Large Euphyllia Ancora hammers

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Sometimes these massive hammer heads, about 3" (8cm) in diameter are offered but I've no luck keeping them alive. Anyone had any luck with these?

They are sold as Euphyllia Ancora here but they grow like the Paraancora versions. I've got a tank with hundreds of different Euphyllia colonies but these ones keep melting.

 

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Sometimes these massive hammer heads, about 3" (8cm) in diameter are offered but I've no luck keeping them alive. Anyone had any luck with these?

They are sold as Euphyllia Ancora here but they grow like the Paraancora versions. I've got a tank with hundreds of different Euphyllia colonies but these ones keep melting.

I’ve got a Fymbriaphyllia paraancora that grows like this and it’s one of my easier corals.
I’ve also got a true Fymbriaphyllia ancora but it’s still new so I can’t quite say how well it’s doing.
I also have Fymbriaphyllia paradivisia that seems to do well in my tank.

But I’ve also got Euphyllia glabrescens that does well so I can’t really say what I’m doing well as usually it’s one or the other and not both.