Mardi Gras Branching Hammer – Color That Parties in Your Reef
This Euphyllia variety lives up to its name with intense green stalks, gold tips, and purple lobe highlights that shimmer under actinic lighting. The Mardi Gras Hammer brings all the motion of a Euphyllia and all the flash of a festival.
Coral Highlights:
🎭 Neon Green + Gold + Purple – True tri-color with high contrast
🌿 Branching Growth – Grows multiple heads for easy fragging and flow
💡 Lighting: Moderate PAR (100–150) – brings out vibrant tips and body contrast
🌊 Flow: Moderate – gentle swaying motion without blasting tentacles
🧪 Parameters:
Temp: 75–78°F
Salinity: 1.025
dKH: 8–11
Calcium: 420–460 ppm
Magnesium: 1300–1400 ppm
Nitrate: 5–15 ppm
Phosphate: 0.03–0.08 ppm
Placement: Mid to lower tank with plenty of space for expansion
Feeding: Photosynthetic, but grows faster with 1–2x/week target feeding (mysis, coral foods)
Care Level: Easy to Moderate – Great for Euphyllia lovers and mixed reef setups
📦 Note: Frags are not WYSIWYG. Each head develops bold Mardi Gras coloration under reef lighting.
