Hammer Coral Graft

[ReefKeeperElite]

I lost my hammer coral over the past year or so due to my 6 bar angel gradually chowing down on it. He continued with other coral, so yesterday I gave him away to a friend. I would now like to get my hammer coral going again. Question is, can I reuse the original stalk and graft a few small hammer coral frags into it, and hopefully have it grow back into the rest of the stalk, or should I remove it, and start from scratch? I kind of like it, so hopefully the grafting will work. (sorry for the dirty glass)

 

[Opus]

They don't encroach/spread when they grow so no it will not work the way you want. If you just like the shape you could glue something like a favia to it and it should spread over it.

 

[ReefKeeperElite]

They don't encroach/spread when they grow so no it will not work the way you want. If you just like the shape you could glue something like a favia to it and it should spread over it.

Okay thanks. Not sure what I'd glue there without making it look odd.

 

[JustaReefer1121]

Maybe if you cut the old heads off and use the old stalks to mount the new frags to using superglue of reef putty to join them together. I would thank that you could even use different hammers and make a garden.

 

[ReefKeeperElite]

Maybe if you cut the old heads off and use the old stalks to mount the new frags to using superglue of reef putty to join them together. I would thank that you could even use different hammers and make a garden.

Interesting idea, thanks!