Coral’s touching suggestions?

[borker]

Dumb question but...
My Cyphastrea and ??????? have begun to touch and attack each other.

Have never had this problem before but in a nano tank seems like it will be common.

What do people typically do when corals begin to touch?

Cyphastrea is encrusted and there’s no place great to move this purple guy.

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[The_Lazy_Reefer]

separate them, it’s as easy as that. Once the filament tissues come out war has been declared.

 

[Wlachnit]

There is no easy solution. Eventually, one coral will win. IME, pruning and trimming are the only way to keep it in check.

 

[borker]

separate them, it’s as easy as that. Once the filament tissues come out war has been declared.

Nowhere to go :-(. Guess buy / sell then.

Do you know what it is / what it’s worth?

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[Coral reefer]

Some sort of chalice. Can’t tell. Too blue.

 

[dochou]

Some sort of chalice. Can’t tell. Too blue.

l agree.

 

[svreef]

Won’t they strike a balance and only kill that edge of the coral? Won’t they continue to grow in other directions?

 

[Baykes]

Looks like a toxic pie chalice.

 

[Fox_reefing]

Looks like goldmeister

 

[Fox_reefing]

Looks like goldmeister

 

[borker]

Won’t they strike a balance and only kill that edge of the coral? Won’t they continue to grow in other directions?

I'm not sure... that's the question

 

[borker]

Another picture with color calibration:
- Frogspawn left of frag
- Meteor Shower cyphastrea below
- GSP in bottom left

It could be a goldmeister but they say it's "maroon and gold" - mine looks more 'purple and green'

So it could be toxic pie.

Frags look to be pretty expensive - so is like $200 a good price for the colony? Any takers?

 

[Wlachnit]

Won’t they strike a balance and only kill that edge of the coral? Won’t they continue to grow in other directions?

It depends. If one is pretty dominant, then it will continue to grow and overtake the other one. It may take a long time depending on the size and how aggressive it is. I have several in my tank that bump each other, and over time the less dominant one loses ground.

 

[borker]

So you just let it play its course?

Just don’t want the whole colony to die.


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[Wlachnit]

More or less...mostly because I can't reach and get to the offending coral. In a couple of cases, I do scrape away the more aggressive, encrusting coral edge so that the other coral has a chance to grow and get bigger.

 

[Oakland Evan]

FYI, Aqua SD regularly sells a frag of this coral (Toxic Pie Chalice) for $20 or less. Currently it's up for $30.

 

[Coral reefer]

FYI, Aqua SD regularly sells a frag of this coral (Toxic Pie Chalice) for $20 or less. Currently it's up for $30.

And a 40% off sale on top

 

[borker]

Awesome. Thanks for the info. So what’s reasonable for the colony which is 3”x 4.5”?

Assume it’s worth more than a frag?


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