How are my corals?

[Marcus Rogers]

Im new to this whole coral thing, probably should have researched a little more before I went out and bought some lol. But I bought a torch coral about a week ago and I think its doing great in my tank. Today I bought a hammer coral and I am not feeling 100% confident that it is doing that great. Here are some pics:
It looks like the skeleton is showing on the hammer coral but when the lights are on, the skeleton is no longer visible or its hard to see...

 

[James M]

The torch looks great and the middle head of the hammer looks good. But the outer heads don’t. How long have u had it

 

[Marcus Rogers]

The torch looks great and the middle head of the hammer looks good. But the outer heads don’t. How long have u had it

I have had the hammer for about a few hours now lol

 

[Hemmdog]

I have had the hammer for about a few hours now lol

Do you have any angels ?

 

[Marcus Rogers]

Do you have any angels ?

I have no fish

 

[Jilet]

Its hard to see the skeleton when the lights are on is cause the polyps extend and covers the skeleton and shrink when lights are off.. keep an eye on it, usually when lps polyps extend when the lights are on is a good thing, start worrying if the polyps dont extend and all u see is skeleton even when the lights are on. Good luck..

 

[Marcus Rogers]

Its hard to see the skeleton when the lights are on is cause the polyps extend and covers the skeleton and shrink when lights are off.. keep an eye on it, usually when lps polyps extend when the lights are on is a good thing, start worrying if the polyps dont extend and all u see is skeleton even when the lights are on. Good luck..

I mean I bought the coral today, should I try and return it??

 

[Jilet]

How did the hammer look at the store?

 

[Marcus Rogers]

How did the hammer look at the store?

I mean I thought the hammer looked good at the store but now thinking about it I don't really remember examining it that much.. lol What causes the skeleton to show? I don't really know what to do and if I happened to buy a "sick" (idk a better word) coral I would want to return it lol

 

[Jilet]

Well skeleton will show if the flesh is receding, meaning its not doing good. But its hard to tell from your pic if the hammer flesh is receding or if its just frightened from being in a new tank.. any flesh on the skeleton?

 

[Marcus Rogers]

Well skeleton will show if the flesh is receding, meaning its not doing good. But its hard to tell from your pic if the hammer flesh is receding or if its just frightened from being in a new tank.. any flesh on the skeleton?

Here is another picture with the lights off... Im not sure if the flesh is on the skeleton but if i had to guess I would say yes.

 

[hyla84]

For me it's ok, it will we be great in a couple of days. Just be careful on the flow

 

[Jilet]

Yeh looks good, as long as the hammers are out about you are good.

 

[Geebs19]

I would just give it some more time to acclimate. If they dont start to come out a bit more you may want to try and move them to a different spot. I had to move mine to a lower flow area when I first got them, now they are in medium flow and are pretty big.

 

[Bryce M.]

Acclimation, just getting used to it