Coral Wars

[ThePaliga]

So I have a question as to Coral fights. As I'm sure we are all aware, certain coral can and will kill others if they come in contact. With that being said, I have an bridge from an outcropping in the rock to the main rock mound in the middle. This outcropping has Xenia, mushrooms and GSP on it, kind of my controlled area for nice nuisance coral . What can I put on the bridge to keep these coral from getting to the main rock where I will be housing LPS and SPS, along with some zoas...? Or is this more a self pruning issue?

 

[EricTMah]

Anything aggressive enough to keep those corals at bay, would also become a problem in the end.

Your best bet is to do some pruning yourself, or even use kalk paste to kill off sections as they become a problem. That's what I do in my system to control mushrooms, zoas, galaxy coral and any other coral that grows where it's not supposed to.

 

[scubasteve]

just stick an aussie donut on each end.... that should kill anything within 4-6" thats why i got rid of mine lol

 

[ThePaliga]

Donut coral would actually work perfect. Lower flow area and it gets pretty solid light from the rest. Thanks Scubasteve!