Which families?

[awestruck]

I have a common bright green open brain (which I dearly love )
and what my LFS calls a red meat coral. Are these similar yet from different families? TIA (sorry, no pics.)

 

[Hormigaquatica]

without a photo, it is entirely impossible to tell... sorry

 

[faviasteve]

By meat coral I assume they mean one with "meaty" thick-looking flesh or one that inflates and hides the skeleton. Probably scolymia or cynaria. Maybe lobophyllia, they're meaty looking.

Check out this website for IDs
http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/coralid_search.php

 

[awestruck]

Thank you for directing me to that website! My meat coral is a lobophyllia (still not sure what kind--saw some that kind of resemble mine). Anyway, if my lobobphyllia and my green open brain are near each other will they fight because they are from different families?

 

[faviasteve]

My lobophyllia has feeding tentacles at night (and I imagine they are fairy potent at stinging plankton and probably other corals)but the tentacles are fairy short- maybe an inch long. I think this is typical of most open brains. I don't know if any of them release poisonous compounds- it's possible but that's mostly a soft coral way of fighting. If they're 6" apart it should be fine. Lobophyllias are good eaters. Feed them a couple times a week an hour after lights out with a baster. My lobo likes Hikari mysis, brine shrimp and crushed bits of Formula 1 flake.