What's the hype with Walt smith corals?

[wickedfrags]

all the rage in the late 90's and early 2000's, and we stood in line to pay $250 per colony.............while there are some unique colors and species they generally don't fare well in captivity long term, most hobbyists can't keep the colour also because they come from such clean water and such a high light environment. proceed with great caution...

[Proteus]

I will say the piece I have was brown when I bought it and has colored nicely. Ive had it for about 4 months and it's in good health