Orange Hammer
A variant of Hammer coral (Euphyllia ancora)
Representative Hammer coralphoto — a dedicated image of this exact morph isn't available yet.
A hammer with warm orange-toned tentacles, often graduating to lighter tips, sitting between gold and the rarer red/pink hues. A vivid, warm-spectrum standard.
📜 Backstory
Wild Australian/Indo hammer (*Euphyllia/Fimbriaphyllia ancora*) selected for orange pigmentation, marketed alongside gold as a premium color grade. 'Orange Hammer' denotes a color rather than a documented mother-colony lineage, so its precise origin is debated and vendor-dependent — and hobbyists note that truly orange specimens are uncommon and that some listed examples shift toward gold/tan once acclimated under home lighting. The genuinely warm-orange color is comparatively scarce in collected stock, which sustains its higher price.
Keeper tips for this variant
Mid-tank placement with gentle, turbulent flow so all heads inflate evenly; avoid sandbed grit blowing onto the flesh which causes tissue recession.