Corals that should never leave the water?

[WhitePanther93]

A long while back, back when I was researching info for reef tanks, I came across a video where they mentioned something that should never leave the water. ( I think it was a sponge or something like that.) tomorrow I’m about to get my first ever shipment of corals and suddenly I goth thinking, are there any corals that I should be careful to not fully leave the water?

 

[Azedenkae]

A long while back, back when I was researching info for reef tanks, I came across a video where they mentioned something that should never leave the water. ( I think it was a sponge or something like that.) tomorrow I’m about to get my first ever shipment of corals and suddenly I goth thinking, are there any corals that I should be careful to not fully leave the water?

I think it was indeed a sponge as air can get trapped in its body.

I've never heard a coral that can't leave the water. I could be wrong though, so take that with a grain of salt.

 

[mermaid_life]

i heard that about gorgonias/sea fans

 

[vetteguy53081]

sponge, certain gorgonian and even some chalices

 

[Spieg]

Same, I've been told Gorgonians should stay in water.

 

[Azedenkae]

Ah, never heard about this re: gorgonians. Good to know!

 

[WhitePanther93]

Nice to know about the gorgonians. The photosynthetic ones were on my radar for the future

 

[davidcalgary29]

Huh. I've taken my photosynthetic gorgs out of the water, briefly, with no apparent ill effects. They are pretty moody, though, and sometimes close down for a few days on me for seemingly little reason.

 

[najer]

The only things I move between tanks in water are my sponges everything else including gorgs goes airborne.

 

[elorablue]

I have a few Gorgonians. Grubes, Purple Candelabra and a Corky. All have been out of the water and all were dipped in coral rx. No ill effects at all.
I agree that they can be a bit cranky sometimes for no apparent reason, close up for a day only to come back the next day in full 'bloom'.