IS THIS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER?? TOO CLOSE?

[PeterB113]

Hey guys I'm wondering if anyone knows if that Hammer will sting the other coral? Very close to touching. Not sure what the big one is either acanthophyllia,trachyphyllia or lobophyllia nobody seems to agree lol. Just want to know if the Hammer touches it will it get stung? Should I separate them? Pls lmk.

 

[TheDragonsReef]

Yes hammers will sting other corals.

 

[PeterB113]

Yes hammers will sting other corals.

Here's the pic of them now

 

[nanonøkk]

i’d move those two farther apart those two are close enough for a coral fight

 

[dedragon]

best to move it before the expensive coral gets hurt (i am terrible between acanthos and trachys etc as well)

 

[PeterB113]

best to move it before the expensive coral gets hurt (i am terrible between acanthos and trachys etc as well)

Same IMO it's a acanthophyllia

 

[TheDragonsReef]

Here's the pic of them now

Yeah i would scoot it farther to the right. Corals are also really funny. Kinda like a moody woman, they could be fine next to each other for years and one day it just might want its space and kill everything in its vicinity lol

Had a brain next to multiple coral for 15 years, multiple large colonies. 2 weeks ago it sent out sweepers for the first time ever and took out all its neighbors, and almost caused a tank wide bacterial infection lol i completely lost a 6-8in birdnest colony, a few monti caps and a digitata colony.

 

[PeterB113]

Yeah i would scoot it farther to the right. Corals are also really funny. Kinda like a moody woman, they could be fine next to each other for years and one day it just might want its space and kill everything in its vicinity lol

Had a brain next to multiple coral for 15 years, multiple large colonies. 2 weeks ago it sent out sweepers for the first time ever and took out all its neighbors, and almost caused a tank wide bacterial infection lol i completely lost a 6-8in birdnest colony, a few monti caps and a digitata colony.

Dammmmm that suckks. Sorry to hear that I'll definitely move it I just don't know where at this point lol. No more real estate.....

 

[dedragon]

looks like its time for a new tank then . Seriously though it looks like you have a lot of heads of that same hammer, so i think its off to the selling forum for it. Might as well get a little extra coral spending money in the wallet

 

[jassermd]

Yes!! Move that acanthophyllia or hammer. BTW: That's definitely an acanthophyllia.
The hammer will most definitely reach out and "touch" that acan. And the sweeper tentacles are even longer, reaching upwards of 4-6 in in some cases.
You should try to keep the hammer 4-6 inches (6 preferable) from any other non-euphyllia coral.

 

[PeterB113]

They have officially touched.... time to move em

 

[jassermd]

The sweepers will extend further than you think...
Here is my hammer tearing apart my trachy... you can see the trachy receding close to the hammer.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Even if the two corals are not touching the hammer will release sweeper tentacles at night that extend about 3-5 inches in length. I had a frogspawn wipe out a zoa colony, and it was never observably touching it. The hammer should be kept away from other corals. The only other corals that can be kept directly near it would be another hammer or a frogspawn.
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