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Old 05/06/2006, 12:36 PM
Brooks_McClary Brooks_McClary is offline
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Kenya Tree Coral (SUPER AGRESSIVE?)

Has anyone experienced VERY agressive chemical warfare from the Kenya Tree Coral (Capnella sp.)? Everytime it touches a ricordia/Mushroom/LPS/Toadstool the OTHER coral shrinks back or appears to have some tissue damage. This Looks like an innocent coral. Yeah, right. Also, it grows like a weed. I got it from Live aquaria in August, last year. It looked like this.



Here is a FTS (the rascle is in the upper right part of the tank).



By late last year it had grown too big for my tank, broken off several daughter corals (all by itself) and they had all attached to live rock (by themselves) I had over 6 in the tank. I gave away the original Kenya to a friend of mine. The babies have grown up where I took out the original. I gave them away too. Now all I have are 2nd and 3rd generation frags growing in the tank. There are a total of 7 right now that I can find. Here is what they look like now ( I have had them a total of 8 mos):



Anyone else have agressive softie stories? This is a seriously bad boy. (but I love this coral). Makes you popular with your friends with a constant stream of frags.
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