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12/28/2007, 06:21 PM
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Just picked up my first coral!
Pretty exciting! Its a small hammer coral on a nice large piece of live rock. I will post pics once it is is done acclimating and is in the tank. I paid $35 for the coral plus $6 for the live rock it is on.
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12/28/2007, 06:53 PM
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nice cant wait to see pics!
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12/28/2007, 07:19 PM
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That's a nice color you have in that one. They can be conditioned to high light; they like chaotic flow---like to have their tentacles toss gently. General good coral params and they're happy.
As a note, hammer is euphyllia, like frogspawn and torch coral. Torch is hot and standoffish, prone to sting; but frogspawn and hammer can touch without problems, and will get along very nicely, if you ever have a positioning problem. Euphyllias have no distinct,specialized sweepers such as bubble does, but can lengthen one tentacle beyond the rest and even concentrate nematocysts in that one, so I have heard, the better to sting an intruding coral. Generally the reach you see is the reach they have, but they can double that for 1-3 special tentacles nearest a problem.
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12/28/2007, 07:26 PM
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Wow sk8r, I had to read that a couple times and will be looking up some of those words momentarily...!
Anyways, if that was from memory then WOW! What is the minimum separation between this and my bubble tip anemone? Do I need to keep them at opposite ends of the tank? Also, do you concur with "not drip acclimating" it as the LFS owner stated? |
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12/29/2007, 09:53 AM
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OH NO! I looked in there this morning and there is just a nub where the coral I got yesterday USED TO BE!
Do the hammer corals "retract" in or something? I do not think I have anything that would eat it. What could have happened? 
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12/29/2007, 10:50 AM
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sweet!
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12/29/2007, 11:01 AM
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Ok just an FYI I am told by a friend that owns a SW only fish store that the ONLY thing that does not need drip acclimated is Hermit crabs and Snails ALL CORAL, FISH AND OTHER INVERTS SHOULD BE DRIP ACCLIMATED!!! With this being said your coral may have retracted due to shock(just because the salinity is the same doesn't mean all the water parms are the same) I would give him about a week or 2 to adjust before you really freak out, if he isn't back out in 2 weeks i would call and give the store clerk that told you that you didn't have to drip him a piece of your mind and see if they will replace. But chances are if your water is good and in normal ranges he SHOULD open back up within a couple weeks MAX more like prolly a few days. Just IMHO! hope this helps!
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12/29/2007, 11:16 AM
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Quote:
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12/29/2007, 02:49 PM
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It's possible your hammer has just retracted in. Do you have a pic? Have you tested your nitrates, ammonia, calcium and alkalinity? Those parameters are important to corals.
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