Tri-color versus Orange Digitata

[DopeCantWin]

My Orange Digitata has grown within millimeters of my Purple Tri-Color Acropora. Does anybody have any experience or suggestions on what to do?

 

[deezmarine]

let them touch and see, sometime nothing happens, and if they sting each other cut them back, they are both fast grower so its not a big deal.

 

[DopeCantWin]

they are both fast grower so its not a big deal.

Speak for yourself. But I'll go with your advice and see where it goes. Thank you.

 

[DopeCantWin]

Well it was a resounding loss for the tri-color. Next match is the Digitata against a Teal Birdsnest. Any takers?

 

[bryman]

I am guessing the digitata would take out the birdsnest. Especially since I saw what a little frag of peach digitata did to some nearby macroalgae the other night, they seem pretty aggressive.

 

[chris88]

digitata gets wooped againts everything in my tank. birdnest is weak also.

 

[abrian]

In mine orange digi lost to green slimer.

 

[jwoyshnar]

My orange digi lost to a Gary's unknown

 

[SDguy]

Digis have always lost to acros in my tank.

 

[DopeCantWin]

Digi picks up another win. Several new bets are coming up. Digitata against Monti Cap and Digitata against Joe the Coral.

 

[SHADYreefer]

Why not just cut back the more common digi and let the acros fill in?

 

[lolgranny]

Why not just cut back the more common digi and let the acros fill in?

+1

I also have to ask, when u say lost are u losing the entire thing?:worried2:

 

[DopeCantWin]

The Digi is encrusting, and now just started to grow up. If it was branches I could just cut and life would be much easier. I'm only losing small branches and encrusting pieces of other corals.

+1

I also have to ask, when u say lost are u losing the entire thing?:worried2:

 

[roberto_lopes]

RTN on your tricolor is on the way ....

 

[sminker]

My tricolor has no problem taking over my pink birdsnest. You can see where it has killed some branches and started taking over the skeleton. Kinda cool looking.

 

[SputnikNYC]

I wouldn't experiment much with that, there's a high risk of loosing the whole colony! I lost my birds nest after slight contact with my green digi!

 

[DopeCantWin]

I wouldn't experiment much with that, there's a high risk of loosing the whole colony! I lost my birds nest after slight contact with my green digi!

My choices are pretty limited. My best bet is to glue some rock over the encrusting parts getting too close. I also lost a red cap to a battle with a plating red Acro. Was able to save some large parts of it, growing back nicely now.