Do ricordea sting other corals?

yes, i actually read somewhere that they can be some of the most aggresive corals if not given enough space to grow out. hopefully i can find the article and not make myself sound stupid.
 
I don't know about recordea but I also have heard Shrooms in general pack a pretty good punch. Makes sense. They are in fact a Nem of sorts, are they not?
 
I had some blue and purple zoas get knocked from their perch into a grouping of rics .... and 1/2 the zoas melted away .... so I know the ones I have will do some damage....
 
I would say ricordeas do sting but they are usually weaker than most corals. More likely, you will lose the ricordea.
 
Ricordea don't 'sting' they chemical warfare actually. Any stinging corals are not allowed to be housed with seahorses, which is how I know they don't sting. They definately 'chemical warfare' pretty hard though. I had to move mine yesterday they started killing some of my button polyps.

If you catch it early all should heal well from the situation.
 
I had a ric touching a birdsnest, and the birdsnest lost quite a bit of flesh before I finally moved it - didn't know the ric was blowing into it.

Better safe than sorry, eh?
 
Hmmm. This is good to know. Rics should be placed away from corals that might fall into them. What about shrooms of different varieties grouped together? For instance I’m slowly building a Ric Rock. So far I’ve attached several different kinds of shrooms together on one small rock; one green Ric, a purple, a green and a watermelon all close together. As of now the green Ric has begat one youngster and it is touching or coming up underneath a watermelon shroom. Will this eventually be a problem? If so how do guys like the one selling his “Rare” collection on ebay group these colonies together?
 
Thanks for the info. I have had some shrooms destroy xenia and some kenya tree, but I wasn't sure if rics did the same. Good to know. Thanks!
-Chuck
 
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