Hammer Coral Experiment

[racsoh]

Hi all,

I have a question about an experiment and would love to hear your opinions and experiences, and if/or anyone has tried this before and the outcome. I don't even know if it is possible, but please bear with me.

So, here's the scenario:

I have a thick V shaped Hammer Coral with two heads, and unfortunately one of the heads is not doing so well and I really hope it bounces back, however, in case I end up losing that head could I:

1. Fill the empty skeleton with glue and stick a different type/color hammer on that empty head.

2. Cut that head almost to the base of the skeleton and glue the other hammer type/color hammer.

I know I can just frag it and separate the head that's doing good, but I'm just curious to know if any of those cases is possible given that the skeleton is just a calcified structure.

The heads are separated by around 1.5 inches.

Would that work? Would it would be a catastrophic failure and I'm just crazy, lol?

Thanks a lot.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I would just leave it alone and let nature handle it. I started with a 2 head frag, now its the size of a vollyeball. A few heads got killed by other corals, a few heads bailed when I accidentally knocked it while cleaning the glass, etc.... it just keeps on growing, it will take care of itself.

 

[Shirak]

As long as it's another branching hammer then yes you can glue another one of a different color onto the other skeleton. They should be the same species and compatible with each other.

 

[racsoh]

Thanks all for you advice.