hammer coral

[Kevin Michael]

I have a hammer coral that is starting to look nothing like at least the pictures I've seen of a hammer coral. Is this normal? (I'll post a picture in a couple of days when I Can) but the tentacles on the head are small and spread out not bushy and thick like I usually see hammer corals.

 

[florida joe]

You are just going to have to wait a couple of days until you post a picture

 

[Kevin Michael]

You are just going to have to wait a couple of days until you post a picture

Ok that's fine

 

[Kevin Michael]

I hope this picture kinda helps. I don't think thy are supposed to look like that but I could be wrong

 

[florida joe]

its not a hammer coral

 

[Kevin Michael]

its not a hammer coral

What is it

 

[2quills]

Branching hammer coral.

I have a purple tipped one identical to it.

 

[lmforbis]

I do too. One of mine is purple tipped, looks just like yours. My other one is green tipped ad puffs up much more than the purple tipped. My green one has more obvious hammers while the purple one has small hammers.

 

[2quills]

Yep.

Might be important to note that Euphyllia Para-Ancora (branching hammer) tend not to have the distinctive hammer tips. And often times are mistaken for frog spawn that can be found with similar colors and morphs.

Euphyllia Ancora (wall hammer) have the very distinctive hammer shaped tips.

 

[florida joe]

so you are telling me this is what he has

 

[2quills]

That's what I'm leaning towards. Either that or a unhappy torch. Some of the tips look a little too odd shaped to be a torch to me though.

They're all Euphyllia either way. Mine currently has 4 heads.

 

[florida joe]

I agree its a Euphyllia I just dont think its a hammer, My hammer

 

[2quills]

U thinking torch?

 

[florida joe]

actually am my friend how about you ? Would be more helpful if he took a picture from the top down

 

[2quills]

Almost impossible to tell either way without seeing it happy since they are virtually identical in skeletal and coralite structure. Might as well be the same coral. The color looks like many torches I've seen. The way it's split makes me lean towards branching hammer.

Same family, just different shapes on the tips and tentacles.

Torch skeleton

Branching hammer