Hammer Coral OK?

[Kgramma]

I recently got a hammer coral frag from my LFS. Kind of an impulse buy. I do not have experience with LPS corals. I was just curious if it looks healthy? I use instant ocean and keep my salinity at 1.025. Change 10% weekly. Tank is roughly 2 months old.

 

[shcrimps]

looks pretty good to me so far, i would have it in slightly lower flow so it opens up more
but for such a new tank not sure how it will hold up in such a clean environment especially with weekly water change, i personally would at the very least go to bi-weekly water changes
what’s your livestock list looking like?

 

[Kgramma]

I did a Fishless cycle with dr Tim’s bacteria and dosed ammonia, waited about 4 weeks before introducing fish. I had dry rock and live sand. Started with a clown fish, 2 weeks later got a firefish and just put in a blood red shrimp. Seems like the right amount for a 32 gallon. I’ve consistently been checking for ph, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. Never had a spike in ammonia, nitrite has stayed 0, and nitrate I keep at 10ppm or less. Is it better to go longer between water changes? I just found it easier to carry 2.5 gallons weekly.

 

[shcrimps]

I did a Fishless cycle with dr Tim’s bacteria and dosed ammonia, waited about 4 weeks before introducing fish. I had dry rock and live sand. Started with a clown fish, 2 weeks later got a firefish and just put in a blood red shrimp. Seems like the right amount for a 32 gallon. I’ve consistently been checking for ph, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. Never had a spike in ammonia, nitrite has stayed 0, and nitrate I keep at 10ppm or less. Is it better to go longer between water changes? I just found it easier to carry 2.5 gallons weekly.

i mean if everything is staying in check you might be ok, the hammer looks good currently not super receded, if you’re able to get your hands on some relatively clean “live” rubble rock from an already established tank i would do that
when i setup tanks like that (which im doing next week) i use dry rock for my main scape so i can get the look and seed the tank with live rock either in the back chamber or a couple pieces in the display