Leather Q

[Aquaman777]

Alright guys/gals, I have a little question for you all. I've had 3 kenya leather trees on a rock with mushrooms all over it that have been getting bigger and bigger by the day. I added some pulsing xenia a few weeks back that accidentally attached to the wrong rock!! The xenia attached itself to the rock with the kenyas on it. After the xenia had been attached to the rock for a while one of the kenyas (one closest to the xenia) closed up for about 4 days. Shedding? Yes, it shed. Since then, it has not opened as large as it used to. If leathers get too close to eachother do they secrete something that stunts the growth of others nearby? Should I try and move the xenia from the rock to another rock? Will the xenia not get along with the kenyas once it covers the entire rock? Does anyone know if these corals can touch eachother??

Thanks for any thoughts on this,

Golden

[Hop]

Nope... Those corals will fight it out and IME the shrooms usually get the upper hand.

[firsthesitation]

"Leather Corals secrete several types of chemical toxins, called Terenoids Toxin, as a defense mechanism. Therefore, it is important that there is ample space around a Leather Coral and that no other coral should come in touch with it."

In my experience even being down stream in your water flow can sometimes be toxic to other less fortunate corals.

[tredford8]

Terpenoids or terpenes actually, not to be a smartie pants or anything, but I was planning on doing a reasearch project on it for school. Definately separate them at least on to different rocks so they're not touching.