SRC Member soggy Posted September 17, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 17, 2003 wanna get one of these beauties. just wondering if they're hardy and easy to keep. if so, what kind of measures am i looking at. thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Dazza Posted September 17, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 17, 2003 Choice of tank mates very impt consideration as most fishes cudnt resist taking a bite at these delicious beauties. Quote Main Tank : 48 inch by 36 inch by 28 inch (2 sides starphire glass)Sump Tank :Return Pump :Chiller : Starmax Compressor 1 HP Drop coilChiller Return Pump Protein Skimmer :Wave Maker :Fluidised Reactor : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member soggy Posted September 17, 2003 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 17, 2003 for example? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member pospeh Posted September 17, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 17, 2003 Are you talking about hammer corals (genus euphyllia)? They like good lighting, and moderate water movement. As far as water quality goes, you need a mature tank in order to sustain them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member soggy Posted September 17, 2003 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 17, 2003 here's my newly aquired speciment. what say you all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2578 Posted September 17, 2003 Share Posted September 17, 2003 my hammer when i first bought it 2 weeks ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2578 Posted September 17, 2003 Share Posted September 17, 2003 my hammer 1 week later - moderate water flow - added Reef Advantage Calcium - Raises Calcium & maintains Magnesium + strontium (Dunno if it really helps but I see an increase in growth in all my corals - including mushrooms + leather finger ---dun ask me why) - baby brine shrimp feeding once a week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member ReeF_LoVeR Posted September 17, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 17, 2003 this is mine Quote http://r3.fodey.com/1ae71ee667ac04b60ba931...3ec.1.gif" border=0 width="312" height="107" alt="Ninja!"></a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dispar_Anthias Posted September 17, 2003 Share Posted September 17, 2003 Hammer coral require strong lighting such as MH or t5s and moderate current. These coral have very strong stinging tentacle so tankmate must be choose carefully BTW my uncle's hammer close up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepBlue Posted September 17, 2003 Share Posted September 17, 2003 this coral requires good exposure of light, a moderate flow of current...easily gets brown jelly like and dies.....so positioning the coral is actually very impt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member regularguy Posted September 17, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 17, 2003 your choice of placing your hammer coral deep into the sand bed is a rather weird one. haven't seen anybody doing something like that before. i guess beauty is in the eyes of the beholder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member hoppinghippos Posted September 17, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 17, 2003 My hammer coral has "mouths" where occasionally a fan like filter comes out but quickly retracts back again. is this the mouth of the coral? or some other part of its anatomy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Sinn Posted September 17, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 17, 2003 mine opened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member onghm Posted September 17, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 17, 2003 hi, just to share with you my experience with branching type hammer. I've kept mine for 9 months already. Bought it with 7 heads, now its 10 heads. It need at least PL but when I upgraded to T5, it has better expansion. Current-wise, mine prefer moderate flow, but not laminar. Just enough to help it "lift" the polyps and light swaying. If the current is too strong, it will not expand as big. And yes, I put mine on the sandbed. Reason, so that it has ample space for expansion without the concern of the polyp brushing against the sharp edge of rocks. Above are just my experience, and i only kept one hammer so far ok some pics to give some illustrations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member onghm Posted September 17, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 17, 2003 First of all, the polyps should not look like this during the lighting period. Unless its a newly bought and is still climatising to your tank. Or of course when the light just on lah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member onghm Posted September 17, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 17, 2003 With a good expansion, there should be minimal gaps between the heads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member onghm Posted September 17, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 17, 2003 Another pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member onghm Posted September 17, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 17, 2003 The next 2 pics show how much it can lift its polyps up from the skeleton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member onghm Posted September 17, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 17, 2003 another angle from below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member onghm Posted September 17, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 17, 2003 And lastly, the polyps should look plump and succulent. If the water condition is not right, it will be skinny, darker brown, and limpy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member onghm Posted September 17, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 17, 2003 Just sharing my nine months relationship with this hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member soggy Posted September 17, 2003 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 17, 2003 beautiful hammers you guys got. i feel so inferior. but thanks for sharing the knowledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member pospeh Posted September 18, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 18, 2003 Wha, I like those super-macro shots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member onghm Posted September 18, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 18, 2003 beautiful hammers you guys got. i feel so inferior. but thanks for sharing the knowledge. Hi Soggy, By sharing the pics, the aim is not to make you inferior. Its to share with you the potential of this coral. More often than not, we might not know how a coral should look like in the peak of their health. And we might mistaken that it should look like how it was in the LFS. When I first bought my hammer, it was not expanding big enough. It look something like my first pic. But the problem is, i thought that is how it should look like. As it was in the same manner in the lfs. Its after looking at other healthy specimen from other reefers that I realised the hammer is not positioned in the best place in terms of lighting, flow etc... How I wish there is a place where other than the coral's requirement, there would be ample pics to show how a healthy specimen should look like versus one which is declining. So that we can recognise what shape our corals are in and do remedy action. Having said all these, I hoped mine is a healthy specimen. If not, I would be giving the wrong direction Again, I feel that current plays an important part for this coral, at least in my experience. I mean the branching type. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member onghm Posted September 18, 2003 SRC Member Share Posted September 18, 2003 Wha, I like those super-macro shots. Thanks pospeh. Have you seen the black and white version ? http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/index.php?...ifferently&st=0 Sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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