zoas and sps

[lindah]

I have just received 2 vivid green stylophora frags. I know there are certain corals you don't want to place next to each other. this is my 1st sps. the rock I glued them on has some zoas on it. will the zoas hurt the sps? there is also a little lemnalia frag on the rock.

 

[Reefmack]

The zoas may or may not be OK, I'm not sure, but the Lemnalia might be a problem.

Eric Borneman's list of the octocorals ranked in order of the general toxicity:

Patterns of General Toxicity of Selected Octocorals

REGULARLY HIGHLY TOXIC:

Sarcophyton spp.
Lobophytum spp.
Lemnalia spp.

VARIABLY HIGHLY TOXIC:
Cldiella spp.
Paralemnalia spp.
Sinularia spp.
Heteroxenia spp.
Nephthea spp.
Efflatounaria spp.
Cespitularia spp.

OCCASIONALLY HIGHLY TOXIC:
Xenia spp.
Briareum spp.
Dendronephthya spp.
RARELY HIGHLY TOXIC
Anthelia spp.
Capnella spp.