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10/06/2011, 08:51 PM
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So it is often made a very strong point on here that only so many fish can be kept in a given number of gallons, speaking in terms of "responsible" fishkeeping. Is there ever a point where there could be too many corals (speaking generally) in any given system? Just a thought.
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10/06/2011, 09:31 PM
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You can get to a certain point where the crowding results in warfare. The battle usually escalates to chemical weapons. Left unchecked, that can be a death sentence for everything in the tank.
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10/06/2011, 09:35 PM
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10/06/2011, 09:37 PM
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Yeah if they get too close they will release toxins which are bad for everything in the tank.
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10/06/2011, 09:46 PM
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does this "warfare" typically happen in mixed reef tanks only or are SPS/LPS dominate tank susceptible to this as well?
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10/06/2011, 09:47 PM
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From my understanding it can be any corals that can release toxins.
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10/06/2011, 11:24 PM
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Soft corals release toxins, sometimes, LPS have sweeper tentacles, some longer than others which sting other corals, SPS are the least agressive but can still sting one another, albeit on a far smaller scale & typically SPS get along with most other SPS corals, this has been my experience, LPS need the widest berth.
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