Euphyllia (Hammer specifically) touching rock

robotrash · Sep 13, 2023

Hello!

I recently got my first hammer coral, removed the enormous plug it was on, and glued the skeleton to a piece of LR in my tank. I noticed now that it's extending a bit some of it if resting against an adjacent rock face. Is this an issue?

Sorry for the bad focus, phone cam did not want to get it together:

GlassMunky · Sep 13, 2023

No they can touch the rock without an issue.
Seeing them fluff up and get big is a good sign it’s happy

fodsod · Sep 13, 2023

Plus 1 on them being fine touching rocks. I've got both my Hammer and Frogspawn mounted directly to the same rock and both are touching rock in one place or another. Both are happy and growing.

robotrash · Sep 13, 2023

Much appreciated for the quick answers all! My first glue down was a bit of a mess so I really didn't want to have to redo it already :rolling-on-the-floor-laughing:

fodsod · Sep 13, 2023

robotrash said:
Much appreciated for the quick answers all! My first glue down was a bit of a mess so I really didn't want to have to redo it already :rolling-on-the-floor-laughing:

I've been doing this for quite a while and I'm pretty sure I've gotten super glue gel on everything I own and my gluing/epoxy work is rarely nice looking at first in the tank. Good thing coralline algae eventually grows over the evidence of my lack of skill. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes: lol.

looks bad seth meyers GIF by Late Night with Seth Meyers

robotrash · Sep 13, 2023

fodsod said:
I've been doing this for quite a while and I'm pretty sure I've gotten super glue gel on everything I own and my gluing/epoxy work is rarely nice looking at first in the tank. Good thing coralline algae eventually grows over the evidence of my lack of skill. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes: lol.

I managed to drip some glue directly into the tank before I even got the frag down. The stuff I was using was too thin I think. I need to get a better gel for future gluing. I noticed one of the hermit crabs like an hour later grab a small glue string I had missed and eat it -_- they truly are reef goats. He's still going strong so I guess he didn't glue his guts together.