New Hammer coral

[sggavin]

I just got a nice hammer coral, thought i would share it

 

[gollum]

thats a really good hammer coral! did u get if from a lfs?

 

[overanalyzer]

SWEET LOOKING HAMMER!!! Wow! That is beautifuk and amazing - was looking at one on Friday - man they are super sweet!!

 

[sggavin]

yeah, i got it at my lfs, kinda pricy but i like it alot. it opened right up after about 10 minutes after acclimation

 

[mvogel2]

that's nice!
how hard is hammer coral to keep?

 

[sggavin]

from what i was told/research they are moderate. They need moderate lighting and like to be placed on the bottom, with moderate water flow. Also feeding phytoplankton once a week is reccomended (like most corals)

 

[j21kickster]

nice coral but phyto is for filter feeders- while they will eat drifting food- phyto is way too small

 

[wrassecal]

I keep my hammer coral about 2/3 of the way up moderate current and I have 770 watts vho on a 135gal. I use a turkey baster to spritz it with a diluted dt's once a week. HTH and good luck with yours, they are an awesome coral.

 

[nerdy]

What a good looking speciman!

 

[salty jeff]

Nice coral. Are they medium or high light.

 

[elan]

nice hammer.. i have a similar coral, but its the torch coral.. i like to feed mine live brine shrimp soaked in Kent's Zoe.. i also put in DT's phytoplancton, and notice it will also grab floating food (dry, freeze dryed, and frozen) Every once in a while i will feed it small pieces of raw shrimp...
I think a varied diet is best... just give it all you got!!!!
mine has grown about 10-20% in about 2 months and i started noticing one of the branches splitting while it was closed up (it closes a bit when my MH go off for the night)
I noticed it not being open very much last week... i double checked my calcium, and sure enough, down to 350.... it was 450 a couple of weeks earlier... so i am back to dosing and hopefully it will be back up to an appropriate level by the end of the week.