What's the FIRST coral you ever bought?

[pscheel2]

Anthelia in my first saltwater tank about 30 years ago.

 

[Utubereefer]

2017 Toadstool leather from petco $20. Tank was on day 2 lol

 

[TheDragonsReef]

Total trip down memory lane

I'm actually on Google right now seeing where I can buy some!

I have some if you want some lol

 

[iamahab]

That's funny, I think the same about mine. As they grow I have had to frag some of mine or trade them in at the LFS, but I still probably have about the same number. I had a 1.5" toadstool that is about 6" across now. I think it will be sold or getting traded in for a smaller one soon. I wanted to keep the hood, so a Fluval brand light was the only one that would fit. I bought one of those and a blue strip from Amazon. The lighting is good now. You should start a build thread!

I'm not really familiar with build threads. I'm quite new to reef tanks so I feel like i'm just fumbling around looking for what works for me. I'm starting to see more people use the stock light and having success. I went with the kessil because what I had read at that point said the fluval wasn't strong enough to grow corals. It would of saved me a ton of headaches (evaporation/ salinity) had I stayed with it. My toadstool hasn't grown at all since I first got it, it came off it's frag plug and has refused to extend or do anything else besides pout.

 

[iamahab]

Oh yeah my first corals were from a lfs and were assorted zoas and a meteor shower I bleached out by putting it too high on the rocks.

 

[Just John]

I'm not really familiar with build threads. I'm quite new to reef tanks so I feel like i'm just fumbling around looking for what works for me. I'm starting to see more people use the stock light and having success. I went with the kessil because what I had read at that point said the fluval wasn't strong enough to grow corals. It would of saved me a ton of headaches (evaporation/ salinity) had I stayed with it. My toadstool hasn't grown at all since I first got it, it came off it's frag plug and has refused to extend or do anything else besides pout.

That's a shame. I imagine you can finds plenty of threads on here about the same thing. Mine seems to stay happy as long as pH, Nitrate, Alk and Phos are ok.

 

[LeftyReefer]

It's in the top center of this recent pic.
grew from a single finger to now having about 6 or so.
its been bulletproof for me, but slow grower. Not knowing anything, I put it right at the top of my rock work, so it gets blasted with light. Can't kill it if I tried.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Mushroom, zoas, candy cane, toadstool and a torch

 

[tautog83]

gsp, yellow polyps , people would give away mushrooms lol and yes t5 and power compacts until i remember getting the first ecoxotic led .. that thig had like 12 cords coming out of it lol

 

[dantimdad]

a green bubble coral. 1989. got it the same day i got a yellow tang for the first time and used 8- 24" fluorescent bulbs from vitalite and phillips on a 60 cube. I still say that was the easiest and best reef tank I ever had.

 

[Chrisv.]

A tonga rhodactis mushroom. In...1996!?