Hammer Coral..

[keyozoxmfc]

hello all!
today i just bought a i think hammer? i forgot..something hammer. its like a torch coral/ frogspawn type of thing. its branching as well. it got it for 30 and my LFS threw in a free one that he wasnt sure whether it was frogspawn or what, but it was branching as well. so i just wanted to know what everyone thinnks of my new hammer, or if anyhting looks wrong with it?

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/keyozoxmfc/CopyofIMG_0302.jpg
i couldnt get a picture of my freebie ...:no:

any thoughts would be great.

[Seahorsedreams]

Nice Hammer!

[wwest]

That is a nice hammer coral. you cant beat the price.

The hammer looks good in that picture. It might take a day or two before it opens completly. What type of lights are you using?

[Paintbug]

yep thats a branching hammer. i have one myself. bought it for $35 with 4 heads. it now has 12+ on it!

[keyozoxmfc]

haha thanks guys...30 is the most expensive at my favorite LFS..so i guess thats a deal..i even think his sps might be 30..or was it 40..anyway i came home from school today and was like WHOA!!! both corals opened up..and igot a okay picture of the free one..maybe someone can help me identify it

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/keyozoxmfc/CopyofIMG_0310.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/keyozoxmfc/CopyofIMG_0312.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/keyozoxmfc/CopyofIMG_0313.jpg

[wwest]

If the second picture is the mystery coral then its a frog spawn. Very nice purchased. :)

[keyozoxmfc]

ok thanks! well no matter what it was..it was free ! =)

[lReef lKeeper]

yup, pink tip frogspawn ... cant beat that price either. i sell frags of that same frogspawn for $8 per head all day long around here.

[keyozoxmfc]

wow..that sounds like a deal! too bad you dont live in my area. but then again i am done buying corals now too...so now ON TO FISH!

[PSH]

I was thinking your freebie looked more like a torch than a frogspawn.

My torch and hammer.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/PonderosaSnakeHouse/Saltwater/PICT1765.jpg

My frogspawn.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/PonderosaSnakeHouse/Saltwater/PICT1707.jpg

[iglowce]

nice pix... keep us updated

[keyozoxmfc]

yeah i am always confused between torch and frogspawn..i always thought the frogspawn needed the like tenticles to branch..but i guess i am wrong ?? cause i see many whose tenticles dont branch like that.....but was told they were frogspawn..but i dont reall care.. i like it anyway

[keyozoxmfc]

well just thought iwould say that i have concluded the "mystery" coral is a frogspawn, i saw the tentacle thing have a branch like a "y" shape

[iglowce]

hehe its my turn =]
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r133/iglowce2/my%20fish%20tanks/hammer1.jpg

[lbaskball45]

Anyone know why half of my hammer tentacles dont inflate while the other half is inflated nicely whenever my metal halides go on? It looks really weird. I just put them in recently. I dont know if they are still getting used to the lighting , Im guessing they are. Its jsut weird to see half of tentacles deflated and the other half inflated (it is a non branching hammer)

[gwen_o_lyn]

is part of it getting less light than the other part? or maybe the flow is different on the one side?

[keyozoxmfc]

im no expert, but my money would be on the flow. because they really do shrink up in moderately high flow

[iglowce]

really? my torch LOVE the flow and so does my frog.. and my hammer too hehe euphilia family ROCKS!

[keyozoxmfc]

or direct flow..have you ever pointed a powerhead somewhat at it..and it shakes a lot like its going to fall off and then shrinks...but i have a small thing of hammer and frogspawn anyways