Which corals will 'win' over time?

[dopey]

I started with a small Nano aquarium. Single large rock.
Following corals were placed over time:
Bluie Mushroom(s)
Yuma Ricordia
Three different Zoa colonies
Hammer coral
Candy cane
GSP

I've since moved to a larger tank, and relocated that rock into a the tank.

Looks like this(You can read about my caulerpa battle in my build thread)

Overall rockscape:

With the larger tank trying to plan for the future. Assuming these corals all continue to grow, will one 'win'/dominate the entire rock and in the process kill off the other corals?

I think the only corals I *could* move are the candycane and hammer.

Regardless I think moving the candycane is wise.

I'd like to leave the hammer where it is, but worried as the zoas, shrooms, gsp grow will they kill the hammer?

Is there any good 'rock paper scissors' type list of which corals beat others?

I don't have a stocking list for the all the new rockscape yet. I won't be buying any new corals for a couple months(Have to eradicate the caulerpa first)

 

[Sticker shock]

The hammer will most likely keep anything around it from taking over. At least around where the hammer can reach.

 

[Rubblereefer]

IME blue discosoma and GSP will overtake your tank if left unchecked. The hammers should be able to hold them off with the sweeper tentacles but the zoas will get crowded out. Not sure about the candy cane and yuma as I dont have any of those but most likely the cheaper the coral the more likely it will win over the more rare expensive coral unfortunately. THere is a whole thread dedicated to this where people post pics of corals fighting, search that.

 

[dopey]

IME blue discosoma and GSP will overtake your tank if left unchecked. The hammers should be able to hold them off with the sweeper tentacles but the zoas will get crowded out. Not sure about the candy cane and yuma as I dont have any of those but most likely the cheaper the coral the more likely it will win over the more rare expensive coral unfortunately. THere is a whole thread dedicated to this where people post pics of corals fighting, search that.

Agreed! That's why there is space between the rocks. The GSP will not be allowed off the rock it is on. As for the shrooms, I don't believe they tend to 'jump' rocks like that right? Regardless if I see either pop up elsewhere.. will epoxy/remove/ensure they don't survive.

Current idea is for this rock to be the great war of the softies.. and if I can keep the hammer as king of the hill, i think that be pretty cool.

 

[ScottB]

Agreed! That's why there is space between the rocks. The GSP will not be allowed off the rock it is on. As for the shrooms, I don't believe they tend to 'jump' rocks like that right? Regardless if I see either pop up elsewhere.. will epoxy/remove/ensure they don't survive.

Current idea is for this rock to be the great war of the softies.. and if I can keep the hammer as king of the hill, i think that be pretty cool.

Shrooms can/will detach and make their way to other places but they are easy to manage/remove.

 

[eggplantparrot]

Yuma > zoas