Crazy how when they decide to attack they can do some massive damage super quickly.
Chalice will be chill for the longest and then boom. Instant killers.
The pictures are awesome. Thank you for sharing.Giant coral fight lol, my personal tank.
Pink the bear start at major handicap, but it’s grown 3” outward just stretch past the setosa and stings it constantly.
One of my more basic service clients old Red Sea AIO everything is in a constant battle like gsp is trying really hard though the shrooms, euphyllia, and cabbage keep it in its place and shaped lol. Where monti skeleton is was a 8-9” orange cap that mushroom made rtn.
Earlier pic to give you an idea. 7-8 months before the cap colony rtn’d. I continue to have this happen there’s many shroom on every rock I just live with it.
I think the acan will recover. I have had complete skeletons grow new baby heads.I think the most frusrating thing was they were fine next to each other for a few weeks since they are both small frags and the chalice is no bigger than a quarter. Then bam woke up to a slime ball this mourning on the acan! This is whats left from the fight(most of the "slime" has dissipated throughout the day to what the picture looks like blow). Already moved the chalice to the corner of shame to think about what its done. The second picture is how they looked before, note the favia was moved a week ago so I know that wasn't him.
Totally trying to pick a fight.
no damage, but torch corals are such jerks!!!!!
Awesome post for learners! Thank u for sharing this!So I'm always curious to know which corals will kill other corals. I've learned several valuable lessons after few years in the hobby and have saved some pics of what happens WHEN CORALS ATTACK!
Post pics if you can, names and or genera will help too. Lets try to make a database out of this.
Round 1...fight!
Acan Echinata VS. Chalice ... Acan Echinata WIN
And the damage on the right side of the Echinata was from a Discoma mushroom.
Next:
Discoma Mushroom VS. Ricordea Yuma Mushroom.... TIE
Next:
Discoma Mushroom VS. Meteor Shower Cyphastrea.... Discoma WIN
Next:
Chalice VS. Chalice... TIE
Next:
Acan Lord VS. Favia.... Acan WIN
Next:
Chalice VS. Zoas... TIE (so far)
Next:
Acan Lord VS. Meteor Shower Cyphastrea... Cyphastrea WIN
Next:
Chalice VS. Plating Montipora - Chalice WIN
Next:
Pavona vs. Palythoa - Pavona WIN
The damage got more severe than this photo, it took out a bunch of Utter Chaos
no damage, but torch corals are such jerks!!!!!
in a surprising turn of events, my torch crew apparently leaves alone blastos and favias
the blastos are below the torch so they normally aren't close to touching, but when i turn the flow off they droop down and definitely touch the blastos, but apparently neither are worse for the wear
the favia i kinda didnt know what to do with it and let it wander the tank on the frag plug, finally decided i'd put it in this crevice area right by the torch thinking it was dead/would be dead after placing it there. but oddly enough, the torch leaves it alone and it has made a total return, now it's encrusting the rock.. which was what i was kinda worried about.. lol
That's intenseJF Lime light hydro and JF seven heavens monti. The entire area with the webbings died. It took less then 6 hrs. From the time I went to bed until the next morning.
I would have put my money on the RFA. Wow!So this is surprising. My hairy mushroom is fighting my rock flower anemone.... And winning. The tentacles on the anemone are all shriveled up.
