Is my Hammer Coral too close to my other coals?

Larry101 · Apr 6, 2020

Here is a picture of my new frags (this is a nano tank and I finally got my first frags). The coral right where the head of the clownfish is my pulsing xenia, the coral at the top is a hammer, and the coral to the right on the side of the rock work is gsp. I am just wondering if my hammer is too close to my other frags. If so, could I just prune the other corals away as the grow, or should I move them. I want to keep the hammer in its spot it is because my tank is a column tank (not an ideal tank footprint for lighting) and I wan't the hammer to get sufficient lighting. Thanks!

Webslinger · Apr 7, 2020

Nope not at all, you may need to move it in a year or 2.

homer1475 · Apr 7, 2020

Not an issue with other corals, but it may be getting too much light at the top of the rockwork.

What are you running for lights, and how far away is the hammer from them?

Webslinger · Apr 7, 2020

My hammers do well at all light levels. I have some on my sand bed and some 2 inches from the waterline. Just move them down/up slowly over a few days and they will be fine.

homer1475 · Apr 7, 2020

Webslinger said:
My hammers do well at all light levels. I have some on my sand bed and some 2 inches from the waterline. Just move them down/up slowly over a few days and they will be fine.

I completely agree with you. I have one in 400 par, and one in 150 par. Both do well, but I had to acclimate the one in 400 par to that lighting. You can't just place them in high lighting and expect it to be fine. They have to be acclimated to the high light.

Webslinger · Apr 7, 2020

Agreed, start low and go high

Larry101 · Apr 7, 2020

The light I am running is an aqua knight so it’s not the brightest light out there. Also I put it at the very top because my tank is a 15 gallon column tank which isn’t a good footprint for lightning at all. Here is a better picture of my tank to show you how high my rock work goes. The other picture was a bit missleading in that sense, but I wanted to get all of the corals in the picture to show if they are too close.