Hammer and Frogspawn Compatibility

[DaveJ]

These are two of my favorite corals and I recently added a 10" Wall Hammer from Dr Mac that is starting to adapt well to the tank and opening up well. I have the opportunity to add another Hammer from a local reefer who is breaking down her tank, its a branching Hammer though, nice lime green with pink tips.

Do you guys see any compatibility issues in tank?? Also placement. I know the feeders can extend quite a bit, but will these two differene species actually battle each other?? Placement isnt a problem since i have plenty of room to keep them apart, but knowing how close they can co-exist would help.

Also... I got a branching frogspawn in the same shipment from Dr Mac and the same reefer has a different species (coloration). The same questions above for the frogspawns.

Any insight or advice is greatly appreciated... Dave

 

[Alarmguy66]

I keep both in my tank, never have had any problems. I've asked the same question in the past and always have been told they are fine together. I think you are good to go.

 

[raoul]

From others experiences and reading this is what I found out (I only have one in the tank so this is not personal experience).

The different types of Euphyllia (branching or wall - frogspawn, hammer/anchor etc) are fine placed together. I recently read an article by E. Borneman and he cautioned against putting a torch coral (another Euphyllia) near the others though. He had noticed that this one, for whatever reason, did not play well with others in the family.

Good luck!

 

[kaserpick]

Hammers and Frogspawn in any combination are fine in my experience, but I've also heard to not put torches with the other two common euphyllias. Hope that helps!

 

[DaveJ]

yes it did thanks.. and I am happy to report they appear to be getting along together well.

 

[HydroMan]

I have a torch near a couple of frogspawns and the downstream frogspawn has been touched by the torch a couple of times. The torch hasn't killed the frogspawn but it looks slightly distressed on that side.

 

[wantsalotta]

my torches touch my spawns all the time, in fact, they are 3/4 of an inch apart at one point, with no stinging issues, which is what makes Euphyllia one ov my favorite genus.

 

[dendro982]

You mean, like this?

These are branching.