Hammer and frogspawn placement?

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  1. chewbaca

    chewbaca Astrea Snail

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    Ok I have a few hammers and frogspawn, mostly walls and just orderd a blue wall hammer today, just wondering if these corals can be touching each other?? I know they will sting other corals but feel like they should be ok with like coral
     
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  3. Chance

    Chance Bubble Tip Anemone

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    I personally do not know. But I have 3 separate heads of frogspawn touching, and they don't damage each other. With Hammer, and Frogspawn being from the same Genus (Euphyllia), I dont think that there would be a problem. But maybe someone with experience can be of more help.
     
  4. chewbaca

    chewbaca Astrea Snail

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    My way of thinking is with you chance, but want a positive answer befor I chance it
     
  5. Camkha1234

    Camkha1234 Great Blue Whale

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    Hammers and Frogspawns can always touch, but neither can touch Torch Corals :)
     
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    Chance Bubble Tip Anemone

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    That's interesting, do you know why exactly?
     
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    Camkha1234 Great Blue Whale

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    I believe the torch is more aggressive than the other two.
     
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    Moby Duck Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Yup the torches sweepers have a good reach on em
     
  10. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    They are all Euphyllias, they should be able to touch without an issue and I have seen them doing so in others tanks.
     
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    Camkha1234 Great Blue Whale

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    Do you mean Hammers and Frogspawns or Torches and the other two? I've been told numerous times that the Torch can burn the others :confused:
     
  12. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    Torch/Hammer/Frog Spawn are all Euphyllias. All of them do produce sweeper tentacles that sting other corals but it is not like other LPS that reproduce Mesenterial Filaments, which can begin breaking down a near by coral in a very short period of time, minutes in fact.

    If you see one coral retracted more then the others then by all means move it, but you should not have to put a lot of space between types.
     

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