Numbers

[smellslikeTUNA]

So it is often made a very strong point on here that only so many fish can be kept in a given number of gallons, speaking in terms of "responsible" fishkeeping. Is there ever a point where there could be too many corals (speaking generally) in any given system? Just a thought.

 

[disc1]

You can get to a certain point where the crowding results in warfare. The battle usually escalates to chemical weapons. Left unchecked, that can be a death sentence for everything in the tank.

 

[Mylilreef]

you can get to a certain point where the crowding results in warfare. The battle usually escalates to chemical weapons. Left unchecked, that can be a death sentence for everything in the tank.

+1 ^^^^

 

[crobattt]

Yeah if they get too close they will release toxins which are bad for everything in the tank.

 

[smellslikeTUNA]

does this "warfare" typically happen in mixed reef tanks only or are SPS/LPS dominate tank susceptible to this as well?

 

[crobattt]

From my understanding it can be any corals that can release toxins.

 

[smellslikeTUNA]

From my understanding it can be any corals that can release toxins.

Right, but what I am asking is will SPS attack other SPS or just LPS and vice versa?

 

[sporto0]

Soft corals release toxins, sometimes, LPS have sweeper tentacles, some longer than others which sting other corals, SPS are the least agressive but can still sting one another, albeit on a far smaller scale & typically SPS get along with most other SPS corals, this has been my experience, LPS need the widest berth.