Who will win?

[reef_daddy]

I know, I know, I placed these way too close. I just didn’t think they would grow so fast. My concern is the monti has been growing faster than the mille, and I’m worried it’s just going to kill it and encrust over it.
Anyone have any experience similar to this? No chance they will just both stop growing where they are touching right?

 

[Crystal clear]

Setosa for sure!

 

[NanoDJS]

Agreed that Setosa is about to envelope that whole Mille , I dont think it will kill it chemically , just smother the life out of it

 

[Webslinger]

+1

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

Agreed. The Montipora will overtop the competition and shade it out of existence.

 

[reef_daddy]

Ugh ok thanks everyone. Guess I’ll have to move it. I’ll try to remove the Setosa first but I’m not hopeful.

 

[Yellowsound]

Really? My experience has been that acros- and especially millies- will fry a setosa. My setosa (in my last tank) was not a super-fast grower, so it couldn’t overwhelm anything. And millies- again, in my experience- tend to be more powerful than other acros when in chemical warfare.

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

Really? My experience has been that acros- and especially millies- will fry a setosa. My setosa (in my last tank) was not a super-fast grower, so it couldn’t overwhelm anything. And millies- again, in my experience- tend to be more powerful than other acros when in chemical warfare.

I've had a Montipora overwhelm a favia.

 

[Yellowsound]

I've had a Montipora overwhelm a favia.

Sure, but a setosa? Monti caps will overwhelm just about anything, but a setosa is a different thing altogether. At least, in my experience...

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

Sure, but a setosa? Monti caps will overwhelm just about anything, but a setosa is a different thing altogether. At least, in my experience...

Could be very true. I've only dealt with Montipora capricornis ;)

 

[reef_daddy]

And the winner is..... the Mille.

The lights haven’t kicked on yet so forgive the lack of polyp extension and fluorescence.

 

[Reefltx]

The mille will win initially, but will lose in the long run.

 

[NanoDJS]

yeah he already laid ontop of even though they killed the tissue back the mille will now die under the lip there the monti will regen over that and go further next time , till eventually ....... grows like 5 x times faster so its inevitable

 

[reef_daddy]

This will definitely be interesting, I’ll keep updating as they grow. Worst case I’ll have to move the Mille.