wall hammer coral spawning?

[xcorallusx]

I fragged my aussie orange wall hammer a few weeks ago and noticed what looks like little orange hammer heads in some of the liverock crevices scattered around the tank. Has anyone else had this happen? Not entirely sure they are the wall hammer yet, but the color and polyps look just like a baby hammer head, as they are a little smaller than a pencil eraser. I have seen one of my acros and leather spawn in the past, and I know pocci likes to as well, but havnt heard of a hammer doing it?

 

[Tweaked]

Pics? Fragged a wall huh, pretty sure what your seeing is dead polyps from the area/s you cut through. In addition, I would not be suprised if you lost all frags and the main colony. GL

 

[xcorallusx]

I fragged it over a month ago, and noticed the little heads with individual tentacles, just like my other baby hammers that sprout off the stalk, and they popped up over the tank 2 weeks ago, so I doubt they are dead polyps, ill try and get some pictures but they are very small. How long before your walls normally kick it?

 

[xcorallusx]

pic

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heres a pic still small but growing

 

[Dartolution]

Well I'll be Dang...
Nope those are baby Euphyllia alright!

WOW! awesome.... Sign me up for a frag when they grow a little more. In the meantime feed them!

CONGRATS!

 

[xcorallusx]

Well I'll be Dang...
Nope those are baby Euphyllia alright!

WOW! awesome.... Sign me up for a frag when they grow a little more. In the meantime feed them!

CONGRATS!

Thanks, will do and I hope they make it. The one I took a pic of is getting a little bigger, looks like it has a second round of tentacles coming in. They are doing great in high flow and high light.

 

[Dartolution]

I definitely hope they make it as well! ROE or some food like that will help out a good bit. Just keep your parameters stable and considering they would be aquacultured they should be very hardy.

Is this Euphyllia ancora or parancora?

By your original post Im going to guess ancora?

Any update? new pictures?

Despite popular thread belief here Wall Hammers if handled carefully and acclimated properly are just as hardy as branching hammers. The key is getting them from a reputable vender and transporting them gently. Feeding helps as well.

 

[Tweaked]

I definitely hope they make it as well! ROE or some food like that will help out a good bit. Just keep your parameters stable and considering they would be aquacultured they should be very hardy.

Is this Euphyllia ancora or parancora?

By your original post Im going to guess ancora?

Any update? new pictures?

Despite popular thread belief here Wall Hammers if handled carefully and acclimated properly are just as hardy as branching hammers. The key is getting them from a reputable vender and transporting them gently. Feeding helps as well.

Your LFS has nothing to do with the transport of these animals. They are stacked in bins that sit out in a canoe in the hot sun for hours at time lol. There is also no aquacultured ancora that I've come across, so if these are indeed babies, they would be parancora.

 

[xcorallusx]

I think my wall hammer must have stayed in a luxury canoe It is anchora, they enjoy high light and flow, babies are scattered up high near my acros. I'll get some more pics soon.

 

[joshky]

If you have a smart phone, your camera settings should have a white balance option. Change the white balance to cloudy, it should yield a much better photo. I can't wait to see some pics!

 

[Dartolution]

Your LFS has nothing to do with the transport of these animals. They are stacked in bins that sit out in a canoe in the hot sun for hours at time lol. There is also no aquacultured ancora that I've come across, so if these are indeed babies, they would be parancora.

Did I make mention of specifically stating "your LFS"? I don't believe I did. I said reputable VENDER and TRANSPORTING...

Which essentially was the exact same thing you restated.

There are plenty of aquacultured ancora, and parancora in the hobby, most are not commercially available and tend to only be found in hobbits conventions/meetings.

There are plenty of MARIcultured specimens that ARE commercially available at your LFS (if they order) and wholesalers. These specimens, no matter the species, are usually just fragments of larger collected colonies that are epoxied back to a "mariculture" base and allowed to heal/grow back naturally over a number of months.

Just wanted to clear up this reply so there is no confusion.

OP, have you been able to take a few more images of these guys?

 

[xcorallusx]

here is a pic of momma




Its getting bigger, I have seen it retract when disturbed and others around the tank are getting bigger as well. Tonight I saw my yellowstriped cardinal trying its best to keep a mouthful of eggs, some fell out and the dendro had a nice snack.

 

[Dartolution]

Hmm......
Is it developing another "set" of tentacles around the edge as it appears in the picture?

 

[xcorallusx]

yes I believe so

 

[Dartolution]

Cool, keep us updated as it grows.

is it too small to accept any foods yet? My Wall hammer LOVES mysis.

 

[xcorallusx]

the tank is a 350 display I dont target feed because my tangs and foxfaces would eat it off the coral, but I feed heavily and its high nutrients atm. I increased the flow recently which the sps seemed to enjoy, but the babies that were up high are now not as extended, but still there and growing. I did notice one baby growing on a zoa frag on the sanbed, in a lower flow spot that was nice and fluffy, and had little sideway feeder tentacles coming off the main polyp, ive seen these come out more during feeding time on the mother colony as well.

 

[xcorallusx]

both of my orange wall hammers are still going strong, but it appears the babies that popped up around the tank were not from them, but from my aussie orange/gold torch. I found a larger baby and the tips are white just like my gold torch, will try and get some pictures.

 

[rogersb]

That's still pretty neat. An LFS near me had something similar happen with a torch and it popped up allover their tanks.

 

[chinchalice]

very cool

 

[Dartolution]

Its not common but it does happen