What coral is this? Hammer? Bubble?

[legrunt]

Got this a few weeks ago. LFS told me it was a bicolor hammer. But looking at it more and more, it really doesn't look like other hammers I've seen.
Any idea what it is?

 

[GlassMunky]

200% for sure a branching hammer coral

 

[legrunt]

Oooo ok so the lfs was correct.
But the hammer in front of it looks so different! Good separation of tentacles, distinct hammer shapes... This one just expands as a blob. I've never seen it's tentacles waving around...

 

[GlassMunky]

Oooo ok so the lfs was correct.
But the hammer in front of it looks so different! Good separation of tentacles, distinct hammer shapes... This one just expands as a blob. I've never seen it's tentacles waving around...

The same way one cat can be fluffy and another have short hair. Just a different expression of its genes.

 

[homer1475]

100% a hammer.

I think I read an article somewhere about lighting effecting the shape of the tentacles as well.

If I remember right......High lighting causes the tips to look bulbous, and not have that classic ball peen hammer shape to them.

I have bought one like this a while ago. Once it got to proper lighting and decent water quality, it eventually took on the classic "hammer" look.

 

[Fishhead1]

Looks like a hammer to me

 

[N11morales]

Got this a few weeks ago. LFS told me it was a bicolor hammer. But looking at it more and more, it really doesn't look like other hammers I've seen.
Any idea what it is?

Very pretty bicolor hammer! I been thinking about getting one of these recently.

 

[legrunt]

Thanks! I saw a large colony and couldn't resist getting a frag of it.