Lamnalia, say what?   8/20/07
Happy Sunday Crew. I'm trying to position a Lamnalia sp. In my 110g. I know that this coral should not be placed too close to mushrooms, but I was wondering how close is "too close"? 6"? 12"? 24"? More?
Thanks!
Andy Bulgin
<Try the correct spelling: Lemnalia; here: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/question_page.htm
BobF>

Re: Lamnalia  8/20/07
Dear Bob,
<Andrew>
The misspelling in my e-mail was a typo not picked up by Outlook, which doesn't correct Latin words. I Googled the term, using the correct spelling in WWM, found and read the same articles obtained via your link below, and came up empty handed as to discussions re: required separation of this coral and mushrooms. Hence the question. The only meaningful thing I could find was Anthony's statement that mushrooms will eventually kill the Lemnalia, but other posts seem to imply otherwise.
<... is a loser to Corallimorpharians... physically distancing a good foot or so will/can help in terms of mechanical competition... chemically though... A few things can be done... as you will read on WWM... Bob Fenner>

Nephtheidae compatibility... re the dangers of small system-induced troubles    6/21/07
I have a 10g softie tank with only Xenia and Briareum.
<Trouble in such a small, unstable volume...>
I have space to add one, maybe two other compatible
<Not possible here>
soft corals to the left side of the tank. The Briareum is in the center on a rock, Xenia cover the whole right side. Doctors Foster and Smith have under their aquacultured section two different colors of Neospongodes sp. Both are noted to rely on symbiotic zooxanthellae within and easy care; the temperament is listed as "semi-aggressive". They also list a Heliopora caerulea that I was looking at and although they are currently out of stock it is listed as a 'peaceful' coral, containing zooxanthellae as well. Whatever soft coral I add would be closer to the Briareum but of course the concern is the unseen allelopathy. Would either of these corals be okay? Thank you.
<I'd use the money saved up for new livestock to buy your time back to investigate more... save up for a much larger system... You're otherwise setting yourself up for failure here by jamming too much incompatible life in too little space. Bob Fenner>