I saved this coral from petco yesterday. It is completely bleached and looked like all skeleton till I felt it and still had flesh. I dipped it and put it in my aquarium.. within a few minutes the polyps opened and I found out it was a hammer. Lol, first time hammer mom.. what should I feed it and what kind of lighting & flow do they like? Ty ❤️
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@KingjamesTank
304d
They like light and low flow but also beware bubble coral do sting corals
@Sarah177
304d
This is a better photo of it this morning. My tank lights are off so everything is still 'asleep'. I do see some sweeper tentacles
@CUCman
304d
Yeah looks like a bubble. Nice find if I had good colors
@Sarah177
303d
Yeah i only paid $20 for it. Hopefully she colors up soon. I'll update once she does
@JamesHarrington328
302d
Keep an eye on it for potential infection, specifically brown jelly. If euphyllia aren’t handled properly (which I’d be shocked if Petco knew to do) their tentacles can get cut on the sharp edges of their own skeleton, get infected and melt out. I’ve tried getting healthy hammers before and both times (despite careful handling the second time), they both died within a couple of days. Pretty skeletons left over, though. 😒 Also, specifically, I’ve heard that the flow is better to be alternating so they have flow but aren’t constantly pushed against the sharp edges.
@Sarah177
302d
Thank you, I will! So far no jelly
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Looks more like bubble coral
Im about to research that now, any reccomendations?