18 replies to this topic

[will]

ok, just bought a lil hammer coral from vebas( great shop) aniways i was just curious as to were i should place it, i kno they dont like alot of water flow but shoul i place it on my live rock or sand bed? hmm

[mark]

hi
i have got two hammer corels i have had them for over a year and i have them in the sand they are doing very well they have got med water flow

[young doz]

i have my hammer coral on the sand bed wedged into Lrock and its going awesome
its great to watch it sway back and forth, it didnt fully extend its tentacle things for a few days either

[depths_of_blue]

Hammer corals prefer to be on the sand as they absorb nutrients from it, they like to be in a low flow area and will tolerate moderate to high lighting.
HTH,
Laura

[will]

thnx guys, i had it in my sand for a while and it didnt seem to happy, i have moved it onto my live rock and it seems happy, its small but its opened up, compared to what it was in the sand, ill take sum pictures n show use, n get ur opinion from them, and i also ougt something but forgot the name of it, ill post picks of it and ask use were to put it

[will]

ok so here are the picks of my hammer coral, and the thing i got, i forgot the name, but yee and im not 100% sure if its the ight way up both sides look the same :S

[Iamsam]

Its upside down! it looks like some sort of fungia coral, but if we could get a pic of the other side it would help, but you don't want it on the sand, you will find sand will settle onto it and kill it off!

Wait.... no its not! becouse that appares to be its mouth in the middle ..... or is it? nah im outta ideas, can you get a clearer pic?

[Neakit]

The first does look like a fungia and they will do well on the sand.

[will]

the other side is basically the same just brown, IT ALSO HAS A MOUTH!!!!! ill take a foto and show you

[Paddy]

The second lot of pictures is the right side up, this is the mouth. The first lot of pictures is the foot.

This is a fungia and doesn't look in the best of shape, good luck with this one!

[will]

thnx paddy, well the brown side is up now ill see how it goes from there

[Tucunare]

fungia plates although they grow on rocks initally they do ok on eith the sand or up on rocks. healthy ones will move sand off them by inflating there body tissue.
also a healthy specimen will have small tenticals protruding from it and those ridges you can see will disapear under soft tissue. i have to agree with paddy on this and say it doesnt look that healthy in the photos but it could also be due to being moved around
heres a couple of mine i just took pics of to show you how they should look
long tentacle


shot tentacle - my guess is that you have this species


ive got about 20 of these in store now though the shop will not be open for a few more weeks yet
cheers
steve

[will]

wow the short tentacle is beautifull

[Warby]

damn steve ... much nicer than my plates! Although I reckon my helio looks better I've got two of the plate fungia corals.. one is almost all purple with green lines and the other is unfortunately mostly brown atm (seems to be getting some of its purple back though.. don't think it liked its previous location. Both extend their lil tentacles awesomely at night & when I feed the corals ... cool lil guys

[Tucunare]

if i can get a decent pic of another one ive got in a tank ill put it up, bright orange, yellow tentacles with a candystripe green through the flesh

[Warby]

oooo nice .. gimme

[will]

my hammer corals come along great!, tentacles have become a bit longer, i placed it on the sand bed n it seems to enjoy it

[will]

heres a pic of my hammer now

[Paddy]

Looks good mate, well done