Overrated Corals in the Hobby

[teeeerav]

It's surprising to see how many people don't like bounce mushrooms. While I don't dislike them I'm not inclined to buy them just due to their price, but it makes me think about how a lot of people like animals with deformities such as fancy goldfish or French bulldogs or pugs for that matter.

You can throw me into the group of people that don’t like those animals either. To me, deformities shouldn’t be the end goal, especially if it is detrimental to the health of the animal.

 

[Bitter old man]

Acanthophyllia just a boring donut.

 

[Sam7]

My favorite is the new generation of the "Sam Stars Gen7" .....selling for $999 currently

 

[hatfielj]

Scolys come to mind as over-rated to me. They are nice looking and all, but they don't do anything once you get them. They just kind of sit there and stay the same. They are way too expensive for that in my opinion.

 

[ChinoAquatics]

lol those 1.5K yumas might be overrated for me but the bounce hate is crazy One of my first corals might still be my favorite

 

[christinna77]

Acanthos, scolys, cynarinas... all ridiculously expensive and honestly boring to me. I also find bare bottom tanks with the entire bottom covered in them pretty tacky.

 

[13rodo]

I’m really not into leathers. Give me a torch garden over a toadstool any day!

I wasn’t really into acros until I got this one called a “cherry bomb” at a tidal garden live sale. That one has won me over! I’m thinking my problem is that I never really splurged for something fancy

For the non-acan/scoly folks, do y’all ever watch them after-dark when their tentacles come out?

 

[Baldyreef]

lol those 1.5K yumas might be overrated for me but the bounce hate is crazy One of my first corals might still be my favorite

Gotta say I’m part of the group who’s a fan of bounce shrooms, very nice og!

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

goniopora

 

[Baldyreef]

Acanthophyllia just a boring donut.

And the ones that aren’t are pretty steep