What corals can touch?

ethnchrstnsn · Apr 28, 2023

I have a euphyllia and a frog spawn fairly close to each other. I’ve recently seen these beautiful euphyllia gardens. I’m not going to for anything of that sort but these two corals do occasionally come in contact.

please feel free to share your euphyllia, torches, frammers, frog spawns, octospawns, and hammers

MnFish1 · Apr 28, 2023

ethnchrstnsn said:
I have a euphyllia and a frog spawn fairly close to each other. I’ve recently seen these beautiful euphyllia gardens. I’m not going to for anything of that sort but these two corals do occasionally come in contact.

please feel free to share your euphyllia, torches, frammers, frog spawns, octospawns, and hammers

It totally depends - you will know quite quickly if they are fighting. I know this sounds like I'm obfuscating - but - generally they get along ok IMHO

vetteguy53081 · Apr 28, 2023

ethnchrstnsn said:
I have a euphyllia and a frog spawn fairly close to each other. I’ve recently seen these beautiful euphyllia gardens. I’m not going to for anything of that sort but these two corals do occasionally come in contact.

please feel free to share your euphyllia, torches, frammers, frog spawns, octospawns, and hammers

best and safe rule of thumb is to keep corals at least 3" apart. Some will surprise you with stingers such as euplyllia which reach 4" and I just found my rainbow galaxea at nearly 4.5". Torch coral has a powerful sting.
I have no problems with hammers blended together

MnFish1 · Apr 28, 2023

vetteguy53081 said:
best and safe rule of thumb is to keep corals at least 3" apart. Some will surprise you with stingers such as euplyllia which reach 4" and I just found my rainbow galaxea at nearly 4.5". Torch coral has a powerful sting.
I have no problems with hammers blended together

awesome tank!!

MnFish1 · Apr 28, 2023

MnFish1 said:
awesome tank!!

vetteguy53081 said:
best and safe rule of thumb is to keep corals at least 3" apart. Some will surprise you with stingers such as euplyllia which reach 4" and I just found my rainbow galaxea at nearly 4.5". Torch coral has a powerful sting.
I have no problems with hammers blended together

I will say - In my experience - the coral that is being 'attacked' will grow in an opposite direction. The problem is that many corals will grow to far larger than 3 inches. I just let them fight it out - Perhaps thats not correct?

ethnchrstnsn · Apr 30, 2023

vetteguy53081 said:
best and safe rule of thumb is to keep corals at least 3" apart. Some will surprise you with stingers such as euplyllia which reach 4" and I just found my rainbow galaxea at nearly 4.5". Torch coral has a powerful sting.
I have no problems with hammers blended together

This is exactly what I wanted to see! Beautiful tank, thank you for sharing. I just hooked up a 1500 gph hygger mini wave maker. Coolest little gadget, however, is there such thing as too violent of “whipping” or too high of flow. I have it running at 40% which is the lowest setting. The euphyllia is getting whipped around pretty good though.

ethnchrstnsn · Apr 30, 2023

MnFish1 said:
I will say - In my experience - the coral that is being 'attacked' will grow in an opposite direction. The problem is that many corals will grow to far larger than 3 inches. I just let them fight it out - Perhaps thats not correct?

My clove polyps growing on the back wall were quick to reach my chalice. Once stung, all polyps receded and almost transferred to the opposite side growing away from the chalice. They now have a network almost 9” in length

vetteguy53081 · May 1, 2023

ethnchrstnsn said:
This is exactly what I wanted to see! Beautiful tank, thank you for sharing. I just hooked up a 1500 gph hygger mini wave maker. Coolest little gadget, however, is there such thing as too violent of “whipping” or too high of flow. I have it running at 40% which is the lowest setting. The euphyllia is getting whipped around pretty good though.

Yes, there’s such a thing. You want to provide flow compared to leaves waving in the wind and keep sediment off of them. Too much flow and you risk tearing the polyps off of the skeleton. For skeleton, they need calcium between 400-450. High phosphate will upset them. I feed mine mysis shrimp 2-3x per week

fish farmer · May 1, 2023

I have a frammer and a couple different hammers. They get along to the point of not killing each other, but still need space of their own to grow.

First pic is frammer and mint hammer. I've shuffled their position to accommodate their growth. The empty hole to the right is where my purple hammer was, growth wasn't optimal.

Extra frammer and purple hammer in new spot. The purple has really expanded now that it has space.

snorklr · May 1, 2023

after peacefully coexisting for 6 months hammer decided to develop a sweeper and sting the florida ricordia next to it...it started as a single head frag so i think they have to mature to a certain point before they get aggressive

fish farmer · May 1, 2023

snorklr said:
after peacefully coexisting for 6 months hammer decided to develop a sweeper and sting the florida ricordia next to it...it started as a single head frag so i think they have to mature to a certain point before they get aggressive

I put a small frag of my frammer in between brown palys and green striped mushrooms expecting it to beat them back. The mushrooms just covered and killed it.

fodsod · May 1, 2023

snorklr said:
after peacefully coexisting for 6 months hammer decided to develop a sweeper and sting the florida ricordia next to it...it started as a single head frag so i think they have to mature to a certain point before they get aggressive

Grumpy old corals lol.

AV corals · May 1, 2023

ethnchrstnsn said:
I have a euphyllia and a frog spawn fairly close to each other. I’ve recently seen these beautiful euphyllia gardens. I’m not going to for anything of that sort but these two corals do occasionally come in contact.

please feel free to share your euphyllia, torches, frammers, frog spawns, octospawns, and hammers

Hammer, Duncan, octo and frog all getting along. Generally all corals of the same family can touch but! This isn’t always true. Just keep and eye and if you start singing those stinging tentacles then it’s obvious the coral is saying hey! Move over guy!

ethnchrstnsn · May 2, 2023

snorklr said:
after peacefully coexisting for 6 months hammer decided to develop a sweeper and sting the florida ricordia next to it...it started as a single head frag so i think they have to mature to a certain point before they get aggressive

It’s usually the other way around lol. My Florida Ricordea roams around harassing other corals all day.

ethnchrstnsn · May 2, 2023

vetteguy53081 said:
Yes, there’s such a thing. You want to provide flow compared to leaves waving in the wind and keep sediment off of them. Too much flow and you risk tearing the polyps off of the skeleton. For skeleton, they need calcium between 400-450. High phosphate will upset them. I feed mine mysis shrimp 2-3x per week

Thank you for the reply. I will bear that in mind. I’m just trying to find a good spot for sufficient flow throughout the tank.

ethnchrstnsn · May 2, 2023

AV corals said:
Hammer, Duncan, octo and frog all getting along. Generally all corals of the same family can touch but! This isn’t always true. Just keep and eye and if you start singing those stinging tentacles then it’s obvious the coral is saying hey! Move over guy!

How has your Duncan been holding up in that location. I see he’s distanced but I’m sure he still gets a taste of tentacle now and again?