Let's see your Hammer Corals

[ConcreteReefer]

little overkill on the actinics, sorry

 

[55semireef]

bump for the hammer coral thread.

 

[roader247]

I know I already posted this coral but I thought this was a good picture so here it is again

Mark

 

[JTEAGUE]

Here is mine it's under 230 watts power compact.

 

[55semireef]

Very nice!

 

[r00onmac]

wall hammer

its even a little sucked in here... only the 2nd day in the tank... it looked much better today already

 

[acrouse]

very, very nice pictures everyone! How much flow do hammers need. And how do you tell if there is too much flow for them in the tank?

thanks jolene

 

[55semireef]

I always thought that hammers needed low to moderate flow. I could be wrong. Lets se what others have to say.

 

[WendyMc]

That has been my experience, too. They should have some indirect flow around them to carry away wastes, but you know it's too much flow if it indents the tentacles, or the hammer refuses to extend all the way. It would look sort of like it is being smashed against its own skeleton. You should get it from a place that it is happy & fully extended in so you will know exactly what to watch for as it acclimates to your system.

 

[StunnaShadez]

im curious, how do they grow? do they just simply grow BIGGER? or do they grow more branches? i know its a bit of a newbie question

 

[WendyMc]

The wall hammers simply grow bigger, adding skeleton & tentacles. The branching split the heads on their big branches to become 2 smaller ones which eventually grow to adult size. I think that's called fission.

 

[acrouse]

As far as flow goes-I have seen hammers that have very little flow and the tentacles stay grouped together, and then I have seen others with more flow where the tentacles sway constantly and are going all different directions.
I assume the pictures in the thread all have flow turned off for the picture, however that is what I mean when I say the tentacles are grouped together. Is this how they should look in the tank? (more or less)-Or should there be enough flow to spread all the tentacles apart?

thanks for the information
jolene

 

[WendyMc]

IME they seem to like their tentacles gently swaying. Not blasted or blown about roughly, just a nice calm swaying.

 

[acrouse]

thanks!

 

[ataylo13]

Branching Hamma

 

[StunnaShadez]

what do they eat? large chunks like mysis/brine or small rotifers/plankton?

 

[PONCHDOG2000]

 

[E-A-G-L-E-S]

Just sold this last weekend, didn't like the flow in my sps tank.

 

[55semireef]

E-A-G-L-E-S, he looks good in the picture though.

I think that most people left their flow ON when they took their pictures. Usually when the flow is turned off, the Hammer's tentacles droop instead of being perky like they are in the pictures.

 

[MarineGirl411]

Hi,
I have a question. I have a 40 breeder that I was hoping I'd be able to place a Hammer in. Now this is going to be a mixed reef. I'll have some Montipora Capricornis, Micro's, Zoas, Clams, maybe some Acropora later on and various other corals. Right now I currently have various Zoanthids and some Star Polyps. I'd like to add a wall Blue Hammer if possible. I've heard though, that their sweepers are very long and it may be too hard to do it in my tank. I'd rather skip it to keep my other corals safe, but I was really hoping for one. =( They are so beautiful. My tank is a 40 breeder. Also, if it is possible, do you know of a good place to purchase the blue Hammer? They don't have them here locally and I haven't been able to find the blue one's anywhere. Please let me know. Thank you so much.