hammer advice

Hi all, new to reefing, finakky got my firat hammer, unsure if it is a wall or branching. Seller also is unsure. If anyone can help. Thank you!

Grabbed the hammer to remove it from the plug but because the flesh band was pretty much all the way on the bottom I ended up grabbing it. It let off a bit of slime and is patchy now. Not sure if it is algae that came off or if I damaged it.

Hi all, I got a hammer coral for free this last weekend as part of a sale and it looks like it’s really shriveling up. I don’t know if this is normal or not, I know most of my other corals retract in at night. Here are pictures of when I first got it and tonight. Give it to me straight guys...

Does anyone know what this could be, the hammer head has been dead for a while I recently noticed this growing around the edge of the head now starting to grow inside the polyp almost looks like an alveopora or is the hammer regrowing?

What happened to my gold hammer? I used about 1.5 ml of aiptasia X in a 13.5 gallon system and it totally spiked the alkalinity. I did two 50% water changes over two days, and it's starting to come out of it's skeleton, but almost all of the polyps have lost their gold and brown in favour of...

just a few days ago my peach hammer just retraced its polyps i believe and now its looking like this. i’m not sure if this means it’s growing or if it’s dying? or even bleaching. all my water parameters are stable and every other coral is doing good except for this hammer. (i’ll show a before as...

I have this peach hammer and i’m not sure if it’s growing more or is dying or becoming bleached, the water parameters are all stable and all my other corals are fine so i’m not sure what it is. a few days ago it used to be all fluffed up in the same spot but now this is happening

hi, I recently got a hammer coral around one month ago. initially, I dipped him and put him on my rock, however didn’t seem very happy for the first week as he didn’t open up so I moved him to my live sand bed and is finally starting to open up! I haven’t started testing for calcium or...

on every torch/ hammer coral i have had after a few months the flesh band starts to seriously retract. Does anyone know what could be the cause? I was battling a high phosphate issue and dont know if that could be the cause. (what are the parameters that affect the flesh band health) Also i just...

Hey Friends, I think this hammer has eggs…. Are they hammer eggs? And if so what do I need to do?

Hi everyone, I need help with my rainbow, green, splatter, and mint hammer corals. I'm fairly new to salties and had my first tank given to me, Biocube 29 gal Oceanic, about 4 months ago. Last week, my hammers are starting to retract, then i did about 50% water on Saturday (01/25/25), tested the...

Hey Everyone, My tank has been running for about 5 months now. With work and school keeping me busy I don't have large amounts of time to give to the aquarium every day. With that said both the hammer and torch have been doing great up until early this month when both of their flesh began...

Hi everyone, I recently got a new hammer frag and about a week in it got knocked over and fell which broke a chunk of the skeleton off of the main head. It still seems mostly happy and even has a few new heads growing on the stem on the back side. My question is should I cut off the skeleton...

Good day to all, over the past few weeks I’ve noticed my branching hammer and Frogspawn have been looking, odd. The tentacles are very extended and appear deflated not the normal puffy, wavy normal way these should look like. See the attached photos. Was wondering if any one on here has...

Hi all - I know that this might be a hard question to answer without knowing the flow in the tank, but was curious as to where you would put a toadstool in this tank? I was thinking the upper right rock, but not sure if that is too close to the wave maker. Thoughts? I also have three...

Hi all! Just wanted to get some opinions from others on this as I’ve never dipped my toes into hammers and noticed my Frammer corals tissue was moving up the skeleton. Is this something to be concerned about or is this signs of growth? Thanks in advance!

I recently picked up this hammer and have found that it is receding. Do you think there's any hope for its survival? Do you think an iodine dip would help?

Got a 2 hammers 4 months ago or so and they slowly has been looking worse and worse. I have 2 others that I got around the same time that look great. Anybody have any idea what the issue could be with these 2 guys? Thanks! Alk 8.3 Phos .16 Nitrate 6.2 Mag & cal are great

I picked up some hammer coral off FB market place. It was way more than I was planning on for my new tank. I was thinking a head or two, now I have ~15. Got the hammers and two pieces of sinularia for $40, seems like a good deal. Wondering what to do with them. Thinking one dedicated rock to...

Please read whole post. Sorry for length. Wondering if we have any euphylia experts in here? Every coral in my tank is doing fine and one of my hammer heads is doing great, but one is having bailout and the other is about to say screw this also. Note: sand is not a perm spot for it either. I...

I have recently gotten back into the hobby after a 7-8 yeah hiatus, previously having a fish only tank. I have an IM sr80 with lps and softies. The tank has been set up since April 2023. I have a question regarding one of my hammer corals. I bought it as a peach/orange colored hammer around the...

Hey all so for the last few days my hammer has been partially closed, i added a sandsifting goby that lasted all but 24 hours in my tank because of the massive sand cloud he caused and since then my hammer has remained partially open instead of full and extended, any ideas why? Will it go back...

I’m desperate what’s happening to my hammer? It was splitting and I woke up to this. Should I remove the flesh?

Hi everyone, I’ve got a handful of Hammers that have been in my tank for 3+ years and have always done pretty well. Over the past 3 weeks or so, they’ve all closed up (photos 1-3). About 5 weeks ago I added a new coral, I think it’s a Monti(?) - photo 4. I have not changed anything else with...

Hello Was wondering if my hammer have too much flow ? It feels like he is very open almost too much. What are you thought ? Thanks in advance :)