Coral ID

[rfisher3]

I was given a couple corals and this one I’m not really sure what it is. I’ll attach an image. Is this thing a torch? I’m not sure. It’s kinda small. What are your thoughts? If it is a torch why is it so small? Especially the head on the bottom right. Barely opens up.

 

[vetteguy53081]

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I was given a couple corals and this one I’m not really sure what it is. I’ll attach an image. Is this thing a torch? I’m not sure. It’s kinda small. What are your thoughts? If it is a torch why is it so small? Especially the head on the bottom right. Barely opens up.

looks like frogspawn

 

[rfisher3]

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looks like frogspawn

Why do you say frogspawn?

 

[Lavey29]

Why do you say frogspawn?

Looks more like a frammer to me. Cross between a hammer and frogspawn.

 

[rfisher3]

Looks more like a frammer to me. Cross between a hammer and frogspawn.

is that a thing? I just need to know if this thing is safe to keep with my other hammer coral. I know torches will sting

 

[jfoahs04]

Looks more like a frammer to me. Cross between a hammer and frogspawn.

I could see this being a "frammer" as the tips of each tentacle are very small (typical of frogspawn), yet there's only a single "tip" on each tentacle (typical of a hammer) whereas a frogspawn usually has multiple tips on each tentacle. But personally, I'd lean towards this just being a smaller tipped hammer coral (the tips have the token hammer shape). Regardless, it really does not look like torch (tentacles are quite short) and would be fine next to any hammer, frammer, or frogspawn.

 

[rfisher3]

I could see this being a "frammer" as the tips of each tentacle are very small (typical of frogspawn), yet there's only a single "tip" on each tentacle (typical of a hammer) whereas a frogspawn usually has multiple tips on each tentacle. But personally, I'd lean towards this just being a smaller tipped hammer coral (the tips have the token hammer shape). Regardless, it really does not look like torch (tentacles are quite short) and would be fine next to any hammer, frammer, or frogspawn.

thank you

 

[encrustingacro]

Looks like a fimbriaphyllia paraancora to me.

 

[Dburr1014]

I think it's a hammer. Maybe a framer, but I don't think so.
Frammer has multiple ends, these look like single to me.
This is my Frammer. If you blow the picture up you can see some of the tentacles have multiple ends.

 

[Cell]

Looks like my neon frammer from ARC.

 

[vetteguy53081]

is that a thing? I just need to know if this thing is safe to keep with my other hammer coral. I know torches will sting

Yes and frogspawn is a type of euphyllia related to hammer and torch

 

[encrustingacro]

Yes and frogspawn is a type of euphyllia related to hammer and torch

Actually frogspawns and hammers are fimbriaphyllia, not euphyllia.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Hammer, frammer, or frogspawn all are able to be kept near each other.

 

[moorjames]

looks like my hammer

 

[Cell]

 

[rfisher3]

Here is a video of it when it was on the ground. Are we sure it’s not a torch?

 

[Sharkbait19]

Video won’t load on my end but I can tell from the opening photo that it is 100% not a torch and is most likely a hammer.
A torch will have tentacles like this:

Notice the thin tentacles and small ends.
Frogspawn in the back to compare.

 

[rfisher3]

Video won’t load on my end but I can tell from the opening photo that it is 100% not a torch and is most likely a hammer.
A torch will have tentacles like this:
Notice the thin tentacles and small ends.
Frogspawn in the back to compare.

here is a screenshot of the video. notice how much longer it is when it was on the ground. this is what makes me not so sure

 

[Dburr1014]

here is a screenshot of the video. notice how much longer it is when it was on the ground. this is what makes me not so sure

These sections look like a hammer to me. Not like a ball, but oblong like a hammer.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Hammer
Hammers will have long tentacles like the rest do.