If you had to do it again

[pjwperth]

If you had to reselect your coral choices what would you leave out?

Mine would be the Galaxea. Hard to keep alive and while they are alive they sting everything around them.

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[kelrn98]

Xenia....never again!

 

[ReeferKimberly]

Ugly palys

 

[dkeller_nc]

A chalice of any genus. I haven't tried all of them, but the ones I have tried have incredibly long sweeper tentacles and an incredibly potent sting. I've also decided I find them unattractive for the most part - I'd rather have encrusting montiporas.

 

[vitodog]

Green Star Polyp. I'd only keep it as an island, isolated from everything else in the tank.

 

[pjwperth]

keep them coming guys threads like these help new comers be aware that some corals as nice as they look can be hard to keep or intrusive in your tank

 

[footballdude2k3]

No softies ever aside from nicer zoas and rics

 

[Scooter902]

Yellow polyps. And thinking a majano or two looked kind of cool.

 

[l8_apex_it]

Green Star Polyp. I'd only keep it as an island, isolated from everything else in the tank.

Same with mushrooms and xenia!!!

Even with that in mind I would have to think long and hard before letting those weeds in my tank.

 

[crsswift70]

Green seafoam paly, i think. spread like wildfire in my tank and they are ugly. No matter what light they are under, they just stay light green/brownish. I've scrubbed them off of the rock and i find them somewhere else. They even seem to be able to live on the underside of rocks with little to no light. I have xenia in my tank that is easier to control.

 

[d2mini]

Love my galaxea. I've had it for years and it has even survived a couple nasty tank moves!

Per the original question.... i do not like encrusting montis. I've got one now that is just flowing down a rock like lava. I'm now keeping all encrusters on the sand bed. Same with star polyps. Had those in my first tank and never again unless they were isolated.

 

[Whiterabbitrage]

Leathers. So many cool kinds...so much chemical warfare.
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[JLee1469]

Kenya trees. Once branches fall off they're all over the place!

 

[Normalaquatics]

I want to say kenya trees, just because they are growing out of control, but they do look really cool. I would say I would keep out whatever hitchhiked majanos into my tank!

 

[Spyderturbo007]

Mine would be my Galexea, which oddly enough I had to get rid of yesterday. Because of it's sweepers, I had to isolate it to the corner of my tank where it didn't get as much flow and light. It was slowly withering away to nothing. It just required more space than I could provide without it killing my other corals.

 

[thereeftank]

Mushrooms. they spread and hard to remove. They grow back from a very small piece if you try and remove most of it. I do like the ricordias and yumas instead.

Xenia - spread as well. Easier to rip stalks off. Same with Kenya trees. I still like the look of kenya trees and pulsing xenia.

 

[hoju74]

Blue clove polyps. They're pretty, but they get into every nook and cranny in the tank.

 

[mr.maroonsalty]

I was going to say - don't worry most people will do things over several times, however, now I will say that its not the corals fault it's their placement or selection.