I'm bored, let see your first coral you added to your reef!

[X-37B]

First coral was 2 green slimer nubs for $10.
They plated out forever before going vertical.
Had to remove a rabbit fish that grazed the tips until I could remove it.

Now

 

[RiptideAquaculture]

First coral was 2 green slimer nubs for $10.
They plated out forever before going vertical.
Had to remove a rabbit fish that grazed the tips until I could remove it.

Now

Really impressive. Got guts bud with an acro being your first piece

 

[jordan9095]

lol well I guess first I got to ask do you mind sharing what happened. next what did think made the biggest difference in the success to not have you kill all your coral?

i wasnt testing all the parameters and alkalinity dropped to around 5ish. most corals survived. then po4 went to deadly levels and wiped out a good portion of the tank. recently my temp probe broke so temp was swinging wildy and took out the rest. biggest difference is regular testing now & understanding trend of params in my tanks. i still don't test as much as i should. i also decided to not add many corals to a tank until its been running for a year

 

[RiptideAquaculture]

i wasnt testing all the parameters and alkalinity dropped to around 5ish. most corals survived. then po4 went to deadly levels and wiped out a good portion of the tank. recently my temp probe broke so temp was swinging wildy and took out the rest. biggest difference is regular testing now & understanding trend of params in my tanks. i still don't test as much as i should. i also decided to not add many corals to a tank until its been running for a year

That's always a solution but i prefer to do alot of water changed to balance my elements. do you do consistent water changes

 

[Susan Edwards]

My rhodactis rock. Green corals. Daughter gave me 1 from her tank in 2016. It survived a tank crash, tank neglect . and 2 tanks. Will be going into a 3rd tank. Bottom corner. The other corals here are from 2018

 

[RiptideAquaculture]

My rhodactis rock. Green corals. Daughter gave me 1 from her tank in 2016. It survived a tank crash, tank neglect . and 2 tanks. Will be going into a 3rd tank. Bottom corner. The other corals here are from 2018

Very impressive!! you apparently got very lucky!!!

 

[Brit’s Fish]

@Brit's Fish I feel as if a coral with that long of a history should have a proper first name.

I’m up for suggestions!

 

[DrZoidburg]

I’m up for suggestions!

What about bob? LOL I duno its yours to name.

 

[LeftyReefer]

My first coral is a leather that I got for free. It has grown the least out of any coral in my tank. Always seems happy, but very slow growing.

 

[Uzidaisies]

I don’t have a great picture, but it was this Favites.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Let's see some more! What was your first coral in your tank?

 

[LeftyReefer]

Updated pic of my first coral (previous pic above)

 

[Susan Edwards]

one of the first corals was a green rhodactis way back in my first tank. A gift from my daughter from her tank. Also older, are the green and cinnamon palys. My hubbys favorites.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

This is our torch, Duncan, Zoa, and mushroom, the first couple of minutes after adding them to our tank. (they are doing well now haha)