Is this too much flow for my hammer coral?

[klimfish]

I have included pictures and video below, this is my first coral ever and I want to check and make sure this amount of flow isn't pulling the flesh away from the skeleton too much..

 

 

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[ReefSafeSolutions]

I'd say it's a little bit too much...chances are good it'll get used to it though. It's not over the top, literally just a teeny bit much. I've seen hammers in flow much higher and don't seem to be affected at all. I like mine in a little lower flow, they don't like to come out as much in higher flow.

[burtbollinger]

IMO a bit much, personally, I'd drop i by @ 15-20%...

[klimfish]

Man, I wish I had an adjustable power-head. Looks like I may have to do some rearranging if I want full polyp extension.

[Cencalfishguy56]

Man, I wish I had an adjustable power-head. Looks like I may have to do some rearranging if I want full polyp extension.

it looks like full polyp extension but in the long run I doubt it will deal with it lol

[ajmckay]

Borderline but it seems to be okay. If you're asking then it might be of comfort to you to tone it down slightly or just angle the pump a little.

 

With hammers/frogspawn I usually look for just enough motion that too much crap doesn't settle on it.

[ReefSafeSolutions]

Man, I wish I had an adjustable power-head. Looks like I may have to do some rearranging if I want full polyp extension.

 

Can you move it up or down, left or right? It doesn't look like the flow will damage anything...how long has it been in that spot?

[anizato]

yeah, tentacles look tight.

[klimfish]

I'm going to play around with different spots for the coral and powerhead today. It does seem to be just a little too much flow for the hammer. I've only had the piece for a few days, so it's hard to say what he "should" look like at this point.