Best position for optimal growth?

[LadyMac]

So right now I have my “frammer” (could totally be something different; I can ID most any species of Wild betta but no morphs of corals XD ) on the sand bed. He does ok, but I’m not really sure it’s growing. Grant, I’ve had this tank setup for around a month, and just added new lights this week.

My question though, I’ve heard they do best in sand, and I’ve heard they do best on rock work.
So which is it? Should I move him onto a rock? I have the calcified skeleton buried pretty well, and my shrimp buried it even more haha.

Here’s the coral in question:

 

[AdamB]

I’ve seen them on sand bed and will be okay if par and flow is correct . The fleshly part of hammer possibly cloud get irritated rubbing back and forth on sand bed? Fleshly part Seems to laying on your sand bed .
Also I would be worried about adding corals that quickly to a very young 1 month old tank.

 

[Auquanut]

Looks healthy to me. If it helps at all, I have 2 hammers on the sand bed that have grown too big. One is about the size of a volleyball. I kind of agree about the age of the tank though. Hammers are pretty resilient in my experience, but will probably do better as the tank matures.

 

[LadyMac]

I’ve seen them on sand bed and will be okay if par and flow is correct . The fleshly part of hammer possibly cloud get irritated rubbing back and forth on sand bed? Fleshly part Seems to laying on your sand bed .
Also I would be worried about adding corals that quickly to a very young 1 month old tank.

I have had the rocks and sand for well over a year, just moved them to this tank recently. I was worried about that too when I set this tank up, but will be watching for anything out of the ordinary. No more purchases planned on corals for several months still.

I didn’t think of the sand irritating him any, I’ll be sure to watch for that.

 

[LadyMac]

Looks healthy to me. If it helps at all, I have 2 hammers on the sand bed that have grown too big. One is about the size of a volleyball. I kind of agree about the age of the tank though. Hammers are pretty resilient in my experience, but will probably do better as the tank matures.

Haha that’s good to know. I don’t have a way to drag so if it gets too big it’ll have to leave, the tanks only 24x24. Though that would be quite a sight I think!

I was worried about the move over from the other tank, which was an emergency move. As long as it thrives I’ll be happy.

 

[WV Reefer]

So right now I have my “frammer” (could totally be something different; I can ID most any species of Wild betta but no morphs of corals XD ) on the sand bed. He does ok, but I’m not really sure it’s growing. Grant, I’ve had this tank setup for around a month, and just added new lights this week.

My question though, I’ve heard they do best in sand, and I’ve heard they do best on rock work.
So which is it? Should I move him onto a rock? I have the calcified skeleton buried pretty well, and my shrimp buried it even more haha.

Here’s the coral in question:

I’ve never seen a hammer buried like that before.

 

[LadyMac]

I’ve never seen a hammer buried like that before.

I’ll pull him up some. I didn’t want him to be carried away by the current. He shrivels you very small at night and his skeleton is out of the sand some. Probably not enough, though.

 

[NanoDJS]

Awesome , I put them in the sand also , I have started every tank I ever had with a hammer / frogspawn as the first coral they are an excellent barometer coral , and will flag water issues with being all ticked off , LPS get ticked first , good luck with the new digs.

 

[WV Reefer]

I’ll pull him up some. I didn’t want him to be carried away by the current. He shrivels you very small at night and his skeleton is out of the sand some. Probably not enough, though.

I would pull it out a lot. They need room to sway in the flow and I would be worried about cuts and scrapes that would welcome infections. Also new heads need room to sprout and grow.

 

[rainmaker]

You may want to get a small rock to glue it to then set it on sand bed
I have a couple on the bed on rock doing well

 

[DSC reef]

Another suggestion, if you like to keep euphyllia on the sand bed try small pvc couplers that you can bury in the sand. They will keep the coral upright and allow the coral to grow.

 

[LadyMac]

I pulled it up a good bit but think I’ll glue him to a rock. Thanks y’all, I have the perfect one in mind.

 

[DSC reef]

I pulled it up a good bit but think I’ll glue him to a rock. Thanks y’all, I have the perfect one in mind.

Euphyllia on rocks look great but keep in mind when gluing to a rock, I would make sure the rock or coral can be easily relocated as they can be sensitive to lighting/flow changes.

 

[LadyMac]

Euphyllia on rocks look great but keep in mind when gluing to a rock, I would make sure the rock or coral can be easily relocated as they can be sensitive to lighting/flow changes.

Yeh it’s a Little Rock :)

 

[rainmaker]

Looks good and will help keep it upright as it grows

 

[Auquanut]

Kinda looks like the dog wants that rock though. :D

 

[LadyMac]

Kinda looks like the dog wants that rock though. :D

She wants everything. If she could get in the tank to “help” she would just cause I am in it.