What do you think?

[SaltwaterTeen]

Hi, Im almost done getting my alk and ca balanced. I want your opinion on the care level and how much light/flow and feeding goes. What I am wanting is a Hammer, Torch, Frog Spawn, Brain, candy cane, or plate coral. Which seems easier and more hardy? I have 440watts of vho, and 110watts of pc in my 55gal. what do you prefer and have you had any expereince with them?

 

[srgetz]

Definately not the brain, go with a hammer, very hardy IMO.

 

[SaltwaterTeen]

DO you have a hammer?

 

[Jchillin]

If I had a hammer, I'd hammer.....oops wrong topic!

 

[ellisz]

I have a lobo brain, a hammer and a candy cane. All seem pretty easy. I don't do anything special for them.

If I had to say, the hammer or candy cane should be the easiest.

 

[first-timer89]

A hammer sounds harder than a brain!

 

[SaltwaterTeen]

LOL Do you feed your hammer anything? I heard frog spawn need to eat, and they are kinda like hammer. What would hammer eat? I have cyclopeeze

 

[ellisz]

cyclopeeze would work. I have cyclopeeze and freeze dried phyto but I really don't do much. I mainly target feed a gorgonian I have and everyone else gets leftovers. The candy cane has feelers that come out at night.

 

[theatrus]

Was idly browsing eBay, and came up with this rather nice looking specimen of a hammer: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4338997145

I think I want a hammer now

 

[SaltwaterTeen]

HEHE, how big do they get and how fast do they grow?

 

[Kohan Bros.]

All those are very hardy personal prefferance i think. hammers and torchs will grow quit rapidily under stable conditions

 

[srgetz]

I have only a hammer and a leather coral. I do not feed him, he gets fish food leftovers I guess! He has been very easy to keep and the movement of all the polyps in the current is what I especially like. One of my favorite corals, looks cool under actinic too.