Hammer Coral

[Live Rock]

Hi I just bought a hammer coral frag from my LFS. Do I have to place it on my sandbed, or can it live on my rockwork?

 

[owen386]

On a plug I assume? Rock works fine.

-Owen

 

[Waddi]

Acclimate it to your light, so start on sand bed, then move to where ever you want.

 

[Smitty]

+1 Waddi...

 

[jzaso]

They are corals of sandbed-if it is a para(branching)ancora it can be ok in the rock work-if it is not it belongs in the sandbed-reason being the flesh will be abraided by the rockwork as it expands-asking for a bacterial infection(brown jelly)
Do you know what species it is? euphyllia ancora or is it a euphyllia para ancora?
forgive my spelling! John.

 

[fastrd400]

Waddi has you covered. Place it in the sandbed and let it acclimate to your light. If you want to move it up start after about 3-4 days slowly moving it up and into place.

 

[AmberSunrise]

Unfortunately I can never start my corals on the sandbed because my urchin "Dozer" would carry them away and I would never see it again LOL

I pick a spot I like and glue it down right away. I have lost several ricordias to that silly urchin.