Euphyllia compatibility Misconception!!

[Fish Ed]

You always hear people saying that euphyllias can be kept together without stinging because it is in the genus and doesn't harm each other. Well that's not 100% true from my experience.

I just moved a torch coral closer to a hammer/frogspawn garden since I have that idea of euphyllia being safe with its own kind and not harming each other, also it looks good with the garden. But I stand corrected, the torch RIPPED off a tentacle from the hammer. I noticed a couple of the hammer coral's tentacles deflated whilst the rest are fine. The tentacles were stuck onto the torch. So I gently move them apart and a 'hammer' tip tore off from tentacle. Good thing I didn't leave it alone for long or else the whole head would've died.

The tip has been ripped off.


Its here


Sorry for the bad quality pics..

 

[Tweaked]

No misconception, it is widely known to give the torches a wide birth lol.

 

[Fish Biscuit]

Torches don't play well with others. I had an Indo hammer stinging an Aussie hammer recently & had to move things around a little.

 

[twistedfinn967]

I've always seen it said to keep torches at a distance from hammers and frogs, and that hammers and frogs USUALLY play nice together. Glad you caught it when you did!

 

[Tweaked]

I've always seen it said to keep torches at a distance from hammers and frogs, and that hammers and frogs USUALLY play nice together. Glad you caught it when you did!

This...

 

[Fish Ed]

Oh, I have read that torches are the most aggressive euphyllia but they can still be kept with other euphyllias, that's the first page of Google when I search "Torch coral and hammers" :lol:

 

[mattwils71]

hammer and frogspawns only!!

 

[SteveZZR]

Glad I've seen this, I always thought Frogspawn was the nasty one!