sting vs sting

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Jim

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Let me say first off that I keep LPS and SPS in the same tank together - I know some of you are not fans of this approach but I like them all.

Some of my corals, I think, are stinging their neighbors.

I have a hammer that was very small but since it has grown, I think it may be affecting my purple tip staghorn.

Also, I have a cap coral (is that what is is called -- the ones that grow somewhat flat and come in orange, green, purple, brown, and brown with yellow polka-dots) has grown large enough that it is touching a green slimer in my tank.

I guess mushrooms are not affected or affect anything - they certainly seem to mix and match with all the corals.

Any corals that I should make sure to keep apart?

Thanks in advance
 
The hammer will sting SPS fairly signifigantly.
The acros are usually ok together, but shrooms will sting other corals that aren't in the shroom family.
Many also believe that leather corals will release toxins to fend off one and other, but many people keep leathers with other corals with great success.
Also, Xenia can be a good coral and grow well, but it can also be very intrusive and kill many hard corals if not properly maintained.
Hope this helps, I could go on for hours.
 
Yes it does help. Thanks for the advice and continue if you have more that may help.

Funny, I have a mounted piece of Acro that has become surrounded by shrooms - seems they really like this piece of rubble. They dont seem to be impacting the acro.

Guess I will move the hammer.

What about the two pieces of SPS - the flat growing one and the slimmer. Guess they dont mix either?

Hopefully I can separate everyone lol
 
Typically acros can grow together and be fine. The will shade each other, and can kill the spots where they touch, but will not normally wipe out the other colonies. Just keep an eye on them as they grow together.
Depending on the types of mushshrooms you have, they can have the ability to kill corals such as acros. In some cases they will be fine. Mushrooms can usually mulitply faster than acros, and can cause shading, or possibly start to grow up the sides of the acro, causing the base and then the colony to die. I would say just keep an eye on it.

I know your probably not into chalices(echino's) yet, but they can pack a very postent sting when placed up against another coral.
Anemones can also be very dangerous at times. They can often climb across other corals and cause them to die, or possibly sting corals if placed to close.
I am in no way trying to keep you from trying any of these corals, but I'm tying to let you know of the downfalls that can come from trying to house some of these corals together. Of course everyones experiences can be different.
 
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