Can these two corals touch?

[cookie]

I was wanting to know if my green star polyps and yellow polyps would be ok if they are only about two inches apart from each other? I know that some corals in the same family (like frogspawn and hammer) can even touch and not be bothered.

Can these two be next to each other?

 

[West coast kid]

not sure but gsp kills frogspawn

 

[returnofsid]

GSP can kill just about anything it touches.

 

[JasonD]

They are both nasty, not sure which one would win.

 

[West coast kid]

They are both nasty, not sure which one would win.

If I had to put money on it I would go with the gsp

 

[mfinn]

I would think the yellow polyps would kill the gsp.

 

[mfinn]

I've seen the yellow polyps sting a leather so bad a hole actually developed in the stalk.
I have never seen any stinging ability with the gsp, over the ability to smother very quickly.

 

[returnofsid]

I've heard, from a reliable source, that GSP has the alleopathic ability to kill corals, IN THE OCEAN, at a distance of many meters. If it can do that in the ocean, what can it do in our tanks? I have GSP and Yellow Polyps in my tanks, sometimes unfortunately...lol. I've seen GSP keep Zoanthids from opening, without even touching. This went on for quite some time, until I removed the GSP from being so close to the Zoanthids. I have Yellow Polyps growing and touching various Zoanthids, Kenya Tree and Xenia, with no apparent damage. Both are quite aggressive in their growth, IMO.

 

[mfinn]

Cool I learned something tonight.

 

[1fishkeeper]

Sounds like its time to pull my GSP out of the tank.

 

[boosted306]

I have xenia that is touching gsp/bsp and nothing happens

 

[poakley723]

I would think the GSP would grow over the yellow polyps.