question about feeding hammer

[b_artman94]

i have a question regarding feeding my hammer. i have had this guy in my 10 gallon nano for over a year and half without supplemental feeding and although he hasnt grown much or split or anything, he looks great and is my favourite coral in the tank. i have recently expanded my tank into a 30 gallon tank and now start to experiment. so i decided to try and feed my hammer. i took a piece of frozen food, thawed it and gently put it on. the hammer ate it and 6 hours later it 'threw' it up. is this normal? do they digest what they need and expel what they dont?

[TippyToeX]

How big was the meal you gave him? They will spit out food that is too large for them to digest.

[b_artman94]

hmm maybe that was the problem, it was like a quarter the size of a cocktail shrimp. it did have it inside for like 6 hours, so maybe it digested what it could and expeled what was too much? whats the right amount to feed?

[Large Polyp Dave]

hammer's have really small mouths. go for a like 1/3 of the size that you last fed.

[reefkeeper11]

get something smaller man!!!!!!!