What Corals do You Consider Invasive?

[Dustin07]

As we get ready to restart the new 130g system, we are thinking a lot about the corals we liked... and didn't like... so much in the old system. My pandoras were growing rapidly, but probably the most invasive thing in the tank was the clove polyps. Very pretty coral, but once they travel to another rock its a lifetime of fighting them.

I had some palys that I had 'saved' and were getting close to that invasive status as well. I plan to be much pickier this time and curious to as what specific corals you might intentionally avoid for that reason.

 

[griss]

Invasive, meaning I would not put them in my tank, IMO:

Xenia
Clove Polyps
Anthelia
Green Star Polyps

Well, technically, any coral could become invasive in the correct conditions.

 

[Reefing102]

To add:

Certain palys (especially brown varieties)
Kenya Tree Coral
Most types of mushrooms (especially your cheaper varieties like green rhondactis, red disvosoma, etc)

Once they get going - most forms of montipora but easier to control with easy fragging

Also pocillopora (especially green varieties) can spawn and become invasive

It really depends but yea

 

[discotu]

All entrusting montipora. I wouldn't care as much if my other SPS could beat it but it's winning most wars with my other nice sps. It's starts at the base then starts to encrusted up killing as it goes.