Symphyllia Success?

[Cole.97]

Hi Everyone,
I've been seeing a lot of really cool Symphyllia brain corals around (particularly Symphyllia agaricia) and I was wondering what their success rate in captivity was. I ask this because sites like Liveaquaria say that this is an easy coral to take care of but then when read on sites like this one there's only forums about these corals dying. Stories of success, failure, and pictures would be great.
Thanks!

 

[droth335]

We have a large (10-12") symphylia that has been extremely hardy. We have sold a couple of frags (inadvertent ones when moving it) of it it and they have done well too. This is my only experience with them but would tend to agree with LA's assessment.

 

[oceanarium]

I have one that came as a tiny larval settlement on a rock with some morphs years ago, it took almost 18 months to get big enough for a certain ID. Since then it has been moved about from pillar to post through various tanks and always thrived. I would call them very much extremely hardy.

 

[Cole.97]

ok thanks so much for the responses! I think I will try one out.