Coral Fight, who said Acros were peaceful

[Ptyochromis]

Checked on my tank today to find That I had placed a Montipora capricornis too close to an acro.
Acro: 1 Monti: 0

 

[LoJack]

Crazy … the amount of times I have seen a monti wrapped right around a branch of an acro … and no battle. And then to see this.

Cool shot

 

[rovster]

I have a mille with super long polyps on a frag rack, and every so often, it gets tipped over and stings the crapola out of anything it touches!

 

[biggles]

Nice shot mate, my monti's all come off second best against any acro that defends it's growing space.

 

[mc-cro]

thats good to see. I have jedi mind trick that is getting very close to some acro's. I am hoping the jedi mind trick doesnt choke out the acro

 

[trueblackpercula]

Nice pictures sorry about the war

 

[Ptyochromis]

I have a mille with super long polyps on a frag rack, and every so often, it gets tipped over and stings the crapola out of anything it touches!

I'm loosing a tiny tabling acro frag that fell on a milli. No fun

 

[Ptyochromis]

I wish I knew how those people that that have super dense SPS tanks do it.

 

[Bela N]

I wish I knew how those people that that have super dense SPS tanks do it.

Use custom made epoxy blockers & skirts or sheets of thin shale. I will see if I can find some pics. The down side is that it often isn't pretty.

Goes without saying you lose a lot of tips (after they touch) and the occasional full colony!

 

[Bela N]

I believe we have a high density tank, see Pic 01. Correct me if I am wrong.

Pic 01 - The yellow arrows are pieces of shale to prevent corals from touching.
Pic 02 - Shale plate preventing Platygyra sweepers (up to 2" at night) from reaching the Acro & Purple haze.
Pic 03 - Epoxy "paddle" separates 2 close Acros on a frag rack
Pic 04 - Shale plate use to prevent anemone from reaching a clam.

BTW - Pic 01 is an old pic of the tank, may of the LPS & softies are gone. The tank is now 90%+ SPS and has more corals.

 

[Bill@IA]

I believe we have a high density tank, see Pic 01. Correct me if I am wrong.

Pic 01 - The yellow arrows are pieces of shale to prevent corals from touching.
Pic 02 - Shale plate preventing Platygyra sweepers (up to 2" at night) from reaching the Acro & Purple haze.
Pic 03 - Epoxy "paddle" separates 2 close Acros on a frag rack
Pic 04 - Shale plate use to prevent anemone from reaching a clam.

BTW - Pic 01 is an old pic of the tank, may of the LPS & softies are gone. The tank is now 90%+ SPS and has more corals.

Wow Bela, your aquarium is going to burst. You say that NOW it has even more coral than shown in the picture?? That is incredible.

 

[tektite]

Had that happen, those mesenterial filaments can do some damage fast!

 

[gsoaxionsk8]

Cool picture!

 

[Ptyochromis]

I believe we have a high density tank, see Pic 01. Correct me if I am wrong.

Pic 01 - The yellow arrows are pieces of shale to prevent corals from touching.
Pic 02 - Shale plate preventing Platygyra sweepers (up to 2" at night) from reaching the Acro & Purple haze.
Pic 03 - Epoxy "paddle" separates 2 close Acros on a frag rack
Pic 04 - Shale plate use to prevent anemone from reaching a clam.

BTW - Pic 01 is an old pic of the tank, may of the LPS & softies are gone. The tank is now 90%+ SPS and has more corals.

Thank you for sharing

 

[maikoa02]

Use custom made epoxy blockers & skirts or sheets of thin shale. I will see if I can find some pics. The down side is that it often isn't pretty.

Goes without saying you lose a lot of tips (after they touch) and the occasional full colony!

Agreed this is a pain for a mature tank. Planning ahead for future growth is crucial. Setting up a frag tank would also help.

 

[Ptyochromis]

About a cm worth of damage

 

[armylife]

thats nuts good to know about this when i get my sps tank up and running

 

[Jcreefer1]

Millis are the toughest and very powerful stingers.....

 

[Bpb]

I never noticed the little shields everywhere in people's tanks. I just assumed they prune frequently to prevent touching and that's why people constantly have tiny 1" sps frag packs for sale. My tank is young enough to where I have only had two sps collide. An acropora nasuta grew right into a montipora cap. Nothing happened. They just contined to grow unaffected

 

[triggreef]

I never noticed that before either. I'll be looking now.