Hammers vs Frogspawn, do you have a favorite?

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Hammers and frogspawn are very closely related, but can have fairly different appearances. There are even "Frammers" which carry characteristics from both. I really like how frogspawn looks with their un-uniform tentacles and spots, but I feel as though you get more color variety with hammers. Do you have a preference for one or the other?

 

[benkirsch07]

Frogspawn if I only had one spot for a euphyllia to go. If I could have a garden of hammers or frogspawn, I'd go hammers because of the color variety.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Team hammer for me!

 

[Baldyreef]

hammers!

 

[exnisstech]

No preference, I've successfully killed every euphylia I've ever tried Different tanks etc they just die. Every few years I'll buy a cheap one and try it with the same results. I recently tossed what I think will be my last one.

 

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No preference, I've successfully killed every euphylia I've ever tried Different tanks etc they just die. Every few years I'll buy a cheap one and try it with the same results. I recently tossed what I think will be my last one.

I had the same luck with Acans for a while, I now have one tank they do well in and it's a 20 bowfront. Same water I use for every tank but they only like the 20 for some odd reason.

 

[Redbird5]

Thor does run around with frogspawn on his belt!

 

[exnisstech]

I had the same luck with Acans for a while, I now have one tank they do well in and it's a 20 bowfront. Same water I use for every tank but they only like the 20 for some odd reason.

It's strange how tanks can have some hidden differences between them. Running multiple tanks I've moved things around when something looks bad an often just sticking it in a different tank brings it back. Even with similar lighting and flow. I have an older pectinia that seems to get tired of a tank after a year or so and start looking bad. I move it to a different tank and it turns around. I think I've probably moved it 4 or 5 times over the years. I gave up trying to figure out why it happens.

 

[Baldyreef]

I went from 0 frogspawns to 3 different ones in just a few days 2 weeks ago. 2 were payment for taking pictures for someone, and the other was payment for picking coral up for a friend and delivering it to him.

That said, still love hammers and looking for some more unique ones now to add to my small collection

I used to have a nice gold hammer that morphed into a bright bright holy grail type stem it was so beautiful unfortunetly it died in a tank crash a little over a year ago

 

[Baldyreef]

I have splatter hammer that ive had for almost 2 years that just wont open no matter what its always unhappy, I've dipped it checked it switched tanks its in no matter what its never opens but also never dies, beats me

 

[JuanFishTwoFish]

If I had to pick one, I’m definitely going hammers.

I totally dismissed frogspawn initially as not being very attractive, but after picking up my first one I definitely took a liking to them. I enjoy how big mine appears to ‘fluff up’ and move with flow. Even more so than hammers.

That said, hammers have frogspawn beat on variety of amazing colors and even shapes. There’s something to catch anyone’s eye in a hammer garden.

 

[winxp_man]

No such thing as only pick one in reefing! Who ever tells you that there is only one, is lying through his/her teeth!


Catch them all!

 

[mfinn]

My favorite has always been a nice mature colony of branching frogspawn /octo.

 

[kevgib67]

I can’t choose, I need both.

 

[BryanM]

Hammers.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I like both equally and have lots of it