Frogspawn stinging fish/inverts?

Calappidae

Harlequin Shrimp
I'm a huge fan of Frogspawn corals, their colors always catch my eye in aquariums.. but I've never owned one myself..

I know they can extend sweeper tentacles at night, stinging any neighboring corals that are too close.. no big deal for me...

My main concern tho is if it can sting fish and other invertebrates.. I heard horror stories of frogspawns, or lps in general, stinging or killing livestock like gobies, shrimp, crabs, etc..

I'm still working on setting up a 125 gallon.. but would it pose any threat in a 125g filled with gobies, tangs, shrimp, crabs, snails, dragonets, etc.. etc..?

Would it also pose any threat in my 10g nano? Currently it houses a pair of harlequin shrimp and a pair of sexy shrimp.. I also plan on adding several more sexy shrimp, bumblebee shrimp, porcelain crab, and a pom pom crab (maybe).

Thanks
 
i have 2 tanks, a 57 gallon and 180 gallon, both are lps and soft mixed reefs, i have a few pieces of frogspawn in each tank and havent had a problem with them killing anything. they arent touching any neighboring corals.
 
I've been doing this for like 3 yrs now and I have Torch, BIG Frogspawn colony,Hammer and another smaller frogspawn colony. Now I love going down at night with a flashlight and still do it at least 3 times a week.
I have never seen these sweeper tentacles that I hear so much about.
So yeah go fo it
 
My frogspawn never has shown any "sweepers" and I have a crab that seems to love to mount my frag and sometime's take a bite, but no deaths.
 
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