Who wins this one out? I've got a small rock with all three growing, maybe 3 small aptasia, 5 mystic sunset frags that encrusting well, and a small patch of blue cloves. The cloves are about to hit an aptasia on one side and the monti on the other. Another monti is about to hit a different aptasia. I always hear each will choke out other corals but what about each other?
Blue cloves vs aptasia vs mystic sunset monti
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I got a perfect example here for you.
I have one big aptasia and it's stuck right in the bush of blue cloves.
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Blue clove is also getting close to my sunset monti and you can see the clove growing between digi(?) frag.
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I have one big aptasia and it's stuck right in the bush of blue cloves.
Blue clove is also getting close to my sunset monti and you can see the clove growing between digi(?) frag.
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Let the Aptasia eating peppermint Shrimp have at it!! that will eliminate 1 for sure!! lol
LOVE my peppermints
LOVE my peppermints
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Very Nice colors Project!!project1004;949277 wrote: I got a perfect example here for you.
I have one big aptasia and it's stuck right in the bush of blue cloves.
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Blue clove is also getting close to my sunset monti and you can see the clove growing between digi(?) frag.
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How do ya nuke them?
project1004;949277 wrote: I got a perfect example here for you.
I have one big aptasia and it's stuck right in the bush of blue cloves.
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Blue clove is also getting close to my sunset monti and you can see the clove growing between digi(?) frag.
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What kind of lighting do you have?
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Thanks reefstinger.
I use photon 32 on 4feet 120 gallon.
I use photon 32 on 4feet 120 gallon.
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In my experience, unless a coral frag is very small, the blue cloves will surround it but not nuke it.
Aiptasia will sting and kill whatever they can.
The down side of the blue cloves is that unless the surrounded coral is very aggressive, the cloves will inhibit the other coral from growing over them, but they don't usually kill it.
I had blue cloves overtake a few zoanthid frags that only had a polyp or two, but they didn't bother established colonies, except for the odd random clove showing up between the zoanthids, but the zoanthids usually choked out the clove(s) eventually.
Blue cloves are a love or hate thing. No in-between.
Jenn
Aiptasia will sting and kill whatever they can.
The down side of the blue cloves is that unless the surrounded coral is very aggressive, the cloves will inhibit the other coral from growing over them, but they don't usually kill it.
I had blue cloves overtake a few zoanthid frags that only had a polyp or two, but they didn't bother established colonies, except for the odd random clove showing up between the zoanthids, but the zoanthids usually choked out the clove(s) eventually.
Blue cloves are a love or hate thing. No in-between.
Jenn
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