whats the nicest coral youve ever lost

[Rice Reef]

I had lost virtually every piece of sps back in Feb due to AEFW. Some nice pieces and don't see anywhere nowadays while others were acquired as expensive frags ...
Ones I have missed most...

[MitchM]

Walt Smith Pectinia. It was a big one.

[Myka]

Three mouth Bleeding Apple Scoly. A $20 Milli frag fell on it and stung it real bad. I tried my best to save it. I couldn't get any of the mouths to feed because they were too damaged.

[Rice Reef]

Originally Posted by Myka

Three mouth Bleeding Apple Scoly. A $20 Milli frag fell on it and stung it real bad. I tried my best to save it. I couldn't get any of the mouths to feed because they were too damaged.

That was one nice scoly. I had an itch for one of these a while back. If that had happened to me I would never have another milli in my tank.

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by Rice Reef

I had lost virtually every piece of sps back in Feb due to AEFW. Some nice pieces and don't see anywhere nowadays while others were acquired as expensive frags ...
Ones I have missed most...

Wow, I would be more than crying, if I lost those... That AEFW scares the crap out of me...

Haven't lost any really expensive ones,... yet.

But was a little peeved when overnight I lost an ice blue favia when my sun coral got too close, It was 2 inches away, but not enough. In the morning, one of the sun coral polyps was still stretched way over, like it was trying to devour it.

And I lost a nice orange chalice just a couple days after I bought it. I had it too high, and looked a little bleached after the first day. After the second day, started seeing some skeleton sticking through, and by the third, just skeleton left, even though I moved it down the day before.

I thought a valida acro frag died that I got from Rich. Looked dead for a couple months (but I didn't throw it out). And then saw a polyp appear, and then another, and another, and now it's doing nicely, and coloring up, too.

But no 2 or 300 dollar corals for me,... yet. Sure would hate to lose one of those.

[Cal_stir]

Brain, lost him to a gall crab.

[Rice Reef]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

I thought a valida acro frag died that I got from Rich. Looked dead for a couple months (but I didn't throw it out). And then saw a polyp appear, and then another, and another, and now it's doing nicely, and coloring up, too.

It's amazing how they can recover too! I would prize that one as a forever keeper!

[Myka]

This one hurt too. I lost it to what I believe was Black Band Disease. All the fragging and dipping in the world didn't save it. I even moved it to another tank. It took about a year to recede back to nothing.

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[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by Rice Reef

It's amazing how they can recover too! I would prize that one as a forever keeper!

Yes, I guess it was mad at me for how I handled it and where I mounted it. I think I hit it with too much light initially, while it was still wounded. I partially shaded it for a while and left it to see if it would die completely. But as I said, it came back to life, and is now starting to look good.

[Proteus]

I came extremely close to loosing my feugo. Direct flow almost pealed it clean. But now recovering. So happy as I don't know if there's any around