Blue Hammer Coral/Frogspawn

[Luwe2008]

I have heard of Blue Hammer Coral/Frogspawn, have any of you guys seen this,own it, or have any pictures of it?

[180+55reef]

I was wondering if they are really blue or just look that way witih heavy artinics

[jeff127]

For a short while I had one, it was advertised as denim blue here are some stock pictures of it from in the shop:
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a43/666Grizzly/IMG_2587.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a43/666Grizzly/IMG_2646.jpg

Sorry don't have any pictures to hand of when it was in my tank, it was more grey than blue but certainly unusual. Sadly when I bought it, it was recessed and I couldn't recover it which was a great shame!


Jeff.

[smogl00]

Alot of people say my hammer looks blue. Looks more purple in real life, but its the one in my profile pic

[Luwe2008]

Wow jeff127, that was an amazing hammer.
What a shame..

smogl00 it actually does have a blueish/lavender look.
Nice piece!

[jeff127]

Wow jeff127, that was an amazing hammer.
What a shame..

Yup, you're telling me! And to boot it was cheaper than I'd expect to pay for any other hammer! :sad2:

Nice coral Steve.


Jeff.

[Makenna]

Here is mine, sorry for the dark pic, but the color is realistic.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v643/Rudro1/015-3.jpg


Bobby

[scuba guy ron]

wow! these are awesome.

[BuyTheReef]

Yes I would agree they are blue/purple. I have seen several from Aussie.

[29reef]

It depends on the light they are under and your eyes. Under daylight I think the "blue" hammer is grey.

[stevejrnc]

an lfs had a true blue wall type spawn/hammer/torch morph was pretty cool piece didn't have the room so i passed really regret it

[Luwe2008]

wow... that purple one even looks amazing

[saltwater freak]

I have one go to you tube and look up mike t 72 gallon reef tank
it is at the top of the tank beside the yellow polyps

If you look at the updated vid it is at the same space except it is a little lower on the rock right by the hairy mushrooms
it is a little hard to tell because my camera is crap but it is defiantly blue,and grows very quickly .I started with 4 heads and now its about 20 in about 1 year maybe a little more give or tale a couple of months
mine look exactly like jeff127 pics except branching style skeleton

[Gary Majchrzak]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y270/gary334/Sept2010.jpg

[saltwater freak]

nice pic good camers

are the blue ones not seen as often as the green?

[hb2envy]

Awesome Hammer!

[scapes]

are the blue ones not seen as often as the green?

they're hard to come by. i got one from online vendor for around $200. it was beautiful! prettiest one i've ever seen on here. it was small and it died w/in about 2 weeks. it got brown jelly disease and didn't make it.

[TwistedEnvy]

Here was mine a while ago:

http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/tt192/TwistedlyEnvious/8.jpg

http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/tt192/TwistedlyEnvious/4-3.jpg

Its a bit bigger now, I will have to take updated photos

Oh here it was in my nano:

http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/tt192/TwistedlyEnvious/IMG_2612.jpg

[kidkams]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y270/gary334/Sept2010.jpg

sorry to be off topic but this is an amazing pick, i love your Emperor, it looks absolutely stunning how does do with all the corals in the tank.

also I dont have any blue hammer, the only peice i have is green with purple tip, but i have been looking and I haven't been able to find any. those of you who have it must be part of a lucky few

[Sheol]

If I see *ANY* blue Hammer or Torch, its going to be "Sorry, this piece SOLD!" LOL

Matthew

[is350jonny]

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh219/is350jonny/Saltwater%20Tank/IMG_0597.jpg

green body... blue tips... but only under actinics.. otherwise.. purple tips during the day.

this was 15 mins after i introduced it into the tank so it looks pretty bad.. but since then.. it has filled up nicely.

[israel.kendall]

Extreme corals just posted a couple of blue tip hammers, in case anyone is interested. They're a sponsor so hopefully it's ok to post here.

[scapes]

Thanks for heads up Israel! I'll post the pics of the two I bought next week ;)

[israel.kendall]

Thanks for heads up Israel! I'll post the pics of the two I bought next week ;)

You bought one of the blue hammers from there? What else did you get?

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[scapes]

that's it. i got the two cheapest ones. there was one more left last night. hopefully they'll be bluer than the pics. i have had a MUCH bluer one before it died. in any event, it's not a color i have.

[israel.kendall]

that's it. i got the two cheapest ones. there was one more left last night. hopefully they'll be bluer than the pics. i have had a MUCH bluer one before it died. in any event, it's not a color i have.

Cool, hope they color up nicely for you. Looking forward to pics!

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[Gravesj1s]

Iphone pic ,no photoshop ,led or atinic

blue stalk with orangeish-yellow tips.

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[kawicivic]

Iphone pic ,no photoshop ,led or atinic

blue stalk with orangeish-yellow tips.

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That all green one is amazing as well... Where did you get that?

[rocking]

does anyone know where i can get blue rige corial

[quaz]

I've got some of that. I never thought much of it because it's not like bright blue. I've always thought of it as more of a silvery color. Still a cool coral.

[2put4par]

Those are nice blue tip and purple tips hammers. I have a bi-color purple and pink tipped it started having problems so I dipped it in a natural tea tree oil dip. Three flat looking worms came out and hammer has been great since. 2 months since dip

[israel.kendall]

Those are nice blue tip and purple tips hammers. I have a bi-color purple and pink tipped it started having problems so I dipped it in a natural tea tree oil dip. Three flat looking worms came out and hammer has been great since. 2 months since dip

Wow, I've never heard of tea tree oil dip. Could you please point me towards some more information on this procedure?

[XSharkboyX]

I wouldnt really call them "Neon Blue," from the pictures anyway... Hopefully they are a nice blue to the human eye.
I had a gorgeous bright blue tipped green wall hammer from 2005-2006. I mean blue blue... Similar to the one Gary posted, but brighter and smaller. More like the one Jeff posted. Lost it when a tank sitter OD'ed my tank with kalk... I will see if I can dig up a picture.
Moral of the story... Don't go on vacation when you have a reef tank... :mad2:

[scapes]

i bought this one from aquatic auctions when they were still in business. i didn't have it long enough to take a pic as it got brown jelly disease w/in a week and died. it looked just like the pic...was really beautiful

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j57/chargedtuna/180/bluehammer.jpg

[TwistedEnvy]

That all green one is amazing as well... Where did you get that?
+500000 wow

[Gravesj1s]

The green one Ive had around 1 1/2 years.Someone happened to trade it in at a frag swap,I was surprised noone had bought it when I walked in a day later and saw it was still available.

Sorry I dont know where to look for one.

[saltwater freak]

they're hard to come by. i got one from online vendor for around $200. it was beautiful! prettiest one i've ever seen on here. it was small and it died w/in about 2 weeks. it got brown jelly disease and didn't make it.

Wow $200 how many heads was it,mine is the branching type not the wall type

mine has to be considered aqua cultured the guy i got it from started from 1 head 8 years ago(and hundreds have been produced from this one head) and has been fragging it ever since to the lucky few ,mine is heard to frag because there is tissue around every inch of the skeleton
so is the blue hammer harder to keep from the wild?

i have had it for1.5 to 2 years started with 3 heads and now have 25+
It has lost a little bit of the defined hammer shape over the years but about 75% of them still look like hammers

[scapes]

Extreme corals just posted a couple of blue tip hammers, in case anyone is interested. They're a sponsor so hopefully it's ok to post here.


well, i said i'd post pics, so here goes...
i bought two of the three for sale. the smallest one looked like dookie when i got it and my auriga had a field day with it. the larger of the two is below...
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j57/chargedtuna/180/030-1.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j57/chargedtuna/180/015-5.jpg

like someone said earlier, alot of the blues do look gray, and i'd have to agree so far on this one. upon arrival, it looked REALLY gray, but has since added a little more blue with the changing of my 4 80w t5actinics yesterday. so, we'll see.

[israel.kendall]

Its definitely not neon blue, but not a bad looking hammer. Hopefully the color deepens for you.

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[XSharkboyX]

That is not at all how it was advertised... I would get my money back.