Keeping Frogspawns, Hammers, and Torches

[guitaris70]

I was at the Florida Aquarium yesterday and was admiring their reef tank and they had very large Hammers, Torches, and Frogspawns all literally touching each other they were huge and flourishing in different sections of the tank, my question is can this be done safely? I thought that these 3 corals would all sting each other to death since these are usually all pretty aggressive corals, in my tank they are separated, all of their corals were large and very healthy so I guess it's safe but I thought that this couldn't be done

 

[Joey waid]

They are in the euphellia family, they are all ok to touch each other.

 

[Rob.D]

The only euphyllia to use caution with is euphyllia glabrescens (torch coral) they can be more aggressive than the others.

 

[Tuffyyyyy]

Not really OT but whoop whoop Florida aquarium. Hoping to go there myself sometime this week.

 

[lion king]

I have a purple tip hammer, a bright green frogspawn, an orange hammer, a pink hammer, and a rainbow frogspawn all growing together. It looks so awesome.

 

[troiusmaximus]

I am not having a lot of success with euphyllia. They live but aren't thriving. My hammer just recently grew a new head after 2 years in my tank and my frogspawn hasn't grown any being in my tank 5 years.

 

[ThunderGoose]

They are in the euphellia family, they are all ok to touch each other.

Good to know these can go together. I'm still working on my coral plan and I like Hammers, Torches and Frogspawn. Now I don't have to worry about spacing them out so much.

 

[tomtom2245]

Typically they are ok to touch each other but it's best to test before clumping all of them together. Start by placing two close so they are barely touching and see how they do. 9/10 times you are good to go but better safe than sorry.

 

[TRPlacek]

I have a hammer that wasn't too happy sitting next to my torches.

 

[scoopsthedog]

I have a purple tip hammer, a bright green frogspawn, an orange hammer, a pink hammer, and a rainbow frogspawn all growing together. It looks so awesome.

What's your secret to growing these corals? Can you spare a minute to post specs and regimen? Thanks.

 

[lion king]

I run an lps tank so my lighting isn't super high. I started some of these in tanks even using power compacts. I keep them up high at the top of my tank, a waving flow, not direct but some movement. I don't feed them direct but the tank is nutrient rich. The branching ones are for the most part hardier, the wall type you have to be very careful not to injure in any way. Make sure they are secured they don't like being knocked around so much. If you have them down low try moving them up slowly to get more light, if your tank is super clean they may like a bit more nutrients.