favia and galaxea

[hsn izd]

hi guys
thanks for seeing my post
i had a question
i have a galaxea coral on rock its as big as a little pencil sharpener i wanted to add a Favia coral 3 to 4 cm away from it I wanted to know that will they attack each other any time soon
my tank is 20 gal
edit: aha i forgot to sat that galaxea is 2 cm near a leather finger coral their rock is near each other

 

[Alexopora]

hi guys
thanks for seeing my post
i had a question
i have a galaxea coral on rock its as big as a little pencil sharpener i wanted to add a Favia coral 3 to 4 cm away from it I wanted to know that will they attack each other any time soon
my tank is 20 gal
edit: aha i forgot to sat that galaxea is 2 cm near a leather finger coral their rock is near each other

Knowing galaxeas, 3-4cm is not going to be enough clearance.

 

[Waters]

Yeah, definitely not far enough away. Galaxea are some of the most aggressive coral you can put into your tank, with extremely long sweepers. For reference, here was mine reaching for a neighbor lol....

 

[hsn izd]

Yeah, definitely not far enough away. Galaxea are some of the most aggressive coral you can put into your tank, with extremely long sweepers. For reference, here was mine reaching for a neighbor lol....

woooow i didnt think it has a sweeper this long
i mostly scared of the time if galaxea hit my leather coral i scared if the leather coral release its toxin
i will post a photo but I'm sure by the thing that you guys told me i should have to find somewhere good for him or ill need to give it back to my lfs

 

[hsn izd]

Knowing galaxeas, 3-4cm is not going to be enough clearance.

Yeah, definitely not far enough away. Galaxea are some of the most aggressive coral you can put into your tank, with extremely long sweepers. For reference, here was mine reaching for a neighbor lol....

 

[hsn izd]

the green coral in center is the galaxea and on the rock in its left is leather coral
sorry for bad image it was the least i could take ill try to share better photos at night

 

[Waters]

One way to minimize damage is to put the galaxea "downstream" from the direction of the flow...that way any sweeper that extends goes away from any neighbors rather than towards.

 

[Alexopora]

One way to minimize damage is to put the galaxea "downstream" from the direction of the flow...that way any sweeper that extends goes away from any neighbors rather than towards.

+1 Utilising your flow to manage the sweepers.

 

[hsn izd]

thanks guys, ill change its place and will see what will happen in the future
also thanks for responding to my messages

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

They will reach if they want too. Galaxia coral is pretty but dangerous. Lol
D

 

[hsn izd]

They will reach if they want too. Galaxia coral is pretty but dangerous. Lol
D

;Hilariousyes its beautiful
at last, if i don't have a chance i should sell it
but have you guys a had problem with taking care of galaxea ?
i put it in the corner of the tank where i put my trumpet
and if there were no chance i need to sell it anyway

 

[Waters]

;Hilariousyes its beautiful
at last, if i don't have a chance i should sell it
but have you guys a had problem with taking care of galaxea ?
i put it in the corner of the tank where i put my trumpet
and if there were no chance i need to sell it anyway

No...they are pretty easy to take care of as long as you manage their aggressive nature.