Ultra Hologram Branching Hammer Coral

Description

You are buying the exact coral in the photo: the purple-tipped hammer in the center of the frame. The solid green and teal hammer heads in the top left and bottom left corners are a different coral and are not included. Under blue spectrum reef lighting each kidney-shaped tentacle tip is deep purple with a thin neon green rim, and the stalks underneath glow green. That bright outline around every tip gives it the shimmering look behind the Hologram name. Conditioned in our Key West systems.

About Branching Hammer (Euphyllia paraancora)

Branching hammer grows on a branching skeleton, and each branch carries its own head of hammer-shaped tentacles. Wall hammer, by comparison, grows as one continuous wall. Taxonomists have since moved the species to the genus Fimbriaphyllia, but most reefers still call it Euphyllia. As it grows, a head splits into new branches, so one piece can become a full colony over time. Hologram hammers are prized for their outlined tips, and the effect is strongest under actinic light.

Care Guide

Moderate care. Give it stable water, medium light and space, and it will stay full and puffy.

• Lighting: Medium — PAR 100–200. Bring it up to stronger light slowly.
• Flow: Medium — enough to keep the tentacles moving, not enough to push them flat.
• Placement: Mid rockwork or the sandbed, with a clear zone around it.
• Feeding: Medium — mostly photosynthetic. A small meaty feeding like mysis once or twice a week speeds up growth.
• Aggression: High — it extends sweeper tentacles at night. Keep at least 6″ between it and other 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.