Mar 1, 2020 #1 Xorichy New Member View Badges Joined Mar 1, 2020 Messages 4 Reaction score 1 Rating - 0% 0 0 0 I just got a new Hammer Coral and it hasn’t opened yet. He has been poking this little strings from his mouth in and out. Do I need to feed him? What do I feed him? What is he doing? Thank you!
I just got a new Hammer Coral and it hasn’t opened yet. He has been poking this little strings from his mouth in and out. Do I need to feed him? What do I feed him? What is he doing? Thank you!
Mar 1, 2020 #2 Saltyreef I'm not your dad... View Badges Joined Nov 25, 2018 Messages 7,042 Reaction score 6,046 Location Central Coast, California Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Not sure if thats actually the mouth but it looks like a hitchhiker bi valve. The hammer looks to be receeding around the edges tho.
Not sure if thats actually the mouth but it looks like a hitchhiker bi valve. The hammer looks to be receeding around the edges tho.
Mar 1, 2020 #3 Thespammailaccount 2500 Club Member View Badges Reef Tank 365 My Tank Thread Joined Jan 3, 2020 Messages 4,274 Reaction score 15,567 Location Houston Rating - 0% 0 0 0 I know what it is. Just asked the same question yesterday. That is not the hammers mouth. It is a barnacle
I know what it is. Just asked the same question yesterday. That is not the hammers mouth. It is a barnacle
Mar 1, 2020 #4 W1ngz Failed Padawan View Badges Excellence Award My Tank Thread Joined Jan 10, 2019 Messages 2,307 Reaction score 3,831 Location Montreal, Canada Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Get it out of the water and use some tweezers or pliers to carefully pry it loose and off the coral.
Mar 1, 2020 #5 OP OP Xorichy New Member View Badges Joined Mar 1, 2020 Messages 4 Reaction score 1 Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Yoo what do I do with the coral then? Do I remove it? Do I let it be?
Mar 1, 2020 #6 OP OP Xorichy New Member View Badges Joined Mar 1, 2020 Messages 4 Reaction score 1 Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Saltyreef said: Not sure if thats actually the mouth but it looks like a hitchhiker bi valve. The hammer looks to be receeding around the edges tho. Click to expand... How do i make him open up
Saltyreef said: Not sure if thats actually the mouth but it looks like a hitchhiker bi valve. The hammer looks to be receeding around the edges tho. Click to expand... How do i make him open up
Mar 1, 2020 #7 Thespammailaccount 2500 Club Member View Badges Reef Tank 365 My Tank Thread Joined Jan 3, 2020 Messages 4,274 Reaction score 15,567 Location Houston Rating - 0% 0 0 0 From what I was told they do not harm the coral. I am leaving mine be and it gets feed phyto with the rest of my other filter feeders
From what I was told they do not harm the coral. I am leaving mine be and it gets feed phyto with the rest of my other filter feeders
Mar 1, 2020 #8 Saltyreef I'm not your dad... View Badges Joined Nov 25, 2018 Messages 7,042 Reaction score 6,046 Location Central Coast, California Rating - 0% 0 0 0 It is open. Your lighting and water parameter stability will be the judge if it will live long term
