What colour would you call this hammer?

[Mightyfish]

I am still learning about hammers. I purchased this big one recently what colour would you call this one? Not the green ones in photo.

 

[Tweaked]

This is the species you see sold as the ultra orange hammers. I have had a few and due to being walls, have had no such luck. They are more pink/peach under whites, but can be more peach/orange under blues. Sweet piece-yours?

 

[Mightyfish]

This is the species you see sold as the ultra orange hammers. I have had a few and due to being walls, have had no such luck. They are more pink/peach under whites, but can be more peach/orange under blues. Sweet piece-yours?

Thanks. Yes it is mine. LFS owner sold to me as orange but I guess in my mind orange is a very different colour so just want some confirmation from fellow forum members.

 

[Tweaked]

These go for $200-$500 depending. May I ask what you spent?

 

[cloak]

Wow! For the prices listed above, those colors better be vivid. If that is an orange hammer, the color looks extremely washed out to me. Maybe the blues will make it pop, but I hope you didn't spend a ton on it.

 

[EnderTurtle]

Thats fricken peach brown in color. Congratulations.

 

[Mightyfish]

Thanks for the clarification. As a newbie I still get confused about corals clarification. I paid $190 for it BTW.

 

[cloak]

That's still way too much IMO, but then again, $190 might be peanuts for some people. Beautiful coral one way or the other though. GL.

 

[Dartolution]

Mauve...

baby bye!

 

[Tweaked]

With like a 90% mortality rate, I struck out bad with wall hammers. Keep us posted on your success.

 

[Mightyfish]

With like a 90% mortality rate, I struck out bad with wall hammers. Keep us posted on your success.

I have it for about 3 weeks now. How long do wall hammer live on average given such high mortality rate?

 

[Paul B]

This silver hammer was only $29.95 and it is very hardy

 

[johnike]

Dusty Rose

 

[Tweaked]

I have it for about 3 weeks now. How long do wall hammer live on average given such high mortality rate?

Not long, 6-12 weeks for me on average.

 

[Scythanith]

I'd say peach based on the picture. But colorhexa says:

#a16575 color description : Mostly desaturated dark pink.

#cc93ab color description : Slightly desaturated pink.

#f3b4c7 color description : Very soft pink.

 

[Mightyfish]

Why wall hammers have such high mortality rate? Because they dont ship well or there are other reasons?

 

[Tweaked]

Unsure, just personal experience as well as knowing and talking with distributers and store owners. The majority do not survive in our tanks and should be left in the ocean IMO.

 

[Fish Biscuit]

I had an orange wall hammer last about a year. It looked good the first 9 months & went downhill the remaining 3 months. I won't do another one & will stick with branching hammers from now on.

 

[180+55reef]

Why wall hammers have such high mortality rate? Because they dont ship well or there are other reasons?

Like the torch, I think the go first when alk gets low

 

[bayfocus]

I am still learning about hammers. I purchased this big one recently what colour would you call this one? Not the green ones in photo.

Looks like a brown hammer coral. Never heard of orange hammers.