Australian Ultra Green Splatter Wall Hammer Coral (Approx. 3–6″)

Description

You are buying the exact coral in the photo. This Australian wall hammer is approximately 3 to 6 inches across with the polyps extended. Under blue spectrum reef lighting every tentacle is bright green with a darker green center, and the tips are marked with dark blue flecks and streaks, which is where the splatter name comes from. The purple tips at the very bottom of the frame belong to a neighboring coral and are not included. Conditioned in our Key West systems.

About Wall Hammer (Euphyllia ancora)

Wall hammer grows on one continuous, meandering skeleton instead of separate branches, so the whole colony opens as a single solid mass of tentacles. That is the look in this photo: no gaps between heads, just green from edge to edge. Australian hammers are some of the most sought-after in the hobby because of their color, and splatter patterning like this does not show up on every piece.

Care Guide

Moderate care. A wall hammer this size wants steady alkalinity and room to open, and a big swing is what usually makes it pull in.

• Lighting: Medium, PAR 75–150. Too much light makes the tentacles shrink back.
• Flow: Medium. Enough to move the tentacles gently, never enough to tear at them.
• Placement: Mid rockwork or sandbed, with clear space around it.
• Feeding: Medium. It is photosynthetic and does better with small meaty foods like mysis a couple of times a week.
• Aggression: Puts out sweeper tentacles at night that sting. Give it 4 to 6 inches from non-Euphyllia corals.
• Water Parameters: Temp 76–78°F, salinity 1.025–1.026, Alk 8–9 dKH, Ca 420–440, Mg 1300–1400. Stability matters more than exact numbers.

Shipping & Live Arrival Guarantee

Livestock ships Tuesday or Wednesday by UPS Next Day Air from Key West, Florida. Packed in an insulated box with a heat or cold pack matched to current conditions, and secured so the specimen cannot move in transit.

• Fill your box: up to 4 spots ship for one shipping charge. A frag, zoa, small WYSIWYG, cleanup-crew pack or small dry good takes 1 spot. A colony takes 2. A rare big colony takes all 4 and ships alone.
• Qualifying Florida livestock: $30 per box.
• All other eligible lower-48 livestock: $50 per box.
• Box & Handling Fee: $20 per box, for the insulated box plus ice or heat packs, in addition to the shipping charge above.
• Spots 2 through 4 in a box add no extra shipping. A fifth spot starts a second box, which pays its own shipping and Box & Handling Fee.
• Free livestock transportation begins at $299 in qualifying livestock subtotal and covers shipping on the first box. Each extra box pays its shipping rate. WYSIWYG livestock counts toward that subtotal; dry goods do not.
• The $20 Box & Handling Fee applies to every box, including on free-transportation orders.
• We do not ship orders of any kind to Alaska or Hawaii.

Live arrival is guaranteed. If your animal arrives DOA, photograph it inside the unopened bag within four (4) hours of delivery confirmation and contact us right away with those photos. We will work with you on a resolution.

Placement: Mid rockwork or sandbed in medium light, with a clear zone for its night sweeper tentacles.