Acanthastrea echinata!

Shep · Jul 17, 2015

Really starting to like these corals, anyone got experience with keeping them? Also would live to see pictures of them!

Side note, Liveaquaria.com has them listed as peaceful but I have heard that they are expert coral assassins, which is true?

steve&mari · Jul 17, 2015

Very aggressive. They'll attack anything too close. They'll expell their guts basically and can reach further then you'd think when attacking. They normally will kill almost anything they engage in battle with. Way more aggressive then lords,bowerbanki or micros. They do come in awesome colors just can't crowd them.

Shep · Jul 17, 2015

How do they do next to each other? Could I make a "garden" area just for them?

Akida17th · Jul 17, 2015

I had an echinata spill his entire insides and attacked and straight killed a nearby chalice. I woke up in the morning and saw it completely attached to the chalice. Once I removed the chalice had white scars going across it and no flesh was left. Them buggers don't mess around.

Shep · Jul 17, 2015

I wonder why LA lists them as peaceful

Akida17th · Jul 17, 2015

Because their owned by Petco?

Chris Adams · Jul 17, 2015

ya I know when my Ricordea get to close because they mealt for the next couple days. They survive but learn not to grow in that direction

Shep · Jul 17, 2015

Akida17th said:
Because their owned by Petco?

haha I doubt that has anything to do with it.

Chris Adams · Jul 17, 2015

here is a pic

Shep · Jul 17, 2015

Very nice looking coral!

steve&mari · Jul 17, 2015

I believe they can coexist with each other but anything else better beware lol. I've seen them together and even growing together but I've lost chalice and lords to one before.

Shep · Jul 17, 2015

Well maybe I will have a tank of nothing but them.....will they kill inverts and fish?

steve&mari · Jul 17, 2015

Never had issues with fish or inverts with one we had. Like you said before a separate area for just them is fine just leave little extra room beside them from other corals.

Stephanie11 · Jul 17, 2015

Since you love acan lords, now talking echinata.
Yahoo or Google images ultra acan bowerbanki!

I love them all! I've been thinking about getting some.

Shep · Jul 17, 2015

Stephanie11 said:
Since you love acan lords, now talking echinata.
Yahoo or Google images ultra acan bowerbanki!

I love them all! I've been thinking about getting some.

Honestly I would be perfectly happy if all my corals were some kind of acan lol

Tab28 · Jul 18, 2015

In terms of color they are one of my favorite. They will be OK with other enchinatas only. They are beautiful, fast growers and deadly. They do need at least a hands width away from any coral. They will attack any other acan or coral. I love them and keep giving them a chance. But every one was killed another coral. I had to move mine so many times because it would attack everything. Finally it found its happy place. The sump where i keep pandora palys. Mine try to attack a lobo that was 4" away. Its insides actually crept across the sand bed. I watched it and was able to stop the attack.