What is your oldest coral?

[skinz78]

I snapped some new pic's tonight and I thought I would start an oldest coral thread!

This is actually my oldest coral that I have, I have had this coral for about 5 years now believe it or not! I used to have a good sized colony and lost all but a few pencil eraser sized polyps in a tank crash. This is the only polyp that I was able to save long term. It has since grown back nicely and is about 1" square with a few new polyps sprouting around it!

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[steamer51]

My oldest are a few Kenya Tree pieces that were on the rock I bought to set up my 55 in August 2006. Don't give me too much credit for keeping them that long since it's hard to kill them if you want to.

 

[Troylee]

I don't have any man I keep recycling mine for new ones haha.... I would have to say my spaghetti acro is my oldest it's around 2.5yrs old iirc..... I normally buy a frag grow it out get bored sell it and buy something else...:tongue:

 

[zoous]

Pink palythoas with a hint of green in the skirts. I have them for at least 5 years if not more.

 

[Speg]

Well, I can't prove that each polyp is this old..but the colony of button polyps I have is over 10 years old. It's the first coral I purchased. They've survived through crashes, cycles, moving the tank to a new home... these things ain't givin up!

 

[Bubbles_B]

The oldest coral in my tank is OG AOGs had them for over 5 years. They have been fragged consistently throughout this period of time. Always a vibrant pink look. To this day I still love them

 

[-Logzor]

My oldest coral is a scroll coral about the size of a basketball. Some guy gave it to me over 3 years ago, at that point the coral was already 4 years old at least.

 

[IPisces]

I set up my tank in March 2009. My first corals at that time were this toadstool leather that was only 3" in diameter at the time, a blastomusa merletti and a frag of 2 purple people eaters.
The toadstool is now 10-12" in diameter and just as tall, the blastos have trippled and I have 14 polyps of PPE's

 

[bitzerjd]

Large Bubble Coral....one of the first in the tank....15yrs
Devil's Hand - My first coral 18yrs

 

[fungia_fiend]

My oldest (and favorite) coral is a plain, ordinary candy cane. It was my only coral that survived Hurricane Charley in 2004 after I lost power for almost a month. I call it my miracle cane because I had already assumed the whole tank was a loss, but found the tiniest lump of candy cane flesh when the power came back on. From there, it now takes up a huge section of the left side of my tank (and I've given out a huge frag with almost every single trade I've made).

 

[hart24601]

I have several that are 5 years old or so. But for true age who knows! I buy lots of aquaculture coral, and I like to think it could be decades old since it came out of the ocean and perhaps much older than that when collected. I even bought a Oregon tort coral from Diver's Den at a premium, because they had traced the linage of their parent colony to the originals traded in Oregon in 2004. I just find that neat, lol.

 

[Andy]

25 Year old Green Colt colony.

 

[Andy]

Where the heck is the edit function?? See if this is turned the right way

 

[jmarcink91]

I have a hammer and a couple zoas which were my first corals when I set up my tank. Have had the corals for a year now

 

[Motorcitycorals]

My longest living coral would be a yellow Tort. its grown as big as a basket ball at times, over the years of moving and tank issues it has made it. possible 12-13 years old.

 

[ermartin]

I have a Duncan that is just over 7 years old and 2 others that are about 6 years old. I actually almost killed the older one last week but its happy and healthy today

 

[hart24601]

Doesn't Paul B have coral from the 1920's or whenever he started? :lol:

 

[brandon429]

I have blasto welsii that is 14 yrs inside a gallon. two different tanks, but a total of 14 yrs. its new tube growths many many generations removed from original five. I think it has produced 600 new tubes of bright red welsii

 

[reefndude]

My first coral was good ole radioactive dragon eyes zoas. Had it for 3 years now. First sps was a purple acro that's been in my tank for over 2 years

 

[reef_grrrl]

Three years, same age as my tank. First coral was a war coral, got a 1" X 1" frag, traded a softball sized piece last week and still have a fist sized piece for myself.