What one coral doesn’t thrive in your system?

[Jonddk]

I never seem to have any luck with chalices.

 

[elorablue]

It's healthy, but does nothing. It’s taken almost 3 months just to cover the plug

 

[radiata]

Hawkins Echinata.

 

[Glenner’sreef]

Yup!!! BIRDSNEST! I grow a mean Oregon Tort, but birdsnest…….nope can’t do it?

 

[Pierre]

Ricordea Florida for me. Have a couple for over a year. Some just bleach and disappear. Those which survive have not spilt at all.

 

[terraincognita]

Oh you know, basically just about any old Anthozoa really they all always seem to just die

joking. I can really ever seriously reply to about 4 threads at a time here it seems before suddenly I decide typing these long paragraphs is no fun, but the one-liners are

 

[AScientificReefer]

Chalice, I used to have trouble with torches but they do pretty nicely now, I can never get chalices to grow though unfortunately they just slowly end up shriveling up even though other sps and lps are doing great

 

[ScottB]

As mentioned before: GONI. Each time -- at 6 months and one day -- after having doubled in size, they just close up and die. Completely unexplained. Each time I think "this time will be different" but it never is. In a tank full of tenuis that just keep chugging along.

Sun corals also, but that is totally explainable. I apparently lack the sustained discipline required to get them "trained" to open for feeding time.

 

[Mr.Guy83]

Bubblegum digi…. And it’s the coral that made me want to get back into the hobby

 

[Fish man]

Zoa's AND Mushrooms. Two of the hardiest corals. I can kill em.

 

[velvetelvis]

Oh I wish I could keep gorgonians. Blueberry gorgonian is, in my opinion, one of the planets most beautiful offerings. Just stunning.

Try a photosynthetic gorgonian like Julian's Golden (Isis hippuris) or Grube's (Pinnigorgia flava). I have both and love them. They don't have the blue coloration, unfortunately...but they're still beautiful!

 

[blaxsun]

Acans. I have a favorite Dwarf angel that’s taken a liking to them, so after a $250 “dine ‘n dash” they’re just not feasible anymore.

 

[RSnodgrass]

No LPS of the micro/acan persuasion for me. Granted that has more to do with my yellow mask angelfish

 

[radiata]

Try a photosynthetic gorgonian like Julian's Golden (Isis hippuris) or Grube's (Pinnigorgia flava). I have both and love them. They don't have the blue coloration, unfortunately...but they're still beautiful!

Is the Isis hippuris currently available to hobbyists?

FWIW... Is the Julian in Julian's Golden actually Julian Sprung? If so, it is interesting that he was also responsible to bringing Grube's to the USA from a diving couple (the Grube's) in Germany. They collected it on an Indo diving Holiday.