Sooo, I have had a ton of success with these corals in my nano I have three of them currently in my 20 gallon Waterbox tank that have been there for several years (ranging from 5-7 years) now…War Paint, Bleeding Apple, and a Reverse Bleeding Apple.
I have found them to be a very easy and resilient coral under good stable water conditions, good flow, and proper lighting.
Case in point: About 6 months ago I had an unfortunate accident where my lobo became dislodged from where it was mounted and fell on top of one of my scolys. It had been glued in its location for years but apparently somehow the glue gave way. I discovered this once I came home from work that evening. The scoly was half destroyed, half its mouth was gone, and it was very very damaged. I cannot even begin to describe how damaged this guy was….I didn’t move or change anything with the scoly. I just removed the lobo from on top of it, remounted it, the lobo was mad but fine and had NO damage. I was absolutely heartbroken and thought for sure that scoly was a goner…but since there was a still a little bit of good flesh there and half a mouth I let it be and continued to keep my water parameters stable, and just wait to see if the scoly recovered. Six months later you can’t even tell that the damage ever occurred. Scoly’s love my tank, the Reverse Bleeding Apple I got from Unique Corals on sale over 5+ years ago as a tiny less than 2” Specimen, is absolutely huge!! It can get when fully open over 6” all the way around….the bleeding apple, has actually been in my tank since very early on, and has been though all my beginner mistakes and issues when I was newer to nano reef keeping. I have found that these guys in my experience when given proper water conditions and lighting can and do recover fairly easily in most circumstances, are very resilient, and are a fairly easy to keep coral, with a huge amount of color…..I have found that mine like more flow than you’d think!!
Just my 2 cents FWIW…..
