Is this a wall or branching hammer?

[Jonathanw1234]

Hey so I have had this hammer coral for about 4-5 months and was wondering if it is a wall or a branching hammer.

 

[ryanjohn1]

Looks like branch

 

[Jonathanw1234]

Looks like branch

How can you tell?

 

[Rjukan]

Would be easier to tell when the polyps are retracted

 

[Jonathanw1234]

Would be easier to tell when the polyps are retracted

oh ok i will try to get a photo of that

 

[GlassMunky]

How can you tell?

something like 95% (my own numbers based on my experience over like 15+ years) of all hammers in the hobby are branching.
it would have been sold to you as a wall hammer not just a regular hammer.
Walls are extremely hard to keep alive, whereas branching ones can survive a nuclear apocalypse.

all that said, the only real way to know for sure is to look at the skeleton.

 

[Uncle99]

A branch.
Don’t find wall hammers on plugs much.
Usually cut flush so they could stand on their own.
These are almost all walls.

 

[VintageReefer]

I had a wall for 5 years that was not on a plug and my new wall came on a plug so could be either way

Pic 1 old - lost due to fish biting causing bjd

Pic 2 & 3 replacement gold wall hammer, was surprised it came on a plug but it works and helps keep it above the sandbed

 

[BigMonkeyBrain]

Hey so I have had this hammer coral for about 4-5 months and was wondering if it is a wall or a branching hammer.

" Hammer Coral Beginner Care Guide! " -​

Probably happens !

“So let it be written, so let it be done”

 

[Naekuh]

It looks bleached.