Acanthastrea Pachysepta next to other Acans?

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Hello everyone, does anybody have any experience of putting Acanthastrea Pachysepta next to other Acan varietys?
 

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Hello everyone, does anybody have any experience of putting Acanthastrea Pachysepta next to other Acan varietys?
dont do it. these things are killers, and so are echinatas and rotundafloras..... all i forsee is a bloodbath for all involved
 
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From what I know, usually, corals of the same genus can be placed together. I would wager that A. pachysepta can be placed with TRUE Acanthastrea (echinata, subechinata, hemprichii, brevis, rotundoflora; these are all grouped together as echinata by the hobby), but not with lords and bowerbankis, as those are Micromussa and Homophyllia, respectively. I would be careful with "echinatas" from Australia, though, as they might actually be bowerbankis.
 
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Hello everyone, does anybody have any experience of putting Acanthastrea Pachysepta next to other Acan varietys?
Keep them away, at least a few inches.
They pack a punch.
It beat up my chalice,more than once.

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