agression between "like" corals?

[jefathome]

Can you place two like corals in close proximity?
For example, two frogspawns... One is a green/purple large "spot" variety, and one is a bluish small spot variety.
Can I put them in a position where they almost touch?

If so, how close do two species need to be to each other in order for them to get along?

Like what about a meat coral, a wellsophyllia, and a Trachyphyllia?

Or what about a bubble and a frog?

 

[marillion]

Two scolymias touching with no problems :

Three frogspawns touching with no problems :

Six echinophyllias in close proximity with no problems :

Hope this helps.

Peace,

Chip

 

[Amphiprion]

Well, jefathome, you have listed some fairly unrelated corals (and some one in the same). While bubble coral and frogspawn are in the same family Euphylliid, they will most likely not get along too well in close proximity, in that they have enough distance between relatedness. Wellsophyllia is a misnomer (at least now) and is regarded as synonymous with Trachyphyllia. "Meat Coral" is a very vague term, which could refer to Mussid or Faviid corals (but usually the former). These would not get along well with other unrelated corals. Corals in the same genus (usually) can get along well, especially most of the Euphyllia sp. corals like you mentioned.

 

[jefathome]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6901021#post6901021 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Amphiprion
Well, jefathome, you have listed some fairly unrelated corals (and some one in the same). While bubble coral and frogspawn are in the same family Euphylliid, they will most likely not get along too well in close proximity, in that they have enough distance between relatedness. Wellsophyllia is a misnomer (at least now) and is regarded as synonymous with Trachyphyllia. "Meat Coral" is a very vague term, which could refer to Mussid or Faviid corals (but usually the former). These would not get along well with other unrelated corals. Corals in the same genus (usually) can get along well, especially most of the Euphyllia sp. corals like you mentioned.

Sorry... what I meant to say in that last one was, "Can you place a Scolymia, Lobo, and Trachyphyllia next to each other?"

 

[Amphiprion]

I wouldn't.