Branching Hammer

[alexwolf]

I recently bought a branching hammer. I positioned it about 1/3 up from the bottom of the tank. When I left for work, and i turned the halides on it was nice and open. When i got home, it was shriveled up and pulled back. Do they not like a lot of light? My colt and leather do the same thing. one min they will be open the next crumpled up and wilted over. Any ideas?

[dan]

prob. be better trying a lower spot. colt prob. all the way down, close to the floor.

[MikeP]

How far down in the tank are they and what wattage are the halides?

[alexwolf]

they are all about 1/3 of the way up and they are under 2 72" VHO's and 2 400w XM 20,000k's

[dan]

i dont think they like 2 400w ers.MAN thats a lot of light.lol thats acro light. i had a colt one time in a 200gal.running only 2 6ft vho and the colt got as big as a basket ball then split in 3 sections.man those were the good old days :-D :-D

[GaryP]

I have all my Euphyllias (Frogspawn, Hammer, and Torch) at the top of my rock and they are doing great. I only have 250's and actinics though. My Frogspawn is really doing well.