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    Posted: October 11 2010 at 7:48pm
well i was wondering my Torch, 2 frogspawns and a Hammer corals are pretty close together, sometimes they strech to a point that they are touch each other will there be a problem?
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I think eventually there could be a problem. But if they are not retracting from each other I would say for now you're ok.
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ok so when they start to retract that means they are being bothered, thx i'll keep a watch in case that happnes
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I saw some time-lapse footage on one of those discovery channel shows (life, wild pacific, etc..) and they showed what happens when corals attack (they should make a show called that!). The coral feeding tentacles begin to stretch out and latch on to the invading coral. It then covers the problem area completely, enveloping it and I believe eating it. I believe this usually takes place at night and the next day a piece of the loser coral will be skeletonized.


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Most of the time Euphyllias tend to get along OK.  I have had frogspawn and hammer right next to each other for years with no problem.

In fact, I had a massive Frogspawn.  Over the course of about 3 weeks it totally died of.  About 30 heads.  I was sick.  For 2 years I left the dead skeleton in the tank.  Then I purchased a small frag of Hammer and placed it in the dead frogspawn skeleton.  Within 3 months the Frogspawn was growing back and is now nearly as big as it was before.  The hammer on the other hand is larger than the frogspawn ever was.  I had to split it up to keep it from shading itself.

These corals sit right on top of each other and mingle with each other most of the day.


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Send that idea in to discovery channel. I'd watch. Smile
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