What’s going on between these two corals?

[PotatoPig]

My Toadstool and Limelight hydnophora have been next to each other for almost a year without incident then this morning I came down to this drama…

I assume a turf war? If so who’s winning? Remedy is to move one?

 

[Sophie"s mom]

I could absolutely be wrong on this, but it looks to me like one is stinging the other! I had 2 favia's do this, so I moved one of them, and the area that had the stinging, is now dead.

 

[Doctorgori]

I’ve seen this before…. Avatar
it’s a neural link … lol

seriously, that is weird…

 

[PotatoPig]

I could absolutely be wrong on this, but it looks to me like one is stinging the other! I had 2 favia's do this, so I moved one of them, and the area that had the stinging, is now dead.

I’m assuming the same - moved the toadstool to a completely different part of the tank, now gotta watch it to see if it survives.

(My guess is the limelight was the aggressor, being a LPS/SPS with tentacles)

 

[Sophie"s mom]

I’m assuming the same - moved the toadstool to a completely different part of the tank, now gotta watch it to see if it survives.

(My guess is the limelight was the aggressor, being a LPS/SPS with tentacles)

YEah, I would agree with that.

 

[PotatoPig]

Well… a day later and the Toadstool is sad and deflated lump on the sand, while the Limelight is just fine…

 

[chip shop]

There a very aggressive coral I’m led to believe so never kept one

 

[Sophie"s mom]

Yeah, unfortunately this is about how I expected it to turn out. Hopefully your toadstool can heal itself in time. This is why I space my corals very far apart.

 

[PotatoPig]

There a very aggressive coral I’m led to believe so never kept one

Yeah, I guess this field of tentacles are well and truly armed and dangerous.

 

[Dburr1014]

Hydnophora packs a punch.

Probably to late to move the leather.

 

[twentyleagues]

A lot of lps are very aggressive and are concealed carry members. Hydnophora, moon corals, favia, galaxia, pectina, some of the meat corals they dont have the same reach but will dump their guts out and dissolve stuff near by.

 

[Uncle99]

hydnophora Powerful sting.