ScienceAchieved
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I was gone for a few weeks recently. the person tank sitting didnt change water and severely overfed, (vomited when cleaning skimmer level nastiness) and the tank almost crashed. Apparently my hammer shed some tentacles before dissolving. 2 weeks after I got home and somehow salvaged things, I noticed this tiny coral growing out of a hole in a rock. I did some searching and couldnt find a reference pic for little hammer clones, but the tentacles are transversely oblong with hammerish tips, non retractile, and growing in 6's. There appears to be a hexagonal skeleton, but its tucked into the crevice and hard to see. 99% sure anemone is ruled out, it hasnt moved, multiplied, responded to food, and the peppermint shrimp didnt eat it. nothing else of similar appearance in the tank. its about a centimeter in diameter, and not in a good location for photographing. Heres the best crappypic I could get.
on a sidenote, im pretty astonished at how resilient these fragile organisms can be. I came back to a fetid sewage frap with what I thought were dead coral, white coralline, snails with porous chalk shells, a missing sea hare, conch, and wrasse. Also, a new pet smothering cyano blob monster. It took alot of work, but the mollusks and wrasse emerged from the sand, and the coral bounced back. Even the hammer skeleton must have had some flesh on it, and quickly regenerated once the parameters were stable again. I ended up only losing 2 nerites and a few hitchhiking clams. Im really glad I didnt dismantle the tank, which I strongly considered.
Anyway, back on topic, if anyone could help id this little guy id really appreciate It
on a sidenote, im pretty astonished at how resilient these fragile organisms can be. I came back to a fetid sewage frap with what I thought were dead coral, white coralline, snails with porous chalk shells, a missing sea hare, conch, and wrasse. Also, a new pet smothering cyano blob monster. It took alot of work, but the mollusks and wrasse emerged from the sand, and the coral bounced back. Even the hammer skeleton must have had some flesh on it, and quickly regenerated once the parameters were stable again. I ended up only losing 2 nerites and a few hitchhiking clams. Im really glad I didnt dismantle the tank, which I strongly considered.
Anyway, back on topic, if anyone could help id this little guy id really appreciate It
