Can my elegance touch my frogspawn???

[rookie07]

I just got a elegance. I was hoping I could place it next to my frogspawn and hammer and torch. it will def touch the frogspawn, but not the hammer/torch till it grows alot. Is that OK?
Are all 4 of those corals able to touch each other?

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALWAYS EXCEPTIONS, but in general is this OK?
i will watch carefully at first if I do move to make sure they arent bothering eachother.

 

[Deanos]

In general, I would say no.

 

[rookie07]

is it bad to touch the elegance with my bare hand?? I did before and he kind of stuck to me but didnt sting. How do I get him to close so I can safely move him?

 

[Bob 1000]

light stream of water in the tank.. like from a syringe..

 

[rookie07]

turkey baster will do, thanks.

 

[rookie07]

lol...
i just used my turkey baster(the one I feed with) and my clowns jumpped towards it, then the crabs came after it also. they are so trained and its only been a few months.
phil

Im just going to use my bare hands, itll be fine.

 

[marrone]

You need to give this coral a lot of room. One it will sting other corals and two it open up quite large and will grow even larger in time.

There has been problems keeping this coral long term. A lot do fine for quite some time and then just start to shrink and die, even though this was one of the first real successful coral back in the 80's-90's.

 

[rookie07]

interesting. thanks. can its tips touch glass or rock? I might be in trouble with this elegance b/c my tank is getting alittle low on availble wide open rock space.

 

[marrone]

You need to give it room so it can open up. It can expand to 2 to 3 times the size of the rock.

 

[nanoreefer22]

What kind of lighting is it under? I don't think this coral is for you, from what I understand your system is still very young and this is a coral that doesn't do well in captivity for the most part. I could be misunderstanding however.

best of luck with it.

-Kris

 

[reefman]

it does sting u. is just that its probably sting the part of your hand with thick skin so u dont feel it. try letting it sting the back of your hand (warning: it may hurt)

 

[rookie07]

it was touching my fingers and palm, so yeah, thick skin parts.
System is 4-5 months old.
24 gl aquapod
150w MH(20 inch SUNPOD) running 7 hours a day. lights are 18 inchs above sand.