My War Coral in my 35g Cube is about 7 inches radius. I have seen it extend its tentacles about inches long. Its truly a hairy mess. Killed my Torch, some neighboring Zoas, Devils Hand, my Candylactus Anemone (it moved to defend itself) it put a spot on my 8 year old Tomato Clown. The only Coral that defend itself (fought back) was the War between it and the Galaxea (which is half the size that the War Coral) I don't recommend putting a War Coral or a Galaxea Coral in a rock structure. Sand bed islands are best placement for both. Otherwise as they grow, good bye to anything near by. I have a love/hate relationship with them. Awesome video as always Than. BTW that War Coral was purchased from you 2 years ago. Now it's about 7 inches big.
Just last night I noticed my green wrasse had pushed my cynarina up against my button scoly, and the scoly was engulfing one side of the cynarina with mesenterial filaments. I’ve had this scoly for almost 4 years, and have never seen it do this to any other nearby coral. Perhaps because the cynarina was touching it....in any case I immediately separated them and this morning, the cynarina seems pretty much unaffected. Maybe I was lucky, and caught it very soon after the attack began. 🤔 I’ll be adding the video to my Coral Wars playlist! 😂
So much talk about coral aggression all over... It makes me wonder how on earth so many people have tanks with LPS crammed all close together! Appreciate all the excellent videos you produce!
Currently I am walking the path of research for my first reef. I was just pondering about this very subject over the weekend. Fantastic timing! Thank you so much for all of your videos. Your videos always have amazing visuals to enhance to illustrate the topic. Your videos are always very clean cut, informative, and presented in a very professional way. They have been extremely helpful in my quest for knowledge all things reef related. Thank you for every single video. Noobs like me really need them. Cheers.
Very informative as usual. One thing which is hard to understand however as I am a newbie. All these display tanks you see are always dense with corals. How is this possible with all the warfare going on?
Excellent video as always! I knew some of the warfare, but this was very thorough and informative. I learned a lot. Thanks Than for your insights and amazing video. Can’t get enough of your work!
My War Coral in my 35g Cube is about 7 inches radius. I have seen it extend its tentacles about inches long. Its truly a hairy mess. Killed my Torch, some neighboring Zoas, Devils Hand, my Candylactus Anemone (it moved to defend itself) it put a spot on my 8 year old Tomato Clown. The only Coral that defend itself (fought back) was the War between it and the Galaxea (which is half the size that the War Coral) I don't recommend putting a War Coral or a Galaxea Coral in a rock structure. Sand bed islands are best placement for both. Otherwise as they grow, good bye to anything near by. I have a love/hate relationship with them. Awesome video as always Than. BTW that War Coral was purchased from you 2 years ago. Now it's about 7 inches big.
I think Voltaire said in response to Rousseau's rhapsodizing of Nature and its peacefulness, "In Nature, spiders eat flies." I never understood the concern for ozone, as it rapidly dissipates and is very easily detected by our sense of smell. If there are even slight leaks, they *will* be detected. Ozone is opposite carbon monoxide in the sense that the latter is undetectable before it kills you.
Very informative and helpful summary of tank warfare. As I start to introduce SPS into my tank, I will have to consider fluidising carbon. Currently I fluidise Seachem Cuprisorb 24/7
That rice crispy sound can be heard along every coastline. I believe it is mostly caused by wave action and the ability of sound to travel longer distances in dense media such as water.. The only place where it is relatively silent is open ocean.
i've read that clownfish aren't actually tolerant of anemone stings more than any other fish and just don't get stung because of their thick slime coat
Hi Than! Can you elaborate briefly on mushroom aggression, more specific yuma/ricordea.. I recently had an LPS grow and extend to the point it was making contact with my ricordea garden. I came home and found that my LPS seemed to be melting away? Are mushrooms aggressive ? Stingers or chem.war?
I think I need to either move my frog in a blender SPS or my mushroom. I am running carbon. I really hate the Scape on that side of my tank so I'm happy to move things around.
Any reliable source where I can find info about aggression mechanisms for each coral or at least the space they need around??? I have a nano tank with mostly lps and I think I'll have problems when the corals get bigger
It's easy without out rock work move bases till everything gets so big you run out of space that's were I at now 😂 acans are bad so I keep all my families together don't have torches they are a nightmare I had a 76head gold hammer getting a pain so I keep all my mushrooms around it
I always love your more scientific approach to the videos you produce but in that mention I must correct you. Clownfish are not stung multiple times while they are interacting with their host. The hypotheses is that they develope a mucus layer that prevents the anemone from stinging them. Here is a link that describes some resent research. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190619142547.htm The mechanism that protects clownfish is still being researched and has been for a long time!
Coral aggression is the #1 reason why I lose corals these days. Do any of you have problems with corals killing each other?
I hate my acan echinata. Damn thing killed a few frags.
My War Coral in my 35g Cube is about 7 inches radius. I have seen it extend its tentacles about inches long. Its truly a hairy mess. Killed my Torch, some neighboring Zoas, Devils Hand, my Candylactus Anemone (it moved to defend itself) it put a spot on my 8 year old Tomato Clown. The only Coral that defend itself (fought back) was the War between it and the Galaxea (which is half the size that the War Coral)
I don't recommend putting a War Coral or a Galaxea Coral in a rock structure. Sand bed islands are best placement for both. Otherwise as they grow, good bye to anything near by. I have a love/hate relationship with them.
Awesome video as always Than. BTW that War Coral was purchased from you 2 years ago. Now it's about 7 inches big.
I just had a mushroom coral float around the tank and land on my hammer coral. Killed my hammer in only couple hours. 🤦♂️
Just last night I noticed my green wrasse had pushed my cynarina up against my button scoly, and the scoly was engulfing one side of the cynarina with mesenterial filaments. I’ve had this scoly for almost 4 years, and have never seen it do this to any other nearby coral. Perhaps because the cynarina was touching it....in any case I immediately separated them and this morning, the cynarina seems pretty much unaffected. Maybe I was lucky, and caught it very soon after the attack began. 🤔 I’ll be adding the video to my Coral Wars playlist! 😂
Tidal Gardens My bubblegum coral tries to kill everything with it’s sweepers.
So much talk about coral aggression all over... It makes me wonder how on earth so many people have tanks with LPS crammed all close together!
Appreciate all the excellent videos you produce!
Visually this is amazing. The narration was amazing. Def one of the best reef videos on TH-cam!
Between the mellow narration and the beautiful shots I always feel like I'm coming away from an expensive therapy session after each video :D
Damn these cinematic shots gives BBC a run for their money. My man is the David Attenborough of the reef.
Another great video. Thank you for the eye candy and information.
Currently I am walking the path of research for my first reef. I was just pondering about this very subject over the weekend. Fantastic timing! Thank you so much for all of your videos. Your videos always have amazing visuals to enhance to illustrate the topic. Your videos are always very clean cut, informative, and presented in a very professional way. They have been extremely helpful in my quest for knowledge all things reef related. Thank you for every single video. Noobs like me really need them. Cheers.
This must have taken days to put together. Incredibly valuable info. Thanks!
you have taught me everything about corals, now I own a 20gal reef tank. Keep up great vids.
King of the underworld for videos !!!!! Thanks Than
Another Great video. Thanks.
Brand new to the channel and new to the hobby. I live 15 minutes from you and am so impressed by your work! Looking forward to educating myself here!
Love the Salifert magnesium test as stock footage🤣🤣
Another great video very articulate and informative. Thank you.
great video than. The audio was really good.
Coral Reef Whisperer! This was very informative and seductive. Nice job.
Once again a fantastic production great work Than. 👍🏻
Great vid
Very informative as usual. One thing which is hard to understand however as I am a newbie. All these display tanks you see are always dense with corals. How is this possible with all the warfare going on?
Freaky Goblin I think the idea is don't let sps touch and don't put strong stingers like hammers next to sps
Great video. This is a very overlooked topic that effects every reefer.
I love these scientific level videos you put out!
Fantastic topic Than.
Superb video! Added to my collection of reef aquarium essencials!!!
Excellent video as always! I knew some of the warfare, but this was very thorough and informative. I learned a lot. Thanks Than for your insights and amazing video. Can’t get enough of your work!
Knows what he’s taking about and very helpful keep it up man
Great video as always. Thanks for the amazing content.
Great video, I enjoyed watching it.
10/10 Video Than! Extremely informative
My War Coral in my 35g Cube is about 7 inches radius. I have seen it extend its tentacles about inches long. Its truly a hairy mess. Killed my Torch, some neighboring Zoas, Devils Hand, my Candylactus Anemone (it moved to defend itself) it put a spot on my 8 year old Tomato Clown. The only Coral that defend itself (fought back) was the War between it and the Galaxea (which is half the size that the War Coral)
I don't recommend putting a War Coral or a Galaxea Coral in a rock structure. Sand bed islands are best placement for both. Otherwise as they grow, good bye to anything near by. I have a love/hate relationship with them.
Awesome video as always Than. BTW that War Coral was purchased from you 2 years ago. Now it's about 7 inches big.
Fantastic video.
I think Voltaire said in response to Rousseau's rhapsodizing of Nature and its peacefulness, "In Nature, spiders eat flies."
I never understood the concern for ozone, as it rapidly dissipates and is very easily detected by our sense of smell. If there are even slight leaks, they *will* be detected. Ozone is opposite carbon monoxide in the sense that the latter is undetectable before it kills you.
great video and topic....
Great Video!
Very informative and helpful summary of tank warfare.
As I start to introduce SPS into my tank, I will have to consider fluidising carbon.
Currently I fluidise Seachem Cuprisorb 24/7
Très intéressant, merci !!! 👍👍👍
Well spoken as usual and chemical warfare probably kills a majority of new hobbyist tanks without then realizing it
You do not mention coral placements. Maybe on next video?
Have you heard about oxydators as an alternative to ozone?
That rice crispy sound can be heard along every coastline. I believe it is mostly caused by wave action and the ability of sound to travel longer distances in dense media such as water.. The only place where it is relatively silent is open ocean.
The toadstool and sps is so true
i've read that clownfish aren't actually tolerant of anemone stings more than any other fish and just don't get stung because of their thick slime coat
So am I correct in saying don't let sps touch don't let lps touch and don't put strong stingers like hammers next to anything?
All I bad because I'm looking for stinging corals to fight back the spread of a few types of annoying zoas and mushrooms?
Hi Than!
Can you elaborate briefly on mushroom aggression, more specific yuma/ricordea.. I recently had an LPS grow and extend to the point it was making contact with my ricordea garden. I came home and found that my LPS seemed to be melting away? Are mushrooms aggressive ? Stingers or chem.war?
Coral reefs are basically 24/7 episodes of Cops. Me. I am the cop.
I think I need to either move my frog in a blender SPS or my mushroom. I am running carbon. I really hate the Scape on that side of my tank so I'm happy to move things around.
Any reliable source where I can find info about aggression mechanisms for each coral or at least the space they need around??? I have a nano tank with mostly lps and I think I'll have problems when the corals get bigger
"Bowl of Rice Crispies in your skull" - Yeah - that's accurate!
How often would you change your activated carbon?
Does waving hand Xenia have anything bad? I pulled a ton out today and one spayed my face.
Ok so what are the least aggressive corals?
3:49 what is the name of that coral please help
anyone know the name of the chalice coral at 8:02?
Peace and tranquility...... It all a lie😹😹😋😋lmao.
It's easy without out rock work move bases till everything gets so big you run out of space that's were I at now 😂 acans are bad so I keep all my families together don't have torches they are a nightmare I had a 76head gold hammer getting a pain so I keep all my mushrooms around it
I always love your more scientific approach to the videos you produce but in that mention I must correct you. Clownfish are not stung multiple times while they are interacting with their host. The hypotheses is that they develope a mucus layer that prevents the anemone from stinging them. Here is a link that describes some resent research. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190619142547.htm
The mechanism that protects clownfish is still being researched and has been for a long time!
My corals are chemical warfare specialists and thus require constant carbon. If only they could just not wage war all the time.