What was your first coral?

[SteveZ15]

I was just wondering what was everyones first coral they had,how did it do.. What did you learn from having that first piece?Im just curious Im pro gonna start with a zoa or star polyp..But I would like to hear peoples first experience with a coral,thanks SteveZ

 

[kidninja]

Aptasia

 

[al0ha]

xenia or shrooms....forgot

 

[prattreef]

Palythoa grandis and green actinodiscus mushrooms.

 

[Widdy]

Duncan from Manhattan Aquariums. Went through tank upgrade and hurricane Sandy, it's been 4.5 years, and it's still thriving. Also a tan toadstool from some member on Reef Sanctuary, it's about 10" in diameter and 6" in height now. Both very boring corals, but they're my first.

 

[thirty6]

I think eagle eye zoa was the first, followed by mat of gsp

 

[Gabe]

Small toadstools .

 

[Juggernot55]

24k zoas

 

[smoq]

Organ pipe coral. Still have it today.

 

[Jim]

A devil's hand leather that I still have today.

 

[Boxfish]

Duncan and pulsing xenia. Both still thriving

 

[Reef Reaper]

mushroom

 

[Oscarqp]

Anemone with clownfish ..

 

[albano]

In the 'good old days' (~1986) when you ordered LR from Florida/Keys, it came covered with ricordeas, polyps, encrusting corals, sponges and whatever grew there naturally. Sometimes when you put the rock into your tank a goby or shrimp, or even octopus would emerge!

I need to go thru some of my old pics and scan them into my computer so I can post them.

 

[MikeC]

Acan still got it today

 

[Macropora]

A green goniopora colony when I first step up a 10 gallon reef tank. Tentacles stretched over 4" long and was the size of a baseball. This was over 25 years ago.

 

[CHEMCHEF]

Bali Pom Pom Xenia from Pablo. Got it in 07 lost it in sandy.

 

[FaviaFreak]

1992 green mushrooms I ordered out of the back of an aquarium magazine

 

[Adamc1303]

Here they are. I sold them 4 years later when I took that tank down.

 

[Gabe]

Here they are. I sold them 4 years later when I took that tank down.

That's a beautiful piece of coral.