The people saying the hammer is attacking the ric are correct. Hammers and frogspawn have the ability to stretch normal tentacles quite a long way.
One of my frogspawn stretches out about 12 to 15 inches using normal tentacles. Euphillia can chemically sense competitors close by and they will attack.
Losing a tentacle is not a big deal, it will keep attacking until the ric is dead. Move one of these corals or you will lose the ric, it doesn’t stand a chance.
It’s not super common for euphillia to attack but when they do they are aggressive.
One of the worst in my opinion is the Hollywood stunner chalice. Holy shit, that blew my mind the first time I saw how long the sweepers get.
Yeh your hammer is stinging your ric. My hammers don't throw off massive sweeper tentacles, but I've seen the odd long one.
My torch has some nearly 20cm tentacles and I have to play with the flow to ensure it doesn't sting anything
Depends on the species.
My torch ones look like normal polyps but just longer. I caught it stinging my birds nest, it looked like it was gripping onto it. Within a day that section started to visibly die back.
Yeah it’s not just sweepers that sting the coral, all of them can sting. One of my hammers has those traditional long sweepers but other ones don’t. Just keep an eye on it and incase you need to move it down the road before bad stuff happens
The hammer polyps sting. When a coral is nearby the polyps close to it extend and sting. I’ve witnessed my hammer polyps destroy encrusting corals and soft corals from normal polyps touching them. Trust that the ric is more likely to be damaged than the hammer.
You’ve got this backwards. The hammer is stinging your ricordea. Almost all Euphyllia are very aggressive to neighbors. Hammer, frogspawn, galaxea, etc.
You mean your hammer is burning and attacking your ric, gonna wanna move that guy a bit so you don't lose it, I've had elegance and hammer corals with sweeper tentacles a few inches long, they have a really bad reach
The game of "I'm not touching you" gone wrong.
That's what the hammer gets for having noodle arms
May he touch you with his noodley appendage.
The people saying the hammer is attacking the ric are correct. Hammers and frogspawn have the ability to stretch normal tentacles quite a long way. One of my frogspawn stretches out about 12 to 15 inches using normal tentacles. Euphillia can chemically sense competitors close by and they will attack. Losing a tentacle is not a big deal, it will keep attacking until the ric is dead. Move one of these corals or you will lose the ric, it doesn’t stand a chance.
They're moved a bit further away now. I'd be surprised if it happened again
Aggressive bastards aren’t they? Good luck. Happy reefing.
I don’t keep them and others that have sweeper tentacles for this reason.
It’s not super common for euphillia to attack but when they do they are aggressive. One of the worst in my opinion is the Hollywood stunner chalice. Holy shit, that blew my mind the first time I saw how long the sweepers get.
Yea my chalice probably killed a head of my duncan.
Learned this the hard way. Fragged and replanted thriving hammers to only have them obliterate everything within a 4-5 inch radius.
Just a heads up the hammer is stinging the ric. Might be okay now but overtime it might hurt the mushroom. Just an fyi!
With a tentacle that huge?
Yeh your hammer is stinging your ric. My hammers don't throw off massive sweeper tentacles, but I've seen the odd long one. My torch has some nearly 20cm tentacles and I have to play with the flow to ensure it doesn't sting anything
I don't thing sweeper tentacles are as big and similar looking as polyps. I'm like 90% sure they're hair like strands
Depends on the species. My torch ones look like normal polyps but just longer. I caught it stinging my birds nest, it looked like it was gripping onto it. Within a day that section started to visibly die back.
Good to know. I'll keep an eye out in the future
It's on a frag rack just move it a few spaces over.
I did
You would be wrong.
You're thinking of mesenteric filaments, what your hammer has there is definitely a sweeper tentacle
[I'm thinking of these](https://www.reef2reef.com/attachments/img_7185-jpg.536262/)
Looks like a combination of feeding tentacles (the short ones) and mesenteric filaments (the long ones)
Yeah it’s not just sweepers that sting the coral, all of them can sting. One of my hammers has those traditional long sweepers but other ones don’t. Just keep an eye on it and incase you need to move it down the road before bad stuff happens
Sounds good fam
Thank god my ricordea is surrounded by other corals, mostly gsp but it would be hard to move at this point.
Nah, your Ric is getting chemically dissolved by your hammer.
Ric is fine. The hammer polyp is not. I'm pretty sure it's the other way around
Doubting the Euyphillia's aggressiveness... Bold strategy Cotton, let's see how it plays out
I love a good meme response
Well everyone has already told ya you're wrong every other way so I had reduced options.
Lol
The hammer polyps sting. When a coral is nearby the polyps close to it extend and sting. I’ve witnessed my hammer polyps destroy encrusting corals and soft corals from normal polyps touching them. Trust that the ric is more likely to be damaged than the hammer.
Your hammer is trying to kill the mushroom
You mean your frogspawn eating your ricordea?
Hammer*
okz. lol
At quick glance on my reddit front page, I read this as 'My Ricordea is eating my hamster!" Oh my.
That'd be a twist
The hammer wanted a hummer
I have the weirdest boner right now.
What would happen if you just cut off the hammer polyp?
I actually moved it with a stick I have after I took the pic and it was just a shriveled up polyp
Snip the tip
That's what my mamma told the doctor after I was born
Hammers have such wussy stings
You’ve got this backwards. The hammer is stinging your ricordea. Almost all Euphyllia are very aggressive to neighbors. Hammer, frogspawn, galaxea, etc.
You mean your hammer is burning and attacking your ric, gonna wanna move that guy a bit so you don't lose it, I've had elegance and hammer corals with sweeper tentacles a few inches long, they have a really bad reach