Over stocking coral

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

My philosophy is if the corals are covered in water, it's all good Pruning to prevent fighting is about all that's needed.

How far apart do they (SPS) need to be to prevent fighting? I know LPS needs to be further apart, as I have already had some wounds and one casualty.

[Aquattro]

SPS generally need to touch to cause damage. Or really really close. They will often avoid each other on their own though, pretty smart for fuzzy stick animals.

[Reef Pilot]

What about at the bases, where they like to spread? How do you trim that when on the live rock?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

What about at the bases, where they like to spread? How do you trim that when on the live rock?

Once the base is sufficiently attached, they don't tend to grow much more. I have seen some overly encrust, but that, IMO, is not typical. My largest colonies have less than a 2" base.

[Proteus]

Ok thanks I was just wondering about water displacment and weather ther was a gallon per inch ratio

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Once the base is sufficiently attached, they don't tend to grow much more. I have seen some overly encrust, but that, IMO, is not typical. My largest colonies have less than a 2" base.

Yeah, that seems to be the case with the longer sticks, but I also have some Cyphastrea Japonica and a Sunset Monti that is spreading pretty good.

[Rogue951]

make sure u have a good skimmer lol....
and don't ever make them all slime at once.

Monti's are spreaders. I have red cap all over my tank cause once it starts, short of kalk pasting it, it'll keep growing.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Rogue951

make sure u have a good skimmer lol....
and don't ever make them all slime at once.

#1 especially true if you ignore #2