Is there a coral that you can't seem to keep alive?

Magickiwi · #1 12-28-2013, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Magickiwi

I seem to have pretty good luck with coral in general but for whatever reason I can't seem to GROW certain corals. Zoanthids, Acans, Stag Coral, and Pink Chalice survive and look pretty enough but don't grow larger. My Ponape Birdsnest, Digitata, Torch Coral, Frogspawn, Palythoas, Montipora, Green Birdsnet, and Fuzzy Acropora are all doing extremely well.

Forget to mention that daisy and glove polyps and also GSP won't grown in my tank either.

rzadun · #2 12-28-2013, 09:29 PM

I have never been able to keep elegance. I have seen beautifull pieces but will not buy them , can not keep them alive.

Starry · #3 12-28-2013, 10:18 PM

For me its chalise's. They just slowly fade away.

Reef Pilot · #4 12-28-2013, 10:24 PM

I had a couple die on me. They don't like a lot of light. And keep them away from other corals, esp LPS. They are not good at defending themselves.

But I do have a couple that are doing OK now.

Proteus · #5 12-29-2013, 06:18 PM

Chalice for me. I have a frag now and it's doing Ok ftb

dudley moray · #6 01-02-2014, 02:31 AM

For me it's finger leather just won't grow 4 separate tanks 4 separate occasions

magikof7 · #7 01-02-2014, 08:33 PM

I can't keep Blastos or Chalices.

darkreef · #8 01-03-2014, 06:22 AM

Stylo's lately lost a prize piece two weeks ago.
I just had to get attached because it looks like elk antlers
But now it looks like a dead rack .

Skin just fell right off . Polyp's were extended the whole time .
Even seen them blowing around then taank extended from the skin .
Weird

And pink zoas and sps . Anything pink

KPG007 · #9 01-03-2014, 05:41 PM

For me Acans don't do well unless I spot feed them. I have a flower pot that is slowly receding, but apparently it's one of the tougher red variety.

Kelly

LoJack · #10 01-03-2014, 05:59 PM

For me it was Birdsnest and Digitata's … easiest of all SPS, and it just couldn't be done.

Finally, they're working for me. I've had great success with my green bird and Orange digi. I just picked up two Forest Fire Digitata frags and hopefully the success can continue, this is one of my favourite SPS corals available.

And along with most, I kill almost any zoanthid I buy … easy to difficult … they all seem to melt.

I have a frag of tubbs blues that have hung around for about a year with almost no growth … and each polyp is smaller than when I got them initially.