is this a Frogspawn or Hammer ??

[crazy cajun]

my guy i always talk to at my LFS was not their and someone else helped me and not sure he knew what he was talking about he told me it was a Branching Hammer , but it looks more like Frogspawn ???? i picked it up fpr $20.00

 

[BL1]

Looks like a frogspawn to me too

 

[crazy cajun]

Thats what i thought , this is my first one and was not 100% sure, thats why i usually only like to deal with one person at any givin place that i trust that has knowledge of everything. but i knew no matter if it was a hammer or Frogspawn i was good to go. thanks

 

[Hiker4twenty]

I'd say its a frogspawn as well. Looks nice!

 

[d2mini]

definintely frogspawn.

 

[cageburn]

definitly, nice grab!

definintely frogspawn.

 

[Bifferwine]

I'm gonna go against the grain. I really think that's a hammer. What gives it away is that there aren't any bulbs on the sides of the branches... Just at the tips. And the tips are generally one piece.

This is what frogspawn looks like: See, lots of bulbs all down the stalks... Not just at the tips.

See how there are bulbs all up and down the stalks? And they are round?

The tips of your coral are club-shaped.

Here is a hammer: Club-shaped tips, and only at the ends of the stalks, not all down the length of them.

Maybe the heads of yours aren't as defined as most hammers, but they defnitely are not round, and the structure of the stalks indicates it's a "weak hammer" and definitely not a frogspawn.

 

[fastrd400]

I think it's a hammer as well. The polyp ends are elongated on the tenticles.

 

[bjohanson1234]

I agree with biff. The spots on frog spawns tend to be all down their tentacles. Hammers tend to be on the tips.

But, frog spawns and hammers are closely related and there are probably thousands of variants of each

 

[BL1]

The bulbs are there, there just aren't a lot of them. I tried circling them in the pic

 

[Bifferwine]

The bulbs are there, there just aren't a lot of them. I tried circling them in the pic

Those still just look like the tips of new hammers forming. They are not up and down along every stalk, and the tips of each stalk is not circular -- they are elongated and hammer shaped.

I still say hammer.

 

[Hiker4twenty]

+1 Brian. That's why I voted for the FS. It looks just like my brother FS, which didn't start showing multiple bulbs on each tentacle for a few months.

 

[d2mini]

I have a huge one EXACTLY like crazy cajun's.
It's frogspawn dammit! Even Wally says so!!! :D

 

[d2mini]

Here's the Wally-Eye-View closeup.

 

[Bifferwine]

It's a hammer.

Besides, what would Wally know? He can't even SEE through his shaggy bangs!! :mrgreen:

 

[dcantucson]

I'm going the way of Wally World. It's a Frogspawn!!!!

 

[d2mini]

Wally says, "Trust me... it's a Frog Spawn." :D


And before anyone else gets a chance to say it...

I have a huge one EXACTLY like crazy cajun's.

THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

I say Hammer. :sfish: Sorry, Wally. ;)

 

[crazy cajun]

WOW i did not know this would spark so much controversy LOL, i guess ill have to wait for it to grow up a little, OK maybe this will help !!

when the polyps are retracted in the evening there is a hole on 2 of the branch ends that has a small feather duster looking thing that comes in and out that i guess is filter feeding ill try to get a pic of it tonight

 

[d2mini]

WOW i did not know this would spark so much controversy

It's not a controversy, they just don't know what they are talking about.
It's a frogspawn. ;)