up last time and this is a repeat.

 

[m2434]

Thanks Mental1 - cameras do pick up a lot of blue when the actinics are on. I would still call them green.

 

[landragon]

I'm about to buy a peach/orange Australian wall hammer. It is under quite a bit of blue light but I have shone a flashlight on it (incandescent , quite yellow) and confirmed it is peach and orange. I'm interested to see what it looks like under the KZ coral lights and Fiji purples I will post pics but not for a few days.

 

[Mental1]

So you are just looking for the color of the heads?

 

[acrouse]

MarineGirl411-you would find the thread called"Black Hammer w/Blue Tips" interesting. Sorry I do not know how to copy the thread to my post , but its currently on page 1 of this forum and was posted 12/01/07. It puts the famous picture myth to rest. Goes to show how pictures can be altered.

enjoy jolene

 

[coralite]

Any picture you see of a blue or blueish hammer coral is a case of the white balance being off when the picture was taken.

 

[Justin74]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10379815#post10379815 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Hormigaquatica
Check out page 457 in Sprung/Delbeek Reef Aquarium vol. 2. There is a photo pf a tank belonging to Ricardo Miozzo, in Brazil. That is the only photo of what appears to be a blue hammer that I have ever seen. (I love his whole tank, but that particular animal Really sticks out)

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11292689#post11292689 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RicardoMiozzo
So, here I am.
The Euphyllia from that pic was bought measuring around 4 inches. Typical "half moon" skeleton form. Couldn't see the color at the moment, 'cuz I got it straight from the importer inside the transport bag.
It took three days to fully expand the polyps, that were a very light and faint grey. I thought it was discoloration due to stress and it would eventually dye.
In a month or so, the coral got a little bit more grey, but still very light, and stayed like that for the rest of the time I had it. In three years, it had 15 inches and kept the same colour.
The blue showed in the picture is due to two 140 watt VHO blue bulbs from URI I had in the tank.
The colors in that picture are not so photoshoped as it seems. It is available on the 6th book of Alf Nilsen and Svein Fössa (released only in Germany). The picture was taken with a large format ( 6 x 6 ) professional camera, and it was "worked" to be printed in Germany.
I have never seen a really blue Euphyllia in my whole life, and as an importer in the past, I can tell you I've seen thousands of them.

And my response to Marinegirl's question 'why do people sell them as such?', probably because color is a very subjective thing; especially on ebay!



-Justin

 

[superfirefly]

This was sold to me as a teal Frogspawn.

It is mostly pinkish blue with teal tips