That one thing you can’t keep?

AbnormalReefer · Dec 23, 2018

For me it’s leather corals! I can keep every other coral up to acropora, but don’t have success with leathers (water too clean?)

What’s your one thing you can’t keep?

dantimdad · Dec 23, 2018

Bali Green Slimer

I swear I have kept just about everything else from anemones to clams to acropora and EVERY time I have tried a Slimer it doesn't grow at all and dies.

It's considered one of the easiest SPS. LOL!

PDR · Dec 23, 2018

Acans....

fishyfishyfishy · Dec 23, 2018

dantimdad said:
Bali Green Slimer

I swear I have kept just about everything else from anemones to clams to acropora and EVERY time I have tried a Slimer it doesn't grow at all and dies.

It's considered one of the easiest SPS. LOL!

Sorry but what is a slimer?

fishyfishyfishy · Dec 23, 2018

I cannot keep hammer coral I have great luck with frogspawn, leathers, star polyps but not hammer coral lol

fishyfishyfishy · Dec 23, 2018

fishyfishyfishy said:
Sorry but what is a slimer?

I found it guess my spell check messed up the search that looks cool

marvelousone · Dec 23, 2018

Acans…. It kills me to. I think they so cool and would love to have a full tank of them.

User · Dec 23, 2018

PDR said:
Acans....

That would make me cry.

If it turns out I can’t grow acans in this tank, I’m ripping it all out.

Dree · Dec 23, 2018

I can’t keep goniopora at all. I’ve been keeping acros, montis, trachys, elegance’s, zoas, acans, wilsonis, torches, micro’s, favias, and even more in my mixed reef for years.

But never a goniopora. They just stay sucked in shrivel away in my tank. Maybe too much flow.

PDR · Dec 23, 2018

neilp2006 said:
That would make me cry.

If it turns out I can’t grow acans in this tank, I’m ripping it all out.

I honestly don't know why either... LPS in general don't do great in my tank, although my goni, blasto and torch corals are doing just fine. I'm currently having moderate success with some echinata and war coral, they aren't dying but they also haven't grown in about 2-3 months.

Coralreefer1 · Dec 23, 2018

Acropora...any kind...doesn’t matter- white band disease, bleaching. So I stay away from them and go with mainly Zoanthids, Paly’s, LPS and some easier SPS.

eraserhead187 · Dec 23, 2018

Goniopora for me too. Never have any luck. And it's a very very slow decline. Everything else does great

Jesterrace · Dec 23, 2018

AbnormalReefer said:
For me it’s leather corals! I can keep every other coral up to acropora, but don’t have success with leathers (water too clean?)

What’s your one thing you can’t keep?

Leather Mushroom, Zoanthid Corals (although my newest one that I got for free seems to be doing well). Can't kill my Euphyllia Corals though, despite my best noobish efforts.

Add Diamond Watchman Gobies to the list. Had one that made it about a year and then one that didn't last a few months.

Nikita1981 · Dec 24, 2018

Montipora....I can keep some acropora, and seriotopora, stylophora, pavona are doing really well, but as soon as a Monti enters my tank it is doomed....shame though, I really would want a forest fire but after 3 attempts I'm done.