Coral Compatibility

[WaterDog]

So I bought a few LPS and softy corals the other day, brought them home, then realized that some of them were the more aggressive ones.

I got galaxea, sunburst, frogspawn, clove, palys, goniopora, and a brain coral.

I know the galaxea and frogspawn are aggressive, but are there any other ones I should watch out for.

I think I managed to isolate the galaxea, but I'm worried about the frogspawn.

If you can tell where I put everything, advice on where to move the frogspawn would be appreciated.

[Brian Ward]

I've never had issues with my frogspawns extending their feeder tentacles much. Keep it a few inches from any other corals and keep an eye on it.

[WaterDog]

I've never had issues with my frogspawns extending their feeder tentacles much. Keep it a few inches from any other corals and keep an eye on it.

Ok, I guess I was kind of thinking about the chemical warfare aspect of the coral too, I probably should have mentioned that. Are any of the above mentioned coral a threat in the chemical department?

[trockafella]

Brain corals can have long sweepers, that looks like a smaller piece, so you should be fine, but in time keep an eye on it.. The galaxea can have really long sweepers, so I would be very careful with that, try to see which way they sweepers flow and locate so they flow away..

Edited March 29, 2010 by trockafella

[trockafella]

Whats the big red furry thing..?

[Brian Ward]

No chemical issues. I've only ever heard of chemical problems from leathers.

[WaterDog]

Whats the big red furry thing..?

Dragon's Breath Macroalgae. There's some nemastoma in there somewhere, I know it! If anyone wants some, I'd be glad to get rid of some.

Edited March 29, 2010 by WaterDog

[WaterDog]

No chemical issues. I've only ever heard of chemical problems from leathers.

Heh, funny you should mention that. There's a big devil's hand right near the sunburst...

[Coral Hind]

Whats the big red furry thing..?

 

 

It looks like the top of a troll doll. I am guessing it is gracilaria algae and not dragon's breath. Dragon's breath is wider and not as delicate looking.

[WaterDog]

It looks like the top of a troll doll. I am guessing it is gracilaria algae and not dragon's breath. Dragon's breath is wider and not as delicate looking.

Darn. Here I thought I had something nice growing.

[Jan]

It's a bad hair day for Adams tank.

 

Whats the big red furry thing..?

[WaterDog]

Well, here's part two of my coral woes. I think something's eating the frogspawn.

All there is in the tank is two clowns, two neon gobies, a six line, peppermint shrimp, hermits and snails. What could eat a frogspawn?

[Jan]

Did you have it at the bottom of your tank? Did anything fall on it? Moderat (mid sectio of a tanK) to high light. They are also susceptible to brown jelly disease when injured. Stings from other corals will cause injure too.

[WaterDog]

Did you have it at the bottom of your tank? Did anything fall on it? Moderat (mid sectio of a tanK) to high light. They are also susceptible to brown jelly disease when injured. Stings from other corals will cause injure too.

Yeah, it's at the bottom of the tank. It has a weird frag plug so I'm having issues putting it somewhere. There's no brown slime so I dont think it's the brown jelly disease...