Acros growing and getting close to each other

RavePartyReef · Feb 4, 2013

Sorry if question is old, but I have different types of acros that are growing quickly and will soon touch each other.
One is a blue tipped stag horn and the other I'm not sure but I'm posting a pic here...
On the other side I have a green slimmer that should also touch at some point.
Am I headed for a chemical war? Should casualties be expected? Thanks

Pic of the unknown acro:

Here is a pic of them together...

Ecvernon · Feb 4, 2013

When they touch one wil harm the other for sure. You now have the opportunity to make a small frag

Ecvernon · Feb 4, 2013

You can probably get away with only fragging the green one for now or you wait a little bit longer to see if it changes direction of growth.

RavePartyReef · Feb 4, 2013

Any idea of the species on the first photo? I've read they will eventually fight, and that kind of sucks because they are starting to grow in suck a nice pattern. I thought maybe let them start to branch out more and then clip the branches that come in contact...

OurReef · Feb 4, 2013

Or let nature take its course. You might end up with something cool.

chort55 · Feb 4, 2013

Yeah they don't always fight, normally if they do the loss is minimal with acros touching other acros tho and sometimes they just wrap around eachother which can be super cool too. If you don't want to cut them because you like the way they are growing, don't.... play it out and see what happens

bct15 · Feb 4, 2013

That green coral with the elkhorn pattern is cool...I want a piece

ColaAddict · Feb 4, 2013

Im interested in a full tank shot of your aquarium. You seem to have nice corals

skinz78 · Feb 4, 2013

ColaAddict said:
Im interested in a full tank shot of your aquarium. You seem to have nice corals

Agreed, do you have a tank thread here?

RavePartyReef · Feb 4, 2013

OurReef said:
Or let nature take its course. You might end up with something cool.

I agree, thanks for the hint.

RavePartyReef · Feb 4, 2013

chort55 said:
Yeah they don't always fight, normally if they do the loss is minimal with acros touching other acros tho and sometimes they just wrap around eachother which can be super cool too. If you don't want to cut them because you like the way they are growing, don't.... play it out and see what happens

Yeah, I see at times sps tanks with acros going nuts, almost growing out of the water....I always wonder if they naturally fight in nature and if that is not a big deal...I guess I will do as you guys said, let it go wild, and if I notice a problem then ill frag the touching branches...

RavePartyReef · Feb 4, 2013

bct15 said:
That green coral with the elkhorn pattern is cool...I want a piece

Lol, I like it too. I cut a piece and gave it to a friend, but this kind is not one of the fastest growers...the blue tipped acro grows a lot faster. I guess because the branches on the first one are thick and stalky...
I wonder what kind of acro that is...

RavePartyReef · Feb 4, 2013

skinz78 said:
Agreed, do you have a tank thread here?

No, unfortunately no, and I don't really have a fTS with the regular day lights on, just this one here with the actinics...
I will try to post later another so you can see the colors better.
Lots of the corals I got colored up nicely since I got them. In the past I had an sps 60 gal cube and with work no time and everything I ended up selling to a friend. I got myself a 20 gal long (biggest size wife allowed this time)a couple of months ago and tried to keep mostly lps, with just a few sps.
Here is a few shots