Touching

GhostCon1 · 03/01/2011, 09:59 AM

I have a question, and I would love to hear from people with long, established tanks where it has been happening.

I see lots of tank where the sps never touch, and then I see some that have amazing sps and they are all so close to each other. I hear differing opinions on whether or not your sps will kill each other off if they touch (with one being dominant and destroying the other colony).

I am running out of real estate in my tank but would love more frags. So, are your sps that are touching each other doing ok?

Basically I want to know can I get more frags and let them grow out into each other without worry I will lose a lot of money.

dudley moray · 03/01/2011, 10:03 AM

my monti's grow around each other without causing damage. my acro's on the other hand aren't close yet

hk855 · 03/01/2011, 07:35 PM

It really depends on the two corals. Some like mounts can grow intertwined without any effects. Others will attack touching colonies with a mas exodus of polyps from the attacking colony. They then kill off the victim and return to their colony, a lot like how army ants work. I think there is a video of this in the blue planet series, and then there are all those in-between. I have seen this on some frags that get too close, usually just the tips tho. I think your safe with montis but don't know what else.

03/01/2011, 09:59 AM	#1
GhostCon1 Rebmem Deretsiger Join Date: May 2010 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,590	Touching I have a question, and I would love to hear from people with long, established tanks where it has been happening. I see lots of tank where the sps never touch, and then I see some that have amazing sps and they are all so close to each other. I hear differing opinions on whether or not your sps will kill each other off if they touch (with one being dominant and destroying the other colony). I am running out of real estate in my tank but would love more frags. So, are your sps that are touching each other doing ok? Basically I want to know can I get more frags and let them grow out into each other without worry I will lose a lot of money. __________________ In the works Current Tank Info: Getting a big'un

03/01/2011, 10:03 AM	#2
dudley moray sisternofuselessknowledge Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: orillia ontario Posts: 795	my monti's grow around each other without causing damage. my acro's on the other hand aren't close yet __________________ We urge hobbyists to develop a good 'BS' detector that will allow you to question information presented to you without any experimental evidence to support it. chris Current Tank Info: 90 gal south pacific biotope 40 gal sump/fuge ,65 gal rebuilding

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03/01/2011, 07:35 PM	#3
hk855 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 297	It really depends on the two corals. Some like mounts can grow intertwined without any effects. Others will attack touching colonies with a mas exodus of polyps from the attacking colony. They then kill off the victim and return to their colony, a lot like how army ants work. I think there is a video of this in the blue planet series, and then there are all those in-between. I have seen this on some frags that get too close, usually just the tips tho. I think your safe with montis but don't know what else.