acan VS. zoas

[currentking]

I know the acan is not aggressive, but will the zoa damage the acan if they touch?

 

[juniormc8704]

ive never had them touching long term, but when they have been touching for several hours, i havent noticed any damage either way so far.

 

[Hypertek99]

I think they get along i have mine grow together on one rock with no problems.

 

[Hypertek99]

Oh Acan Lords. Don't know about Acan echinata's

 

[currentking]

thanks, all I have are lords

 

[msn711]

I don't know about acans not being aggressive. I had one fall on a favia/favites before, and the favia/favites never recovered. Personally, I wouldn't risk it.

 

[RokleM]

I agree, acans are very aggressive. I had a colonly of zoa's fall on top of an orange crush for about an hour. The acans had their polyps a little shrunk when I detached the two and was fine in 5-10 minutes. It killed a 2" area of zoa's.

 

[Hypertek99]

WOW i never have any problems with my acan lords with any of my palys. They touch and nothing gets hurt.

 

[ClownNut]

well, last time i put the acan lord close to my zoas, i ended up with bunch white bacteria balls.
and my rics are 5" away from my acan echinate, it still eat up 2 polyps of them overnight.
the acan family are aggressive.

 

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Echinata is generally more aggressive than the lordhowensis'...at least in my limited experience and reading.

Not all acans are created equal

 

[RokleM]

From what I've personally seen and read, I would tend to agree Der_Iron_Chef.

 

[downset]

I have have lords > zoos everytime.They seems to not bother palys though.

 

[coastalaqu]

I have an acan colony with zoos growing on a portion of the rock, no problems, they do well together.

 

[Scissorhand]

Yes, Echinatas (like the popular rainbow) are much more aggressive and potent.

They're like favias and would protect its territory by emitting mesentery (?) filaments to sting and kill nearby corals.