Do you have a particular coral you cannot keep?
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kevgib67
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Mushrooms! I have sps (easy ones), lps and softies but can’t seem to keep mushrooms of all things.
Same here
Uncle99
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Great question.
After 40 years and dozens of tries.
Helio Fungia (about 3-5 months) 7 attempts.
Elegance (about the same) 5 tries.
Gonipora (does great for months, then dies) 3 tries.
Tracs (year and a half at best)
I just don’t buy this stuff anymore.
After 40 years and dozens of tries.
Helio Fungia (about 3-5 months) 7 attempts.
Elegance (about the same) 5 tries.
Gonipora (does great for months, then dies) 3 tries.
Tracs (year and a half at best)
I just don’t buy this stuff anymore.
AstroCoral
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Just about everything I’ve had problems with except some mushrooms. Quite disappointing sometimes, almost lost my frogspawn a few weeks ago due to too much light with too little acclimation. Frogspawn is now quite bleached but looks like it’s starting to rebound (hopefully).
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Donuts or meat corals used to do great prior to the coral eater .
steveschuerger
I love Gonis and Euphyllia. Maybe too much
There are few that I’d love to keep but manage to kill unintentionally. Chalice, Blastos and birds nest . The last ones weird cause I can keep Pocis and Stylos just fine. Acros we’re on the list but now I’m starting to have small success with them.
Kmst80
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Found out the hard way too that Heliofungia and elegance don't last long in our tanks. Going to add fungi to it too.
Kmst80
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Same here. Currently I have 2 left,my very first one(one and a half year old) and my last one(half a year old). The 4 in-between all slowly shrunk to nothing.
Uncle99
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Thanks, I’ll stay clear of these as well.
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Acans and scolys. They both like melt after a few months… no clue why
zoomonster
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Acans have been my nemesis and never been able to keep them long. I've bought a lot of Euphyllia and had good luck with torches (have 10, lost 2). I have one bubble that's good, lost 1/4 frogs, but hammers have caused me the most issues with brown jelly disease. I have 7 doing well but I think I have lost 4. Of course, several more expensive ones and a couple more common.
Here's where I see the problem with Euphyllia in general. Most is wild harvested in Australia, Indo, Malysia etc. or grown on in ocean mariculture farms. All of it is really wild except for the small amount that is actually grown aquaculture in the US or maybe AUS. Most travels 1000's of miles to a US distributor or shop (maybe shipped again) where as soon as it opens, they take a picture and sell it as quickly as possible before it has a chance to die so the loss is on you. Success is possible with wild (at a cost), but you are better off if you can find conditioned or aquacultured. It's the same story with wild SPS colonies.
Here's where I see the problem with Euphyllia in general. Most is wild harvested in Australia, Indo, Malysia etc. or grown on in ocean mariculture farms. All of it is really wild except for the small amount that is actually grown aquaculture in the US or maybe AUS. Most travels 1000's of miles to a US distributor or shop (maybe shipped again) where as soon as it opens, they take a picture and sell it as quickly as possible before it has a chance to die so the loss is on you. Success is possible with wild (at a cost), but you are better off if you can find conditioned or aquacultured. It's the same story with wild SPS colonies.
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