Acropora Sting Acropora?

[Travis Savant]

Yeah, what the title says???

 

[kirstenk]

Yes............unless they are the same.

 

[Travis Savant]

Dang

I know some types of LPS such as Frogspawn, Hammer, and Torch coral don't sting eachother and they have the first latin name.

 

[twon8]

there is much more variety in acropora sp.'s, i have a tricolor, maybe a valida, and it has stung a green slimer and caused it to recede on its skeleton.

 

[kirstenk]

If they are growing into each other you will have better success and they will figure it out usually, but sometimes you have to snip. If one colony/frag falls into another, you will have an immediate battle.

 

[Travis Savant]

Ah, ok. They will be growing into one another.

 

[MCary]

If I understand it correctly, if an acro detects an offending coral it extrudes it guts during the night and digests the offender. The next morning no ones the wiser except for a bleached neighbor.

Mike

 

[Sk8r]

Get them away from each other, and the offended one may regrow over some of the wounded area.