Looking forward to seeing your pic. My hammer is one of the most attractive corals in my tank. It started with 2 heads and now I have about 10 or more. It grows great!
Maybe your LFS don't have the conditions for the coral and you do, i get a few ricordea for free from a LFS because they were almost bleached, i told then and they just give then to me, they were gonna lose the money anyway.
PS: none of the LFS around here have enought light even for mushrooms.