Relentless Echinophyllia Attack

It's a dumb idea to glue an acan coral next to an echinophyllia (or "chalice") coral. The acan coral on the left is suffering from a relentless attack once again. I have pics of the previous attack.

I must have done a good job gluing it down because it will not budge. The irony is that my hermit crabs don't have problems undermining my other shoddy gluing attempts!

Maybe I can place a rock between the two corals? Either way, the echinophyllia will probably eclipse the acan when it grows to Personal Pan size. I think I might have to go in there with a pair of dirty, old, rusty pliers!

This picture with flash is taken early in the morning before lights are turned on (it's easy to notice the white thread in the darkness).

A close up of the atrocity:

Hmph...I should have read more about Echinophyllia at Advanced Aquarist's.

Bubble Vs. Hammer Coral

I'm not one to re-arrange the corals often in my mini-reef tank. It's difficult to find the right balance of shape & form that you might find written in a feng shui booklet where the couch is not expected to attack the coffee table.

My bubble coral expands to the size of a personal pan pizza (with extra cheese) when the lighting turns up. I have to be careful because the "sweeper tentacles" will seek out any coral placed too close. Last night, I re-arranged corals and got some results in the morning.

Here you can see one tentacle attached to the hammer coral. A few more zaps from the bubble's nematocysts and the hammer coral will eventually lose its head and expose the skeleton underneath! I've already got a dead head out of view that I conveniently use as a handle so that I can move this coral.

On a side note, this rainbow acan is showing a lot of new polyp growth at the base. I'm thinking of placing this coral in a better display location. The difficulty will be in getting it glued down properly.