What coral have you had the longest?

[Gumbies R Us]

Candy cane. Has been cut multiple times but continues to grow.

2012

2023

That candy cane coral has grown a ton!

 

[i cant think]

Just like the title says, I am wondering what coral have you had the longest? Bonus points for showing pictures of when you first got it and what it looks like now!

Definitely my Yuma Rock and tiny blob of Chilli Coral. Both of these survived through an ammonia outbreak 4 (nearly 5) years ago. And in terms of age, the Yuma must be 7-8 years old and the Chili is around the same age.

And here’s the oldest photos I’ve found of them, both from around 2019 (I didn’t really take photos of my reef until 2021).

I wish I still had the Candyfloss torch and the blue Lobophytum in the bottom photos as they were my pride and joy previous to the Chili coral. And that chilli was so nice I had to get a large colony haha.

 

[Timfish]

Brown Sinularia finger coral from early 90's.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Definitely my Yuma Rock and tiny blob of Chilli Coral. Both of these survived through an ammonia outbreak 4 (nearly 5) years ago. And in terms of age, the Yuma must be 7-8 years old and the Chili is around the same age.

And here’s the oldest photos I’ve found of them, both from around 2019 (I didn’t really take photos of my reef until 2021).

I wish I still had the Candyfloss torch and the blue Lobophytum in the bottom photos as they were my pride and joy previous to the Chili coral.

Wow, that has grown a bunch!

 

[i cant think]

Wow, that has grown a bunch!

And to think 4 years ago it was 1 tiny baby that survived ammonia and grew back into a 6” polyp (The largest are 6-8” in there).

 

[dennis romano]

Blue octocoral, hairy mushrooms and green mushrooms that are 25+ years old.

 

[NE reefer]

Toadstool was my first coral, two years old. Pocillapora is around 1.5 years old.