2 montiporas fighting

Boboe77 · Mar 4, 2014

Hello everyone!

I was told if 2 montiporas touch they will be fine, but I looked in my tank this morning and my red montipora is fighting my green montipora and the green is loosing. How can I stop them from fighting?!

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there is dead skeleton around the touch on the green montipora. Thanks everyone!

classklown90 · Mar 4, 2014

Move one

ReeferEric · Mar 4, 2014

Cut them up, they end up growing over each other or sometimes graft together.

watchguy123 · Mar 4, 2014

Monti's always seem to keep growing and conquering whatever they encounter

Boboe77 · Mar 5, 2014

Do you guys think the best thing I should do is find a new spot and take off the green monti?

evolved · Mar 5, 2014

Boboe77 said:
I was told if 2 montiporas touch they will be fine...

Oh that's not true I'm afraid.

classklown90 said:
Move one

ReeferEric said:
Cut them up, they end up growing over each other or sometimes graft together.

Pretty much your two options. Move one or frag them when they get close to another.

Boboe77 said:
Do you guys think the best thing I should do is find a new spot and take off the green monti?

It's your choice really; move or frag them to make some space between them.

nitro'sreef · Mar 5, 2014

I have a Sunset and a Superman monti next two each other :first:Sunset monti Won

evolved · Mar 5, 2014

Sunset wins against most anything. I've seen it encrust right up and over acros before.

Boboe77 · Mar 5, 2014

evolved said:
Oh that's not true I'm afraid.

Pretty much your two options. Move one or frag them when they get close to another.

It's your choice really; move or frag them to make some space between them.

WAW ok I guess I should just move the green monti and find him a new rock, I saw a magnetic rock it's called the frag mag, it's a rock that is flat on the side of the glass, do you think the monti would be ok being vertical against the glass?