hammer ?????

[frank2002]

hi one of the heads of my hammer late night was floating in my tank do hammer do this on it own?

[dobejazz]

It could have - I need to run try searching polyp bail out for more info

[crvz]

Just one small little polyped head, or an entire branch? They'll come off if something brushes up against them, or if they're handled roughly. Nothing to worry about if it's a one time incident.

[Loverotties]

Skull and everything would be ok but not just the soft.

[frank2002]

nope just one head the hammer is doing fine just did not know if it was try to start a new one be cool if it is this hammer was like 10 bucks

[themissinglynk]

I have a hammer, and have been cutting pieces off for a bit now. My $20 hammer with one head is now 2 "branching with 2 heads", 2 single heads, and an original trunk with about 5 very small heads growing on it.

If you need frag glue, check out justcoral.com - stuff is really nice, and water is an accelerant for it. Apply glue to a rock or plug, dip in water for a second, then press part of the coral through the "shell" of the glue, and wiggle it around. Then hold in place underwater for a bit, and VOILA!

Best of luck! Hammers are cool!

[juan8a]

Having it in a high water flow will make pieces of it come off. Move it to a low stream.

[Fly Guy]

its called polyp bailout.

It can be caused by stress whether it be poor water quality or just be trying to reproduce.

The fleshy head can grow a new skeleton although I have never seen it actually succeed without dying on euphyllia. I did have a candy cane that bailed just flesh and grew a skeleton though