Hammer question

[Lazydayz]

So I'm pretty new to reef keeping, been doing a lot of reading but was wondering if the stretched mouth on this hammer was it splitting or not. It was a little bleached when I got it but seems happy now. Thank you in advance!

 

[Tahoe61]

It's probably related to flow or just an exchange of fluids

 

[Lazydayz]

It's probably related to flow or just an exchange of fluids

Is it too much flow? May sound dumb but what fluid exchange?

 

[jaxredsoxfan]

That looks like a torch, it will orient towards the flow. How long has it been in the tank. Pretty though.

 

[Tahoe61]

Fluid exchange just when the coral releases fluid. It's Perfectly Normal

 

[Lazydayz]

I got it in a tank from someone getting out of the hobby 3 weeks ago, I moved it into my 29 biocube 2 weeks ago because it was unhappy in the other tank, bleached and retracted. Here is a full picture of it:

 

[Lazydayz]

Fluid exchange just when the coral releases fluid. It's Perfectly Normal

Ok thank you!

 

[Tahoe61]

I got it in a tank from someone getting out of the hobby 3 weeks ago, I moved it into my 29 biocube 2 weeks ago because it was unhappy in the other tank, bleached and retracted. Here is a full picture of it:

The piece looks very healthy

 

[Lazydayz]

So just to update this thread just in case anyone else is searching for this. I have learned that it was the head splitting!! It now has 2 mouths and 2 more of its heads are beginning to do the same thing. Here are some pictures from today:

That is the head that I originally asked about

The 2 additional heads that have the mouths starting to stretch and split