Hammer coral getting big!

[Kial]

Ive had my hammer coral for a few months now and it just seems to be getting huge!
I have no idea how I would frag it to reduce its size as when it retracts in, it looks like its sitting in a bowl. I'l try get a photo of it later tonight after lights out. Has anyone had any experience fragging hammers like this?

 

[Ludders]

That looks a bit like one of my hammers.

I wouldn't attempt to frag my one, but am interested if anyone has successfully done it.

 

[Kial]

Yeah I would rather not frag it if they are difficuilt as I've never fragged anything before. I think it's grown enough to touch my zoas near it, which seem to be unhappy so I've moved them now.

 

[Ludders]

Just give your hammers room.

Here is part of mine

 

[Kial]

Awesome! I’ve been playing around with my flow today due to dead spots but where the hammer is now, it has space but is In to much flow in my opinion. I can’t win haha.
To move into less flow it will be in range of my other corals which are doing really well where they are.

 

[Ludders]

It's tricky, there's always a compromise. I think my purple hammer had stung my goniastrea, so I decided to move the goniastrea and in doing so, ended up snapping and breaking it completely. I'm hoping it survives its ordeal.

 

[Kial]

Yeah true. I’ve finally found a place for my goniopora where it’s doing well, unfortunately the ideal place for the hammer is directly next to it
Fingers crossed your goniastrea survives!

 

[Ludders]

The goniopora will out sting your hammer. What colour is it?

The tentacles on my green one are about 10cm in length, so I have to give it plenty of room.

 

[Kial]

Oh I see. I have a pink goniopora, was kind of an impulse buy as I had no idea about them until I got it home and did my research! Some reef roids and moving it to new position has help

 

[Ludders]

Oh nice, mine isn't doing so well at the moment, I am nursing it back to health, it's only a frag so not well established yet.

Hope I can save it and to be fair, it is looking better today.

 

[Kial]

Some awesome colour on that! How often do you feed yours?

 

[DSC reef]

That looks to be a wall hammer, I wouldn't attempt to frag it. If it was euphyllia paraanchora (branching hammer) then fragging would be no problem.

 

[Ludders]

Every day at the moment. Basically I neglected it for a week and it wouldn't open to feed. Its condition rapidly deteriorated, so I intervened and removed it for a couple of days to feed intensively with a sun coral. Now the polyps are extending again daily I am able to target feed.

 

[Kial]

That's what I thought. I have a feeling it's going to outgrow my tank if it keeps gking as it is!

 

[Kial]

Oh right. I'm target feeding mine every 2-3 days at the moment

 

[Ludders]

Oh right. I'm target feeding mine every 2-3 days at the moment

That'll be fine, I would normally do the same.