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Old 09/04/2007, 03:57 PM
nUgZ nUgZ is offline
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Warfare

Well my Acanthastrea echinata decided to eat another one of my Favites that I have sitting next to it. I love these things but they can be sooo aggressive sometimes.

Caught in the act!!



A closer view. You can see the mesentery filaments from the Acan eating the Favites.



Here you can see the aftermath. The Favites in front of the green one was attacked a couple weeks ago. I need to frag both of them now. :x



Be careful what you put next to these guys.
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Old 09/04/2007, 04:51 PM
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My favites was similarly attacked a few months ago. I don't know the name of the coral that attacked it. Crazy to see such sedentary creatures attacking each other!
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Old 09/04/2007, 07:18 PM
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Some tolerate their neighbors well and some don't at all.
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Old 09/04/2007, 07:43 PM
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Acan Echinatas are killing machines. I have one and the nearest corals to it is 3-4" away in all directions. It already took out 3 chalices. I was able to save all three but had to frag one down to a tiny 1"x1" frag in the end. They defiantely don't play well with other corals .
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Old 09/04/2007, 09:08 PM
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In case you hadn't already concluded this, you need to relocate some of your corals. They are too close & are becoming anti-social!

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Old 09/04/2007, 10:00 PM
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Here's a more recent shot of the aftermath.



An actinic shot.

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Old 09/06/2007, 12:20 PM
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the tissue should regrow...
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Old 09/06/2007, 04:26 PM
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Damn. That's vicious. I love it.
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Old 09/06/2007, 07:52 PM
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We'll see what happens.
 

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