Euphyllia Corals stinging each other

[bumbus]

Hey all, I am a lurker, not much of a poster. But I have a current situation I am encountering.

I have a 32 gallon tank, that has been up and running for a little over a year now. I had purchased a Torch, and Frogspawn coral that were kind of on the smaller side. I thought I had placed them far enough apart to keep from growing into the other's space. Needless to say I was wrong, they have been flourishing in the tank and grown quite larger than expected. Now they are close enough where the Torch has been stinging the Frogspawn on occasion and it is becoming an almost everyday occurrence. I had thought that generally Euphyllia corals didn't sting each other, but again I was wrong.

My question is: Is it necessary to move one of the corals to stop with the stinging, or what is the best way of handling this situation?

Thanks for any help!

 

[MondoBongo]

does it appear that the frogspawn is bothered by the stinging?

my torch and hammer touch each other regularly, but i can't say i've ever seen any ill effects from it.

 

[bumbus]

Unfortunately yes. I had thought they wouldn't bother each other, that's the reason I had placed them semi-close to one another. The Torch's tentacles end up sticking to the Frogspawn's and in turn the Frogspawn ends up retracting itself. It is only affecting one of it's four heads, but that head is retracted at an estimate of about 50% of the time the daylights are on.

 

[billdogg]

If a Euphyllia sp. is going to sting another, it will be the torch going after the hammer or frogspawn. It does not happen all the time, but often enough to be careful with them. I keep my torch over in a corner by itself. The frogspawn and hammer intermingle without issue.

 

[bumbus]

Thanks, I ended up moving the frogspawn to a different location, so I resolved the issue. (My emerald crab ended up trying to have a snack that was called frogspawn, so I had to remove him, and by doing so I took the frogspawn out while he was on it, and moved it!)

 

[TDChu]

Likewise, I keep my torch away from hammer/frogspawn.