Coral stinging chart

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Is there any coral sting charts you can look at? Got about 50+ frags coming from the wwc live sale for a 260 gal custom tank we are about to start stocking. Just need a refresher on what all will/won’t sting each other. I bought several frags I’ve never heard of. Could be due to unique naming. But was wondering if there’s any chart or anything I could look at or something of the sort.
 
Corals of exactly the same species shouldn't sting each other, but corals of the same hobby-group and different species might. For example, all Micromussa lordhowensis (proper name of acan lords) won't sting each other, but favia species A and favia species B very likely will sting each other. Acan echinata will sting the hell out of Acan bowerbankii, but two Acan echinata will probably not sting each other. Probably.

Echinatas are extremely aggressive. Put them far from everything else. Chalices, same. Psammos have little to no sting. Montis will sting something that's directly against them, but that's about it. That applies to most SPS- they'll sting if something directly touches them or gets right up close, but most don't lash out. Mushrooms and leathers have no stinging ability, but leathers will get up to chemical warfare, and aren't necessarily great for a tank with stony corals. Run carbon.

With small frags of most things, you're fine as long as they aren't right up against each other. I'd put any LPS a few inches away from other things, unless they're micromussas (including acan lords, those are micromussas) or blastos. Blastos have a fairly strong sting but won't attack anything if not provoked, micromussas won't sting unless seriously provoked and don't seem to have much oomph to them.
Although mushrooms of all types have no tentacles, they will sting the crap out of anything they touch in my experience. They literally melt anything they touch within minutes. If mushrooms are a must have in your tank make sure you isolate them on their own rock or island. ✌️
 
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What kind do you have? My ric Floridas haven't hurt anything, so now I'm wondering if I'm just lucky, or if rhodactis and the like have more of an oomph.
 
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Hydnophora will send out sweepers and will digest for a couple inches away. Nasty little buggers
 
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What kind do you have? My ric Floridas haven't hurt anything, so now I'm wondering if I'm just lucky, or if rhodactis and the like have more of an oomph.
The rhodactis are the ones you gotta watch out for in my experience. In fact, I have two of those buggers stinging my jackolantern lepto right now... ugh! Those same mushrooms were stinging a torch when the tentacles would sweep out. I noticed it was closing up and thought no way would the torch be out dueled by a mushroom, but it was. I assume all mushrooms are guilty by association, but if you've witnessed otherwise then perhaps the Florida's are best. I do love them the most. ✌️
 
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I'm pretty sure that my pink fuzzy devil's hand leather (Lobophytum) zapped a very nice acro colony that I had in my Evo. My fault, though: I hadn't noticed just how much the leather grew, and it ended up rubbing against the acro. The acropora lost.
 
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