Hammer corals growing oddly

shua71 · 05/19/2017, 07:42 PM

Hey guys my hammer corals are all looking very odd. Has anybody had experience with this before? I've had them for over a year and they have split but they just look odd. I have a SCA 50 cube with a nano box duo

http://imageshack.com/a/img922/1508/092lRv.jpg

shua71 · 05/19/2017, 08:24 PM

karimwassef · 05/19/2017, 08:59 PM

what's odd about it?

shua71 · 05/19/2017, 09:13 PM

I find the shape of the tentacles very odd in all 3 of them. They don't look anything like hammers and appear more like frog spawns

ComforablyNumb · 05/20/2017, 06:47 AM

Maybe they are frogspawns.

shua71 · 05/20/2017, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by ComforablyNumb

Maybe they are frogspawns.

They were definitely hammers when I first purchased them. The polyps were full and they had the hammer coral shape

jstack · 05/28/2017, 04:33 PM

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jstack · 05/28/2017, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by jstack

alot of white light for Lps those scoly's have a sheen to them and I can't see a mouth is it tucking it's mouth in? the hammer on the left(direct light) is playing hot potato(fat tentacles) to get some light while the 4 in dark are rather compact with their polys smushed in almost as if they were trying to stay out of direct light. they should be fluting to the light.like a wine glass.....

shua71 · 06/08/2017, 03:56 AM

The scolymia are fine just the angle of the photo. So you think too much white light is the issue?

JonezNReef · 06/08/2017, 11:29 AM

Do they only get most of there flow from the back to front? I had some hammers and frog spawn look similar to yours when that was the case for mine. I redirected the flow so it was more random and they went back to there normal look.

shua71 · 06/08/2017, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by JonezNReef

Do they only get most of there flow from the back to front? I had some hammers and frog spawn look similar to yours when that was the case for mine. I redirected the flow so it was more random and they went back to there normal look.

Yes they do. All the flow in my tank is from the return pump as I couldn't find a good spot for a powerhead and the tank seems fine without one

05/19/2017, 07:42 PM	#1
shua71 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Riverside, 92507 Posts: 375	Hammer corals growing oddly Hey guys my hammer corals are all looking very odd. Has anybody had experience with this before? I've had them for over a year and they have split but they just look odd. I have a SCA 50 cube with a nano box duo http://imageshack.com/a/img922/1508/092lRv.jpg Last edited by shua71; 05/19/2017 at 08:26 PM.

05/19/2017, 08:59 PM	#3
karimwassef Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 11,033	what's odd about it? __________________ Failure isn't an option It's a requirement. 660g 380inwall+280smp/surge S/L/Soft/Maxima/RBTA/Clown/Chromis/Anthias/Tang/Mandarin/Jawfish/Goby/Wrasse/D'back. DIY 12' Skimmer ActuatedSurge ConcreteScape

05/28/2017, 04:33 PM	#7
jstack Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: abq,nm Posts: 290	duplicate post Last edited by jstack; 05/28/2017 at 04:40 PM.

06/08/2017, 11:29 AM	#10
JonezNReef Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Florida Posts: 782	Do they only get most of there flow from the back to front? I had some hammers and frog spawn look similar to yours when that was the case for mine. I redirected the flow so it was more random and they went back to there normal look. __________________ "I chop up animals and glue them to rocks" Current Tank Info: System 1 Mixed Reef: 180g DT,180g Fuge, 120g Sump http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2611735

05/19/2017, 08:24 PM	#2
shua71 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Riverside, 92507 Posts: 375

05/19/2017, 09:13 PM	#4
shua71 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Riverside, 92507 Posts: 375	I find the shape of the tentacles very odd in all 3 of them. They don't look anything like hammers and appear more like frog spawns

05/20/2017, 06:47 AM	#5
ComforablyNumb Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: New Brunswick Canada Posts: 627	Maybe they are frogspawns.

06/08/2017, 03:56 AM	#9
shua71 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Riverside, 92507 Posts: 375	The scolymia are fine just the angle of the photo. So you think too much white light is the issue?