Bubble coral - too aggressive?

Mark Bradley · Mar 31, 2021

My bubble coral, the centrepiece of the tank, has grown a lot and is starting to get very close to my Duncan’s and Fox corals - will my bubble win any fights and should I be considering safeguarding others by moving it on? (my Fox corals are my favourite - especially the one on the left as it has a beautiful green tinge to it)

vetteguy53081 · Mar 31, 2021

Mark Bradley said:
My bubble coral, the centrepiece of the tank, has grown a lot and is starting to get very close to my Duncan’s and Fox corals - will my bubble win any fights and should I be considering safeguarding others by moving it on? (my Fox corals are my favourite - especially the one on the left as it has a beautiful green tinge to it)

These guys are very capable of stinging nearby coral

DSEKULA · Mar 31, 2021

They can and will sting, they also do let out sweepers if something is invading its territory, their a bit different looking than most sweepers ime it kind of looks like a piece of coral is trying to stretch off with a big chunk of bubbles in the end.
You could also try to frag it down. If you've never trimmed wall type coral i recommend banding off your potential cuts with rubberbands. You place the bands around the flesh and skeleton where you want to cut. Place the coral back in the tank and the flesh under the band dies leaving bare skeleton in a week or so. Then cut the skeleton with a bandsaw or rotary tool with diamond saw blade. Dip the new cut pieces in an iodine solution to ward off bacteria and let them heal.. keep what you want and sell or trade the others.
If you dont want to mess with this you could just sell or trade the piece of course.
Good luck!!