Hammer coral

[Wee-Man]

I have a large green hammer, (euphilia?) the thing i need to know is are they known for stinging? i have some bush coral type things (they were on some live rock that was given to me so not sure) that were doing fine, but since the hammer got bigger they are looking a bit jaded, i cant see what else it could be but i wanted to run past you lot first.
Cheers, Mike.

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Wee-Man,

Yes is the answer they produce long sweeper tentacles that have tipped spheres that are packed with potent nematocysts so yes it could be that. :)

[Wee-Man]

Cheers, i thought so, i have seen longer "hammers" waving around, the thing is, i really like the hammer but it's growing like mad, it will take over the lounge soon

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no problem, in the right conditions they do get big and i have seen some very large examples so you may need to resposition the coral or the hammer or when it becomes too big remove it from the tank, not a great lover of fragging hammers, i do not think it really works with them due to the skeleton make up of the coral.

[Wee-Man]

I've already given half away, it was only the size of a tennis ball a year ago, now the half i have left is the size of a football, how big can it get???

[nemosdaddy]

I think you should take credit that your tank conditions are spot on to allow this thing to grow so well. If I was in your position, I would exchange it with your LFS for a smaller one, plus some cash. Then when the new one grows, do the same thing again. I agree about the stinging, truly horrible.

[Wee-Man]

I think you should take credit that your tank conditions are spot on to allow this thing to grow so well. If I was in your position, I would exchange it with your LFS for a smaller one, plus some cash. Then when the new one grows, do the same thing again. I agree about the stinging, truly horrible.


Well, other than do regular water changes, i don't acually "do" anything, the stock levels are well within agreed perameters, i don't have many corals, no sps so i suppose there is no particularly heavy load on any of the trace elements, so just lucky i guess:)

[CHRIS D]

so just lucky i guess:)

Can't remember was it Lee Trevino or Gary Player said "the more I practice, the luckier I get"

Don't knock yourself Mike, good husbandry is creating the right conditions in your tank, not 'luck'.:D

ATB

Chris

[Wee-Man]

Can't remember was it Lee Trevino or Gary Player said "the more I practice, the luckier I get"

Don't knock yourself Mike, good husbandry is creating the right conditions in your tank, not 'luck'.:D

ATB

Chris

Cheers mate,
The more i read and hear about reefing - especially the chemistry side the less i actually understand, i speak to Reefbloke regularly about all the systems and modifications people do to their tanks from calc reactors, kalk stirrers to ulns systems, the more problems they seem to have, as per example;-

I over feed my stock so my nitrates are too high so do i purchase a nitrate reactor/ bottle of vodka/ another sump to increase water volume and a bigger skimmer or do i reduce feeding?

I go for reduction in feeding - the simple method

Now i don't mean to imply that all problems are that easy to solve or that i know much more about this than everybody else (how far from it could i be):D but i always look for the simplest solution to the problem, it seems to have worked so far, but i also know that looking at pictures of say SPS Hoovers tank and set up i just think WOW i would love to have one of those but i stick to easy to keep (i hope) corals and fish.

Just my humble method:D