BEAUTIFUL Coral that people HATE!

[Rach77]

Ya, my clowns have become gypsies or nomads. For almost 2 years they lived in my duncan and about 6 weeks ago moved into my frogspawn, the coral is ticked off, and then down to the gsp. But they always return to the duncan at some point.

I had a nice frogspawn until it became the dividing fence line for the pair of clowns and springeri damsels. So far in a year, nothing has taken over. Can't seem to keep sps

 

[Cichlid Dad]

it's got to be hairy pavona for me.

LOL! I have the same pavona encrusting on my rock but mine is just getting going

 

[ros3to]

LOL! I have the same pavona encrusting on my rock but mine is just getting going

Watch it, they don't play very nice and mine always drops tips, the challices below have taken a beating a couple of times.

 

[DIYreefer]

I have found a couple (AOI's & scrambled eggs are two I have in high flow and light) that don't grow too fast and actually do well in SPS conditions. Others just don't like the flow and light.

Conversely, my AOIs grow far faster in my sps display tank than they do in my frag tank that is set up specifically for softies. I put a 4 polyp frag in my display tank roughly six months ago. There's probably 150 polyps now. Super fast growers!

 

[TinCanHero]

Heliopora are Octocorals, but they are not leathers. Leathers comprise the family Sarcophytidae while Heliopora are in Helioporidae, along with Nanipora.

Super cool stuff! id love one of those Nanipora, they look awesome!

 

[Damien Buckley]

I throw out a bucket of these xenias every few months but they’re offsetting the bubble-tips nicely

 

[thamnasteroid]

Super cool stuff! id love one of those Nanipora, they look awesome!

From what I know, they're azooxanthellate and live in really extreme environments.

 

[backbayreef]

OG Bounce mushrooms. I hate these nasty bubbles on them! I've tried popping them but they came back with a vengeance.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

I throw out a bucket of these xenias every few months but they’re offsetting the bubble-tips nicely

They look great next to the bta!

 

[Fish Styx]

Unpopular opinion:

Zoas.

There- I said it.

 

[ReefShaQ]

Sadly there are corals that people hate that are absolutely beautiful!

The hate varies from reefer to reefer and there are many reasons for why some beautiful coral is hated. So let's talk about it!

What coral do you think is BEAUTIFUL but you hate it and why?

My favorite has to be pulsing xenia!

Xenia tank image via @Trex

I love Xenia...probably my favorite coral after a torch coral....