What coral have you had the longest?

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Just like the title says, I am wondering what coral have you had the longest? Bonus points for showing pictures of when you first got it and what it looks like now!
 
The oldest coral picture I could find on my phone was of gsp July 2020
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(Sorry for the blue I didn’t have lenses or know about adjusting white balance back then)
And here is the same gsp from a picture from January 2023
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The oldest coral picture I could find on my phone was of gsp July 2020
1291.jpeg

(Sorry for the blue I didn’t have lenses or know about adjusting white balance back then)
And here is the same gsp from a picture from January 2023
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That is some crazy growth!
 
My tank has just turned one year old. My first coral was the neon green pineapple tree in the picture below - just in front of the barnacle shells.

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I now have a forest of the things.

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My tank has just turned one year old. My first coral was the neon green pineapple tree in the picture below - just in front of the barnacle shells.

20220813_123705.jpg


I now have a forest of the things.

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No kidding, you have a lot of them now!
 
A candy cane coral. I have it since 2014. Started with one head and have been to four different tanks and grew a massive colony. When I upgraded my tank and neglected it, a lot of heads started to die until I am left with maybe 10 heads. Since then it started growing but very slow this time.

Sorry I can’t find any picture of it when it is in a good shape.
 
I have green and red flake Montiporas since 2005. Turbinaria reniformis, Seriatopora hystrix pink and "Euphyllia" paradivisa since 2006.
I cant see any reason why you should miss an old coral. Just place a few frags at friends and you will get it back if you need. From these it is just the green capricornis and pink Seriatopora i have had to replace with frags from frags of my old corals. Thankful am i anyway.
I have some other old corals but i am not sure when i bought them.
 
My tank has just turned one year old. My first coral was the neon green pineapple tree in the picture below - just in front of the barnacle shells.

20220813_123705.jpg


I now have a forest of the things.

20230830_174924.jpg
Did all the trees come from the original? I have a branching leather that's constantly budding off branches which float around the tank. I currently have three which I glued to frag plugs, one growing on a turbo snail, one being carried around by an urchin and one free floating since this morning lol!
 
Did all the trees come from the original? I have a branching leather that's constantly budding off branches which float around the tank. I currently have three which I glued to frag plugs, one growing on a turbo snail, one being carried around by an urchin and one free floating since this morning lol!
Yep, all from the original. It's now reached the point where every few days I'll see a green blob floating around the tank. The picture above doesn't really show the extent of the growth I'd say I now have around thirty of them. Maybe I could start a business?
 
My ORA Purple Stylo which I’ve had since April of 2022. Easy SPS and a crazy fast grower. Parts of the underside are turning white but I’d expect that from the inevitable shading.

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