orange crush echinata

[Salty Cracker]

Holy crap.  This thing is brutal.  Killed a good chunk of my light blue millie overnight about a week ago, so I moved it to the other side of the tank last night, unfortunately near some of my acan frags.  1am I happened to shine a light in, and the orange crush had totally engulfed 3 or 4 acan polyps.  Of course, just skeleton today.  I guess these things aren't really acans. 


In other news, I may have some orange crush frags available soon lol. 

 

[harleymike]

I have a large piece of purple favia. It has yellow around the edges where it grows. It has sweepers that come out at night that are 6inches  long. I have too keep everything away form it.
It has started too grow over the rocks it is sitting on and is getting very close too my rainbow lobo . Might have too move it around.
Good luck

 

[Salty Cracker]

This was something, the entire polyp on the OC was an inch away, like a dirty old gymsock, doing a bodysnatcher move on the acan.  It was freaky. 

 

[Reef Hero]

The trick is to watch the direction the sweepers flow at night.


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[Salty Cracker]

The trick is to watch the direction the sweepers flow at night.


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I honestly thought acans got along with acans.  Guess they don't or these things ain't acans. 

As my tank grows in I forsee a lot more of this.  I honestly don't know how tyler keeps the war at bay, he's got everything next to everything else. 

 

[Reef Hero]

Got any pics?


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[Salty Cracker]

of the butchered acan, the OC or that old gym sock thingamajig that came out?

 

[Duke]

I hide mine in a corner. Because it will nuke anything.

 

[BIGSHOW]

It is part of the Acanthastrea family, but it does not play nice like other Acans (Lords, Hillae, bowerbanki...etc.)

Echinata's are some of the nastiest LPS out there, I have never seen one lose a battle. 

 

[harleymike]

I have a rainbow enchinata, and it never bugs the stuff near it, like this favia thing does.

 

[Duke]

I have a rainbow enchinata, and it never bugs the stuff near it, like this favia thing does.

i had the same one from bigshow too, i might have even taken a photo of this event too, ill have to look cause you'll be like WTF.. but one night i woke up and it was attacking another coral.. cant even remember which one.. but its def dead.. it was nothing like when a favia attacks.. the enchinata had millions of white strands that pretty much formed 1 giant 1 inch thick blob of white that was 4" long and totally covering the other coral.

like this photo but crazier.

i feel bad for you salty.. its not like that was a little blue milli frag.. it was a super nice giant colony, that enchinata would be in the back yard breathing air.


found this one too.. you know when they can try to eat a crab there pretty potent.

 

[Petercar (RIP Dec 2017)]

Did we get both of ours from bigshow at same time? Duke. Mine is dead.

 

[harleymike]

I have seen the lobo with those white, spyder web things coming out from the bottom of it. But only ever extends a couple inches.
I will take a pic of these sweeper tenticles next time  I see them.
The favia is by far the worst that I have seen.

 

[Salty Cracker]

I have a big favia, and I will tell you, it was nothing like what this echinata did.  One (small) polyp took out 3 or more large acan polyps instantly.

 

[harleymike]

hmm sucks.
Just get in there and cut those tenticles off. That will teach him.

 

[harleymike]

Funny you started this topic. Got home this morning. Checked on the tank with a flashlight. That favia i was talking about was attacking the rainbow lobo. They had some tenticles intangled.
Moved the lobo too a new rock.
That favia is an a$$.