Can zoas hurt each other?

[ChrisP]

I know this is definitely a zoa-newbie question, but can different colonies of zoas harm one another when they come into contact? I just received a shipment of frags and decided to glue several different ones on the same rock. Bad idea? Are palythoa any different in terms of harming one another?

 

[Hypertek99]

They will grow together just fine.

 

[cardgenius]

They wont sting each other, but one will eventually over grow the other.

 

[killingseed2000]

They wont sting each other, but one will eventually over grow the other.

i can agree with this for sure. i bought a rock of fire and ice mixed with some green ones and now the rock is mostly fire and ice. i also have a rock mix with 3 zoa's and 1 kind of polies and seems like the green polyps are going to win there but i am about to change that and frag out all the polies or how ever its spelled.

 

[killingseed2000]

I zoas on seperate rocks as one will typically overgrow the other. If I get rocks that are already mixed I usually try to split them up right off the bat.

i like that way and have done it to some. guess i am luck that the F&i took over and the greens have been reduced to few. i might have a before and after i'd have to check my photobucket

 

[killingseed2000]

my camera blows so you have to see past that part.

when i first got them sometime before Jul 27, 2006

this is a couple months ago.

as you can see most the green's are gone. i gave a good section of the rock away to my bro and his did the same. the F&I seemed ot have taking over the rock they where on and mixed with those green.

 

[reefboy]

ive never seen any stinging but one morph can and somtimes does overshade others to take over but there is probly a little chemical warfare involved too if i get a mixed rock in i usaly frag each morph away from each other and mount on separate rocks when there a morph im wanting to grow .