Do you have a particular coral you cannot keep?

SimonMo · Apr 28, 2023

I can't keep elegance coral. Euphyllias,duncans,acans, birds nests, acros,montis and zoas grow very well but catalaphyllia always loses tissue and falls off.

merkmerk73 · Apr 28, 2023

Right now it's a bird nest that won't thrive, and a dragon soul favia that seems to be receding and doesn't want to do well.

kevgib67 · Apr 28, 2023

Mushrooms! I have sps (easy ones), lps and softies but can’t seem to keep mushrooms of all things.

TheDuude · Apr 28, 2023

It's at least nice to hear I'm not the only one who has issues with specific corals for seemingly no reason.

exnisstech · Apr 28, 2023

Rmckoy said:
Torch , trumpet , elegance , zoas . But I can keep palys

Same here

MrGisonni · Apr 28, 2023

Elegance corals ugghhh

TheDuude · Apr 29, 2023

MrGisonni said:
Elegance corals ugghhh

Haven't tried an elagance yet.. very overpriced around me

Uncle99 · Apr 29, 2023

Great question.
After 40 years and dozens of tries.

Helio Fungia (about 3-5 months) 7 attempts.
Elegance (about the same) 5 tries.
Gonipora (does great for months, then dies) 3 tries.
Tracs (year and a half at best)

I just don’t buy this stuff anymore.

Genvid · Apr 29, 2023

Scoly I love Scoly tried three times, nothing. So sorry

AstroCoral · Apr 29, 2023

Just about everything I’ve had problems with except some mushrooms. Quite disappointing sometimes, almost lost my frogspawn a few weeks ago due to too much light with too little acclimation. Frogspawn is now quite bleached but looks like it’s starting to rebound (hopefully).

Rmckoy · Apr 30, 2023

Uncle99 said:
Great question.
After 40 years and dozens of tries.

Helio Fungia (about 3-5 months) 7 attempts.
Elegance (about the same) 5 tries.
Gonipora (does great for months, then dies) 3 tries.
Tracs (year and a half at best)

I just don’t buy this stuff anymore.

Donuts or meat corals used to do great prior to the coral eater .

steveschuerger · Apr 30, 2023

There are few that I’d love to keep but manage to kill unintentionally. Chalice, Blastos and birds nest . The last ones weird cause I can keep Pocis and Stylos just fine. Acros we’re on the list but now I’m starting to have small success with them.

Kmst80 · Apr 30, 2023

Uncle99 said:
Great question.
After 40 years and dozens of tries.

Helio Fungia (about 3-5 months) 7 attempts.
Elegance (about the same) 5 tries.
Gonipora (does great for months, then dies) 3 tries.
Tracs (year and a half at best)

I just don’t buy this stuff anymore.

Found out the hard way too that Heliofungia and elegance don't last long in our tanks. Going to add fungi to it too.

Kmst80 · Apr 30, 2023

Genvid said:
Scoly I love Scoly tried three times, nothing. So sorry

Same here. Currently I have 2 left,my very first one(one and a half year old) and my last one(half a year old). The 4 in-between all slowly shrunk to nothing.

A Young Reefer · Apr 30, 2023

cant keep xenia at all I keep everything from palys to acros, tried xenia 3 times and it dies every time.
chalices don't do well too, my fine sand damages them.

Uncle99 · Apr 30, 2023

Kmst80 said:
Same here. Currently I have 2 left,my very first one(one and a half year old) and my last one(half a year old). The 4 in-between all slowly shrunk to nothing.

Thanks, I’ll stay clear of these as well.

littlefoxx · Jun 2, 2023

TheDuude said:
I am unable to keep torches alive for more than a couple months and have success with pretty much everything else. Acros, Montis, Gonis, acans,zoas, frogs and hammers all do great and are growing. Torches ALWAYS die the same way.. slow tissue recession and slowly getting smaller every day until dead and I have tried many.

Do others out there have a specific coral that you want and just cannot seem to keep alive?

Acans and scolys. They both like melt after a few months… no clue why

Rugops · Jun 2, 2023

I can't keep zoas. I can keep palys but not zoas for some reason. Euphyllia do amazing in my tank.

zoomonster · Jun 2, 2023

Acans have been my nemesis and never been able to keep them long. I've bought a lot of Euphyllia and had good luck with torches (have 10, lost 2). I have one bubble that's good, lost 1/4 frogs, but hammers have caused me the most issues with brown jelly disease. I have 7 doing well but I think I have lost 4. Of course, several more expensive ones and a couple more common.

Here's where I see the problem with Euphyllia in general. Most is wild harvested in Australia, Indo, Malysia etc. or grown on in ocean mariculture farms. All of it is really wild except for the small amount that is actually grown aquaculture in the US or maybe AUS. Most travels 1000's of miles to a US distributor or shop (maybe shipped again) where as soon as it opens, they take a picture and sell it as quickly as possible before it has a chance to die so the loss is on you. Success is possible with wild (at a cost), but you are better off if you can find conditioned or aquacultured. It's the same story with wild SPS colonies.

Rugops · Jun 2, 2023

Uncle99 said:
Great question.
After 40 years and dozens of tries.

Helio Fungia (about 3-5 months) 7 attempts.
Elegance (about the same) 5 tries.
Gonipora (does great for months, then dies) 3 tries.
Tracs (year and a half at best)

I just don’t buy this stuff anymore.

I had a heliofungia that receded for no apparent reason. They are hard to keep!