Touching corals

[BrownPoseidon]

can the flesh of scolymia touch the flesh of a trachophylia geoffrey??

can the flesh of a scolymia touch the flesh of pulsing xenia??:fun4:

 

[Allmost]

at that point, it becomes survival for coral, they will release checmicals to kill one another to win over the space. the strongest will kill the weaker ...

 

[willietang021]

The Xenia is the weakest, but they grow the fastest. The scoly and the brain do not have posion sting like the hammer, so you might see the xenia will irritate the other corals a lot and the other corals will therefore start closing up and receeding. so a couple of inches of space between them will be better. I believe your scoly and brain coral are not glue to anything, so moving them around won't be too hard.

 

[BrownPoseidon]

yeah willie xenias did seem to irritate the scoly. I should and will separate them.

So trachophyllia flesh and scoly flesh cant touch??

U guys know if certain brains can touch each other? or does each species need its own space? Or does each individual piece of coral regardless of species need its own space?

 

[willietang021]

The truth is I have seen Brain coral place along side with scoly and cynarnia. Nothing was wrong, nobody was harming no body. Different species doing fine with each other. I have had a wall hammerthat stings another branching hammer coral, and stinging another wall frogspawn. Same Species hurting the same species. I also have corals that are suppose to have 6+ inches stinging tectacles, which in my tank never stick out more than 1/4 inch. And a mushroom with no stinging tectacles melting away a colony of acans.
The truth is, your brain coral may do fine with the scoly next to it. But is this a risk you want to take?

 

[BrownPoseidon]

yeah its a delicate balance between beauty and functionality