I have had my struggles as well. I crashed my tank full of lps this summer. It is pretty depressing. What is it that you have living right now?
That one is really cool.
Ok now I feel a little better knowing someone I look up to has a troublesome coral.
LeRoy Headlee (GARF) thought that exposing Seriatopora hystrix to the atmosphere (where coral tissue was no longer 'floated' by water and thus would collapse upon needle-like coral skeleton) could cause irreparable damage.It has been frustrating to me over the years to see magnificent S. hystrix colonies in aquaria across the country. With that said. a LFS has nice Seriatopora colonies. Might try again...Now that's a surprising answer coming from someone as experienced as you are. A bit ironic that it's many people's first SPS.
Looks like M. setosa to me.I can;t remember the name but here is a pic.
About month after returning to reef keeping, 10/2017. Bought the biggest carnation coral, hoping maybe I can make it thrive, it only lived 1 month. One thing I knew, I'd never see one again. And sure enough Indo ban answered that.
I dont know if I buy that. My son pulls our Ponape colony out of the water all the time to frag it.
Yes, LeRoy's explanation doesn't hold water in many cases, however, I took some photomicrographs of a S. hystrix and saw the needle-like skeletal structure had penetrated the coral's tissue after it was removed from the water. I'll look through my slides (showing my age. Twenty-one years ago. LOL) and see if I still have that. Still, I've seen so many tanks with wonderful Seriatopora hystrix colonies...
I can;t remember the name but here is a pic.
