Anybody have sps touching each other

[tkimmons85]

I have heard that your supposed to trim it back before you let them touch. But when you look at all the Tank of the Month pics they are loaded with sps and they are all mixed in and around each other.

 

[Jason S]

Nah, nothing in my tank is big enough to be growing together I have nothing but frags and a few small colonies now.

However, I have seen the same or similar species that are fine touching, but I would not recommend it with different species. It is in most corals nature to fight off other encroaching colonies to maintain their foothold.

 

[fishdoc11]

I have had several tanks where eventually SPS will touch. If the colonies are big the amount of damage done to the parts touching each other is insignificant compared to the size of the coral.......but the parts that touch do usually die so if a small frag or colony gets stung (it's actually eaten) it can kill the frag or a significant portion of the colony.

hth, Chris

 

[Pickupman66]

ive had them touch.. it was WW3 with some of them. I think it was an acro and millipora.. lots of slime.

also had a Monti Cap grow in to a Milli. that was likewise just as bad. they slimed at the DMZ really bad until I cut both back.

case in point. look on the bottom right of hte cap. you can see the notch Ive cut and cut for that milli.

 

[ShawnKPD]

Ah good question. I will be following this thread

 

[tkimmons85]

Hmmm well I guess Ill be watching and trimming. Its all good cause Im starting a frag tank so any cuttings will be used.

 

[Mmckibben]

It depends on the species. Some corals will touch and exchange zoozanthellea, and pigmentation (green jacket is most common), while others will have a full out war in the night time. They will literally digest each other alive!

 

[Mmckibben]

CORAL magazine has a good article on this. Green jacket is really cool. So if a coral with natural neon green pigmentation touches a coral with out, ocationally they will merge tissue and exchange zoozanthellea and the green pigments. The coolest thing is it will spread through the whole coral, then go away after a month or two.

 

[mapn4reef]

"Anybody have sps touching each other?"

Only on "consensual adult sleepover adventure trips"

LMAO...sorry, couldn't resist...

 

[tkimmons85]

Haha Classic

 

[zef004]

Lol very classic

 

[zef004]

Trim trim and sale your trimmings

If I can I'll take a pic of my superman monti fighting with a Larry Jackson tri-color. For space.

 

[fishdoc11]

There was a lot of fighting in this tank:

What happens when you put RBTA's in your SPS tank. This killed a good portion of several colonies

Constant fighting on my "Monti rock":

There was a lot fighting in this one too:

Chris

 

[AdrianBryce]

I saw a tank, in which the monti cap and a milli actually fused together and continued growing.

 

[zef004]

Chris did you sale that monti rock.

 

[Pickupman66]

Fishdoc.. yea, im sure tehre was alot of fighting in that tank.. all corals competing for more space. hopefully I have that problem a year from now.

 

[orthokardia]

Chris,
Use protection or get a bigger house!

 

[fishdoc11]

:lol:

I still have the monti rock

Chris