ShootMe
09/01/2009, 11:42 AM
I know I am technically I am in the wrong forum but I figure there are much more people who visit the sps section will likely have dealt with the fire coral before and this has to do with my other sps frags as well. Four months ago a fellow reefer was moving and was basically giving away frags from his tank so I walked away with twenty sps frags. One of the frags happen to be a branching fire coral and since being placed in the tank it has encrusted between 2”-3” in every direction and has about a dozen new “stalks” popping up from areas it has encrusted. At this growth rate I can see it taking over a large part of my 40 breeder inside a year.
All corals can conduct warfare against their neighbors; I’m wondering if the fire coral is so much more aggressive at stinging its neighbors or if its aggressive nature is based on its super fast growth or if it is just a misconception that the fire coral is just plain worse at warfare then other types of corals. I have to figure there is something against this creature because I can not remember the last time I have seen a tank on reefcentral where someone proudly displays their colony of fire coral.
All corals can conduct warfare against their neighbors; I’m wondering if the fire coral is so much more aggressive at stinging its neighbors or if its aggressive nature is based on its super fast growth or if it is just a misconception that the fire coral is just plain worse at warfare then other types of corals. I have to figure there is something against this creature because I can not remember the last time I have seen a tank on reefcentral where someone proudly displays their colony of fire coral.