coral regrets

[mskohl]

So, are there any corals you regret putting in your tank?

I saw this topic somewhere else, but can't find it now. Plus, I'd like to know local opinions. So aside from the corals/anemones that died because we didn't know not to put them in our tanks, what do you wish you'd never introduced?


I'll start.

green star polyp - it is trying to take over every rock.

 

[captbunzo]

Good thread, Stephanie! (GSP - I still like them.... )

As for regrets:

Sun Corals: This one is moving toward a regret. I love sun corals as they are so beautiful. HOWEVER, my wife and I have grown slackerish in feeding them as they should be. Sun Corals, despite their name, are asymbiotic, non-photosynthetic. The ONLY food they get is what you deliver directly to them. With our current rate of feeding, ours are surviving, but not growing or thriving, which I feel guilty about.

Kenya Tree & Xenia: Again, these are not exactly regrets. However, due to their tendancy to spread and grow anywhere, everywhere, and quickly, I've recently banished most of my Xenia and Kenya tree to my refugium. I've been jokingly thinking of it as a Kenya & Xenia scrubber.

Other then that, I can't think of anything in particular. Now, I do have both TOO MANY corals, and corals growing in places (zoanthids) where I had "temporarily" left a frag rock to long, only to move it later and discover that new polyps had crept off the rock.

 

[Bungle]

Green star polyps. Those things will takeover the tank! They grow "tentacle-like" arms and attach to distant places easily. The will destroy things in their path as well.
I love there color, but they flourish like those vines I regret planting in my gardens.

 

[Russ Braaten]

Green Stars are not that bad. I love them, They are not tough to keep in line. They do have to touch something to start growing on it. I have dental tools that I use on them and other traveling corals to pull the encrusting part back off the areas I don't want them. They are so beautiful the way the bright green grass like tentacles sway in the breeze.

The thing that really bothers me is when things will grow to other parts of a tank without touching the area. Like with majanos and aiptasia. They are not controllable. I get upset when people sell them and call them tulip anemones. What a way to turn off a newbie to the enjoyment of this hobby.

PS, I was not one of their victims. I have loved all my critters of all sorts in my tank.

 

[JR719]

Mushrooms and sun polyps if you want to count them.

 

[oddballs]

when i baught my tank the rock had some green polyps that probably are protopalythoa spp. of some type but they are really starting to get out of control were i couldnt get them all off!our omas vp put them in non declorinated water in the garage for 4 or 5 days in december and they survived the cold and non saline chlorine water? now thats tough. like a couple already comented on the g s ps ,kenya tree,colt corals and zenia are others that can get out of controll if not pruned back and kept from taking over.i have also noticed these others dont seem to be as big of a problem if you give a little extra thaught to were to place them in your tank.make sure that they are in easy accessible areas so you can cut them back and try not to put them were other less aggressive corals may be living in the future.thats goes with these corals a lot of the time being early additions to the tank because these are so readily available(from fellow reefers or shops)for really cheap or free and then we stick them in our excitement of having our 1st corals in our new marine tanks in the most vivible spots which are also the best tank spots for other more desireable corals and in 6 months you find they are hard to keep under control and away from nicer corals.just my 2 cents

 

[cek1313]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8177842#post8177842 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by captbunzo


As for regrets:


Kenya Tree & Xenia: Again, these are not exactly regrets. However, due to their tendancy to spread and grow anywhere, everywhere, and quickly, I've recently banished most of my Xenia and Kenya tree to my refugium. I've been jokingly thinking of it as a Kenya & Xenia scrubber.

I am with you on the xenia---wow those "little trees" turn into forests in no time at all--Also I don't know if anyone has ever noticed this but the other day when I was moving xenia from the forest to another tank, I noticed it smelled incredibly horrid....yes I know not all marine life has the best smell when out of the water but this was baaaaad. It is healthy as can be though as well as the entire tank it came from. The smell was on my hands allll day....

 

[captbunzo]

Hehe - xenia DOES have a good stink to it!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8184958#post8184958 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by oddballs
I have also noticed these others dont seem to be as big of a problem if you give a little extra thaught to were to place them in your tank.

I have taken to putting such beasties in the "worst light" spots in my tank. Underneath arches, etc, where they are going to get MUCH less light. It seems to help keep them under control.

 

[poke75]

Majonos (?sp)

I traded for one when I first got into salt. Tulip anemone, How cute and really cool colors!!

now I calk them about every 4 months just to keep them at bay. I don't know of any way to get rid of them and they will get right in the middle of zoa's, on frog spawn, hammer, etc,,,

Nasty little buggers!

Anyone know how to get rid of them for good?

 

[sadsak]

Mushrooms,Mushrooms,Mushrooms,Mushrooms,Mushrooms,Mushrooms,Mushrooms,Mushrooms,Mushrooms,Mushrooms,Mushrooms,AND Mushrooms!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jjmcat]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8185354#post8185354 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by poke75
Majonos (?sp)

I traded for one when I first got into salt. Tulip anemone, How cute and really cool colors!!

now I calk them about every 4 months just to keep them at bay. I don't know of any way to get rid of them and they will get right in the middle of zoa's, on frog spawn, hammer, etc,,,

Nasty little buggers!

Anyone know how to get rid of them for good?

super glue gel

 

[herpchat]

Wow, stuff I want in my tank because I feel it is the only stuff I can keep alive.

I almost bought some of those green star things tonight.

 

[Youngsilver]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8185354#post8185354 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by poke75
Majonos (?sp)

I traded for one when I first got into salt. Tulip anemone, How cute and really cool colors!!

now I calk them about every 4 months just to keep them at bay. I don't know of any way to get rid of them and they will get right in the middle of zoa's, on frog spawn, hammer, etc,,,

Nasty little buggers!

Anyone know how to get rid of them for good?

Set the rock in the sun for a day, that'll teach 'em a thing or too... haha

 

[poke75]

They just put on a little SPF 45 and they can go for days!!!

 

[papagimp]

Okay, so If I don't want my xenia, and GSP to spread like wildfire, can I use more aggressive species to keep them at bay? for instance, could I place a bubble coral with long sweepers in close proximity to the GSP and let the bubble sting the GSP and keep it from spreading in that direction? If so, what are some goodies that would keep xenia and GSP at bay?

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

FWIW, my Bubble coral didn't have much effect on my Xenia. Though, my GSP never got close to my bubble to give you any experience.

 

[herpchat]

Travis,

I thought you disappeared;

Sent you a message.

And anyone needing to get rid of Xenia can send it my way.