Wall and branching hammer

canadianeh · Jul 11, 2020

Can you put them side by side touching each other? I just bought a new one and it is a wall one. I put it in the tank and my existing branching hammer one started to show its sweeping tentacle. Will they go to war with each other?

Fishko · Jul 11, 2020

you should be able to, i remember the guy at the lfs took a torch and placed it right by a wall hammer and a branching one and they didnt deflate when i didnt believe him.

PTXReef · Jul 13, 2020

canadianeh said:
Can you put them side by side touching each other? I just bought a new one and it is a wall one. I put it in the tank and my existing branching hammer one started to show its sweeping tentacle. Will they go to war with each other?

I see a lot of mixed opinions regarding that. But the safest bet would be to keep walls with walls and branching with branching imo. Love those euphyllia gardens!

canadianeh · Jul 13, 2020

PTXReef said:
I see a lot of mixed opinions regarding that. But the safest bet would be to keep walls with walls and branching with branching imo. Love those euphyllia gardens!

Thanks! I am not done yet

My tank will have euphyllia dominant.

homer1475 · Jul 13, 2020

Most euphyllia can be kept next to each other without issues.

The only caveat is the torch. There is a reason it's called a torch, and will torch anything near it. Sometimes torch's work next to other euphyllia, but typically they need to be kept by themselves.

PTXReef · Jul 13, 2020

canadianeh said:
Thanks! I am not done yet My tank will have euphyllia dominant.

That was going to be my initial build until I started researching all the other types...
then came favia....mushrooms... candycanes... toadstools... acans.... zoas....then a clam... looks like it is no longer euphyllia dominant here haha

So interesting though!

canadianeh · Jul 13, 2020

PTXReef said:
That was going to be my initial build until I started researching all the other types...
then came favia....mushrooms... candycanes... toadstools... acans.... zoas....then a clam... looks like it is no longer euphyllia dominant here haha So interesting though!

I know! Too many choices. But the keyword is “dominant “ so it would not be absolute 100% Euphyllia.

With zoas, I have no interest at all.

I have been eyeing acans as well. My plan is to cover my sand beds with acans and Euphyllia. Will these two kill each other if they are close to each other?

homer1475 · Jul 13, 2020

PTXReef · Jul 13, 2020

canadianeh said:
I know! Too many choices. But the keyword is “dominant “ so it would not be absolute 100% Euphyllia.

With zoas, I have no interest at all.

I have been eyeing acans as well. My plan is to cover my sand beds with acans and Euphyllia. Will these two kill each other if they are close to each other?

As long as possible sweeper tentacles from the euphyllia can't reach them! I have my acans on my frag rack/off my sand bed right now. My tiger pistol shrimp likes to do a bit of rearranging (he stacked some of my frags before and moved them in front of his burrow

). So until I figure out a place for him or rearrange some rocks, I have to keep mine on the rack.

canadianeh · Jul 13, 2020

PTXReef said:
As long as possible sweeper tentacles from the euphyllia can't reach them! I have my acans on my frag rack/off my sand bed right now. My tiger pistol shrimp likes to do a bit of rearranging (he stacked some of my frags before and moved them in front of his burrow ). So until I figure out a place for him or rearrange some rocks, I have to keep mine on the rack.

noob questions here:
-when acans get bigger, do you have to keep adding frag discs on the bottom to support their growth spread if you want to continue to leave them on sandbed?
-how about with Euphyllia? If I want them to stay on sandbed, do I need to glue more discs to support their horizontal growth?

homer1475 · Jul 13, 2020

No and NO.

We call them HARD corals for a reason, they grow their own skeleton, then grow in the flesh to fiull that skeleton.

The reason for a frag plug is just easier transportation.

canadianeh · Jul 13, 2020

homer1475 said:
No and NO.

We call them HARD corals for a reason, they grow their own skeleton, then grow in the flesh to fiull that skeleton.

The reason for a frag plug is just easier transportation.

so if I just sit them on the sandbed and push them deeper into the 1” sand bed, the base skeleton will continue to grow horizontally flat against the glass but not stuck to the glass, correct?