Is my Hammer too floppy?

[katforscience]

Hey reefers I added a hammer to my tank last week (my first eupyllia) and I can’t tell if it’s really happy or too floppy… I just wanted to verify that it’s doin okay… what do you all say?

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

It looks fine to me. It likes medium random flow (i.e. not just blowing one direction) .

 

[katforscience]

It looks fine to me. It likes medium random flow (i.e. not just blowing one direction) .

Yeah I tried my best to put it somewhere with a medium more hectic flow… I was a little worried the flow was a little on the low side… but I’ll just keep an eye on it! Thank you for the reassurance

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Yeah I tried my best to put it somewhere with a medium more hectic flow… I was a little worried the flow was a little on the low side… but I’ll just keep an eye on it! Thank you for the reassurance

The thing to watch for is flesh/tissue recession. When it's more closed up, look at the stem/skeleton and note how wide the flesh band is. If this starts to recede, then the coral is declining. Euphyllia (torches, cristada) and fimbriaphyllia (hammers, frogspawn, octospawn) can appear healthy, with good tentacle extension, until the day they die... So keeping an eye on recession is key. (If there is no tissue band, then at least the crown of the coral should have the tissue intact - seeing bare septae or damage on the top of the retracted polyp is a bad sign).

 

[Reeflix]

Yeah I tried my best to put it somewhere with a medium more hectic flow… I was a little worried the flow was a little on the low side… but I’ll just keep an eye on it! Thank you for the reassurance

if you are worried that there is too little flow, you can always post a video

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

if you are worried that there is too little flow, you can always post a video

The way it's extending in the photo pretty much assumes adequate flow

 

[katforscience]

The thing to watch for is flesh/tissue recession. When it's more closed up, look at the stem/skeleton and note how wide the flesh band is. If this starts to recede, then the coral is declining. Euphyllia (torches, cristada) and fimbriaphyllia (hammers, frogspawn, octospawn) can appear healthy, with good tentacle extension, until the day they die... So keeping an eye on recession is key. (If there is no tissue band, then at least the crown of the coral should have the tissue intact - seeing bare septae or damage on the top of the retracted polyp is a bad sign).

I will try to pay attention and keep track of that! Thank you so much for the advice

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Hey reefers I added a hammer to my tank last week (my first eupyllia) and I can’t tell if it’s really happy or too floppy… I just wanted to verify that it’s doin okay… what do you all say?

Looks good to me!

 

[katforscience]

Looks good to me!

Thanks so much

 

[i cant think]

Hey reefers I added a hammer to my tank last week (my first eupyllia) and I can’t tell if it’s really happy or too floppy… I just wanted to verify that it’s doin okay… what do you all say?

It seems happy to me, keep it thriving and this time next year you’ll likely have 10+ heads on that bad boy

 

[katforscience]

It seems happy to me, keep it thriving and this time next year you’ll likely have 10+ heads on that bad boy

The dream fingers crossed I don’t mess it up