Question about my micros and their growth.

[THEPHISHGUY]

I have about 11 morphs of micros that are mounted on three rocks. All other micros that I have are mounted seperatly. My questions is, they are all starting to grow into each other. Is this going to cause a problem? Will one overgrow another? When fully expanded, they seem to touch a lot and it does not seem to bother any of them. Maybe doc or Jen / Charles might have some advise about how to control the growth from frag to colony. I will try to add some pics in a few to illustrate my dillema.... Thanks TPG

 

[ReefDoctorMicromussas]

One thing that I love about micros is that they do not seem to attack each other... HOWEVER if you get them anywhere near an acan ech. they will be diner overnight... I lost an entire Fraggle Reef Stardust colony that was about 1 inch away from my rainbow ech. it appears that it reached its tentacles out and just pulled all of the flesh right off of the colony like one might suck a BBQ rib so sad.. But my snails sometimes bump my micros onto eachother actually touching and when I find them in the morning they are fine and no worse for wear I just move them again

 

[organism]

I'd keep them separate, since while they may not fight when touching, once they start to grow into each other the dominant colony will take out the other ones, and even a small amount of damage could lose you the whole colony of the less dominant micros, best to keep them in their own little areas separately

 

[ReefDoctorMicromussas]

Love your new Avatar

Separate is absolutely best for them