What are some of your guilty pleasure corals?

[Canned55]

I want to hear about some corals that you feel guilty about loving.
Everyone has at least one that they don't like to talk about with other reefs to avoid strange looks.
Corals that the hobby in general seem to hate, but you just cant quit it...
From GSP, Xenia, or my own personal fav Devils Hand. Nothing is off limits

 

[boacvh]

GSP. Love it. Easy. Nuke resistant. And that wavy bright green!

 

[boacvh]

I want to hear about some corals that you feel guilty about loving.
Everyone has at least one that they don't like to talk about with other reefs to avoid strange looks.
Corals that the hobby in general seem to hate, but you just cant quit it...
From GSP, Xenia, or my own personal fav Devils Hand. Nothing is off limits

Since you mentioned it, I love this one too.

 

[Cichlid Dad]

hydnophora coral

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Since you mentioned it, I love this one too.

I have a large devils hand going into the new 120 tank I'm putting together. I had it in a tank full of live rock for a year or more with just a clarkii in a 55. Just had a cheap two bulb t5 . Only thing I fed the tank was fish food for the clown. The thing just kept growing. Now it will be one of the center piece coral

 

[VintageReefer]

My palythoa grandis colony. Grew from a frag and in the first year or two it’s exploded from 8 to 50 polyps. I thought the next year would have more growth but it’s slowed down, and instead really started to brighten and color up

 

[Canned55]

Since you mentioned it, I love this one too.

Devils hand just has so much character!

 

[PharmrJohn]

GSP, Xenia and Kenya Tree. I lack imagination.......

 

[steveschuerger]

Galaxia . Think they’re beautiful, just too darn aggressive for me.

 

[Canned55]

Galaxia . Think they’re beautiful, just too darn aggressive for me.

Ive always wanted to try Galaxea, but are they really that aggressive?

 

[Cthulukelele]

Ive always wanted to try Galaxea, but are they really that aggressive?

They are as aggressive as people say. When I had a softball sized colony you could literally trace a 12"+ line of death down-flow from it due to its sweepers. They are gorgeous though lol

 

[TX_REEF]

I love GSP and not ashamed to admit it. In my frag tank, I had a solo polyp somehow establish on an empty frag plug, it's cool to watch it multiply!

 

[chip shop]

Always loved pipe coral don’t see them anymore in uk

 

[Cthulukelele]

Always loved pipe coral don’t see them anymore in uk

You really don't seem to see them anywhere! It stinks they're such a cool coral. Looks like most pipes are near-endagered now and less commonly collected from a quick Google search. Depressing.

 

[forneyjohn19]

I will always love the color of green star polyps. Also, no matter what anyone says, pulsing Xenia mesmerize me!

 

[1979fishgeek]

It’s big, takes up way too much space and sulks more than my teenage daughter but I love it.

 

[1stPhantom]

Not really a coral but RFAs