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Cnidarian Compatibility: On Reducing Negative Cnidarian Interactions, Part 2

Parts: 1, 3, 4, 5,

By Bob Fenner

Sting city!
 
 
 
 
•Most common occurrence and source of trouble with stony coral keepers… but occurs in soft corals, other Classes. “Burning” adjoining species, different genotypes. Occur in response and in the direction of “strangers”. Can break off… keep stinging, digesting.
•Size of species, polyps no indication of length of sweepers, nor most importantly, the number of cnidocysts… Ex. Oculinds of 12” length. Caryophylliids/Euphylliids very common as well. Plerogyra at right.
•A “hierarchy” of stinginess can be arranged with species of the genera Fungia, Galaxea, Goniopora being high, Lobophyllia being intermediate and Montiporas being low.

Parts: 1, 3, 4, 5,
 

 


 

 

 

 

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