Will this Monti Overtake this Birds nest?

[Utahsaltnoob]

Hello,

I have a monti that has been growing like crazy and it’s headed towards a birds nest that isn’t growing near as fast.

Will this cause me problems? Any way to fix it other than relocating the nest?

I apologize if I got any of the names wrong as these were what I was told when I bought them.

 

[DSC reef]

They will definitely battle. That has a stylophora look to it but the pic is to blurry to tell. IME seriatopora was rather delicate when it came to coral warefare.

 

[fcmatt]

Honestly I would be curious to see what happens and leave them alone. It will be a good battle. It could turn out very good looking.

 

[C. Eymann]

Would definitely be an interesting battle, one on the left looks like poccilopora damicornis, one one the right is Montipora hodgsoni or foliosa I believe. P. damicornis has the montipora beat in the sting/nematocyst category, but either of those species of montipora are very rapid growers, however my money is still on the poccilopora because it's got the tentacle reach and sting advantage.

 

[JCOLE]

+1 on the poccilipora.

 

[Utahsaltnoob]

here is a better picture, note the arm of my cool hitchhiker crab living in the nest.

 

[Vinman]

Ah the battle for space... my opinion is the Monty will approach the bird's nest start to grow on it may win a little but eventually the bird will block light which will stop forward growth.