Warfare

[nUgZ]

Well my Acanthastrea echinata decided to eat another one of my Favites that I have sitting next to it. I love these things but they can be sooo aggressive sometimes.

Caught in the act!!

A closer view. You can see the mesentery filaments from the Acan eating the Favites.

Here you can see the aftermath. The Favites in front of the green one was attacked a couple weeks ago. I need to frag both of them now. :x

Be careful what you put next to these guys.

 

[polwick]

My favites was similarly attacked a few months ago. I don't know the name of the coral that attacked it. Crazy to see such sedentary creatures attacking each other!

 

[nUgZ]

Some tolerate their neighbors well and some don't at all.

 

[slojmn]

Acan Echinatas are killing machines. I have one and the nearest corals to it is 3-4" away in all directions. It already took out 3 chalices. I was able to save all three but had to frag one down to a tiny 1"x1" frag in the end. They defiantely don't play well with other corals .

 

[Sheol]

In case you hadn't already concluded this, you need to relocate some of your corals. They are too close & are becoming anti-social!

Matthew

 

[nUgZ]

Here's a more recent shot of the aftermath.

An actinic shot.

 

[650-IS350]

the tissue should regrow...

 

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Damn. That's vicious. I love it.

 

[nUgZ]

We'll see what happens.