Have you ever had one coral not do well while all the others are doing great?

[Gumbies R Us]

Sometimes we can have a tank that is just filled with coral, and they are all doing great except one. Maybe it just isn't growing fast, or is struggling to even stay alive. I am wondering if you have had a coral before that wasn't doing great despite the rest of your tank doing fine.

 

[Reefer Matt]

Sometimes we can have a tank that is just filled with coral, and they are all doing great except one. Maybe it just isn't growing fast, or is struggling to even stay alive. I am wondering if you have had a coral before that wasn't doing great despite the rest of your tank doing fine.

All the time. It’s tempting to try and “fix” it too. But in my experience, coral are individuals that can behave independent of each other. But if I notice a few coral starting to look off, then I’ll consider looking for a cause. I usually give it a day or two if just one coral is seemingly having a bad day, without an obvious cause.

 

[Uncle99]

Yup, elegance and long tentacle plates.
Multiple tries over decades.
All else stays happy.

 

[LeDart]

Yes, my zoanthids have never been happy, even though my acros, mushrooms, torches and frogspawns are doing great. About 3 months ago I gave up on trying to make them happy.

 

[1112-425XL]

I have a few corals that individually have bad days.
(Elegance coral, goniopora, Duncan, Acan Lord) For a day or two a coral will stay closed or just look miserable, but when it passes they always look bigger and healthier than before. I think it's part of the growing process.

 

[littlefoxx]

Sometimes we can have a tank that is just filled with coral, and they are all doing great except one. Maybe it just isn't growing fast, or is struggling to even stay alive. I am wondering if you have had a coral before that wasn't doing great despite the rest of your tank doing fine.

Mine is my chalice, it died but all other corals are just fine!

 

[Formulator]

I have 2 toadstool leathers that never seem to be happy on the same day at the same time and their DNA is identical as one spawned from the other. Corals are finicky individuals.