Australian Hammer - Too Much Flow?

bevo5 · Mar 6, 2017

Hey all - I just picked up an awesome gold hammer (looks green here, but it's gold). I placed it in a nice little spot but now I'm wondering if it's getting too much flow. I have my MP40's on reef crest, so you can see a bit of a higher flow moment here in the video. It's only been in there for less than a day, so not nearly opened up at all. I'm just worried about moments when you can see the skeleton structure underneath.

Too much? Thanks.

Flippers4pups · Mar 6, 2017

I wouldn't say that's too much, but it's on the border. For it to grow properly and to have good polyp extension, I would recommend placing it close to a rock to shield it from too much turbulence. They do best in low to mod flow.

Mini Coop · Mar 6, 2017

I had to move mine 3 times before he was happy. I put it in between basically 3 walls of rock and he's super happy!

jwhann6 · Mar 6, 2017

I would have to agree with @Flippers4pups , it's definitely on the high end in terms of flow. My hammers do best in moderately low flow, just enough so that they have a gentle sway.

Flippers4pups · Mar 6, 2017

My torches and candy canes can take more flow than my frogspawn or hammers.

bevo5 · Mar 6, 2017

Hey thanks all. I might just move it to the substrate where there's less flow. The weird thing is that it's getting that much flow from an mp40 about 50inches away.

jwhann6 · Mar 6, 2017

That is pretty crazy, let us know how it goes!

bevo5 · Mar 6, 2017

I'll update with a new video tomorrow night. I moved him to the substrate and put him about 20% between two rocks, but still out in the open so he gets light and a bit of flow.

I have a hammer that started as two heads and is now about 30 nearby....hopefully that's a sign of things to come. I'd very much so like to frag this guy to get back some of the $$$$$!

bevo5 · Mar 7, 2017

So here is an updated video of placement. The MP40's are only on about 60% this early in the morning, and just after I stopped filming it got a bit more flow in there so it's pulsing up and down. I just fed Reef Chili so you can see the flow of particles zipping by....I wonder if it's too low now. I can move it out from that rock a bit.

MaiReef · Mar 7, 2017

looked better before, but in between would certainly work

jwhann6 · Mar 7, 2017

Thanks for the update, I think it would certainly be okay there, but a bit more flow would be beneficial. The flow on that torch above it to the right looks about perfect.

MaiReef · Mar 7, 2017

jwhann6 said:
Thanks for the update, I think it would certainly be okay there, but a bit more flow would be beneficial. The flow on that torch above it to the right looks about perfect.

+1 agreed on the torch flow

Empress · Mar 7, 2017

bevo5 said:
So here is an updated video of placement. The MP40's are only on about 60% this early in the morning, and just after I stopped filming it got a bit more flow in there so it's pulsing up and down. I just fed Reef Chili so you can see the flow of particles zipping by....I wonder if it's too low now. I can move it out from that rock a bit.

That flow looks perfect!

bevo5 · Mar 9, 2017

Hey here's a question on this guy - as you can see in the photos it looks really green...but in the shop it was 100% gold. That's why I grabbed it!

Could it just be my light spectrum? I'm running Radion x30's on SPS schedule so mostly blue...not a lot of red at all. It's bright green, which is cool, but I want the gold back. Any ideas? Thanks.

LJLKRL05 · Mar 9, 2017

Play with your lights some. Gold and blue should make green, so maybe a little less blue?

bevo5 · Mar 9, 2017

Ah that makes sense....

I'm 100% blue...running that SPS A+ Radion schedule. I might try lowering it down to like 14k or something. Thanks for the tips.