Branching Hammer too close??

[foulbrew]

I just purchased a Beautiful Branching Hammer coral and have a wonderful spot for it except it may be too close to one of my Colt Corals. Extended the nearest polyp would be about 3.5 inches away, slightly upstream. I've read differing opinions on the spacing required of between 3 and 6 inches and am looking for some experienced guidance.

 

[iechy]

I think that would be fine. I have some of my more aggressive corals closer than that with no problems. I just keep a close aye to see if they start growing and extend too close to where I'll have to move them.

 

[shadow678]

It will depend on the hammer's sweeper tentacles. Many are around 6", so if you only have 3.5", it may sting the colt, so you may want to either move it a bit or put a rock barrier between the two to eliminate the ability to extend over to it. HTH