Frogspawn and Branching Hammer Growth Journal

[~RuSh~]

I hadn't realized just how fast these two actually grow until I was browsing through some pics from a week ago. It's crazy how much they change in just a week given the proper environment. So I thought I'd share pics as often as I can showing their growth and progression. Here's a few pics to get started.

Hammer - Sunday, March 13th 2011

Hammer - Monday, March 21st 2011

Frogspawn - Sunday, March 13th 2011

Frogspawn - Monday, March 21st 2011

 

[BFG]

I believe growth is measured by their increase in skeleton, not by their polyp inflating. I might be wrong though.

 

[y0ung0ne]

wow nice looking pieces nice growth as well.

 

[~RuSh~]

I believe growth is measured by their increase in skeleton, not by their polyp inflating. I might be wrong though.

Yeah, that would probably be a more solid definition of growth since the polyps and tentacles shrink and inflate all the time... but the frogspawn has a lot of extending to do yet so I think there is growth left to do in the polyps as well.

 

[~RuSh~]

wow nice looking pieces nice growth as well.

Thanks.

 

[~RuSh~]

Hammer: Monday April 4th 2011

Frogspawn: Monday, April 4th 2011

 

[y0ung0ne]

wow yours are looking great. glad to see so much growth hope mine will do the same.

 

[THuffstetler]

Don't let them touch they will kill each other man.

 

[RokleM]

Don't let them touch they will kill each other man.

Maybe. The 'frogspawn' actually looks like a partial hybrid. I see a little torch, little hammer, little frogspawn in it. So, it could play nice with other euphyllia (like hammer and frogspawns typically do) or have a NASTY sting (like torches sometimes do).

Good call out to look for fighting, but not a guarantee what so ever either.

 

[~RuSh~]

I probably will be moving them apart... not only for the possibility of them stinging each other (which hasn't happened yet - knock on wood) but just because they grow so fast, and will likely be the largest two pieces I have. But thanks for the heads up.

 

[jwoyshnar]

Don't let them touch they will kill each other man.

All of mine touch and have without issue for quite along time now. I have frogspawn touching two different types of hammer and two different kinds of torch.

 

[Friday Night]

Amazing log/pics :smokin:

 

[~RuSh~]

Thanks!

 

[Raven1645]

Hey, those look amazing!

I'm sorry to bother but what are the scientific names for those, are they lethal to fish and what type of light do you use?

Thanks alot!

 

[~RuSh~]

Thanks.

Frogspawn (Euphyllia divisa)
Branching Hammer (Euphyllia parancora)

As stated, there are hybrids, and many different variations of Frogspawn, Hammer, and branching varieties.

My lighting is a 4x 24watt Aquatic life Fixture.

 

[Raven1645]

Alright, thanks very much !

Keep up the brilliant work!

 

[~RuSh~]

Thursday, April 14 2011

 

[Lynnmw1208]

very nice! I hope to see similar growth in mine

 

[~RuSh~]

Taken tonight 5/6/11

Frogspawn:

Hammer:

 

[RotaryGeek]

I bought a branching hammer from a local reefer that had two heads, within the last 6 months it's up to 7 heads. Almost grapefruit size now, from golfball when I got it.