What is the most invasive coral you regret putting in your tank?

[Pedal Dangit]

Just curious what is that one thing you regret putting in your aquarium that has gone out of control? I have just about everything on the list except for Xenia (been there done that)

For me, It has been Kenya tree. I think because I didn't expect it. I expected the GSP and other invasive polyps to spread and so I was prepared to isolate or sacrifice rocks for complete coverage. But the the Kenya tree.... it just drops bombs. they then float away only to secretly grow in places I can't get to without tearing the tank down.

please VOTE! and post a pic or two!

 

[ScottR]

Xenia is an easy YES to avoid. I’ve seen some tanks covered with cloves. I believe those must be harder to deal with.

 

[scchase]

Pink and gold palys

 

[Fish_Sticks]

Xenia, helps if you put them on the bed and have a deeper tank; cut them back every month or so. GSP is hard to control if not isolated off the main rocks.

 

[Bfragale]

Pandora’s Xenia and gsp - but I do like all of them, they just grow too fast and tank over and hard Tj completely get rid of.

 

[stanleo]

Kenya tree although I don't think I can say I regret it. I do have to pull it out once in a while and it is still everywhere but I like the look of it and it makes things in the tank seem more natural. Plus I was able to trade a few frags of it for a really nice monti that is growing well.

GSP is easy to isolate I think and Xenia is only on two places in the tank and is super easy to thin out.

 

[magikfly]

Zoa's and encrusting monti's

 

[Bpfor3]

not isolating my RBTA on a rock. They are getting out of control and next to impossible to remove.

 

[Brew12]

Orange Monti Cap. The thing is a weed, sucks down alk and calc, shades other corals and grows through tight crevaces. It's a monthly task to get in the tank and break parts off.

 

[Greenreef75]

Pociliporra gets everywhere

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Orange Monti Cap. The thing is a weed, sucks down alk and calc, shades other corals and grows through tight crevaces. It's a monthly task to get in the tank and break parts off.

I second this one. Thanks for the frag Brew......

No but seriously. Crazy growth and grows faster than puffers can eat it. Pandora’s don’t grow as fast and Kenya tree bombs get eaten before settling.

I still have to say, very pretty and a nice pop of color. But man the growth.

 

[NeonRabbit221B]

Blue Cesp.
Jumps from rock to rock and then splits itself.

 

[Pedal Dangit]

and Kenya tree bombs get eaten before settling.

what eats Kenya tree??? we need to know!

 

[Paleozoic_reefer]

What is the most invasive coral you regret putting in your tank?

"Grandmaster Krak zoas!"....said no one, ever!

 

[Eagle_Steve]

what eats Kenya tree??? we need to know!

Checkered puffer, porc puffer, dogface puffer, golden puffer lol. At least all of my sons do. They don’t eat the large stalked ones. But eat the babies or small ones quick.

 

[StlSalt]

Pink and gold palys

I have some green ones to add to that list. Palys got cheated, my GSP is way easier to control.

 

[Nano sapiens]

This is one I would never have suspected: 'Molted Lava' Leptoseris

It's slow growing and well behaved in lower light (~75-100 PAR), but I made the mistake of acclimating it to 200 PAR. In no time it was steamrolling over two types of Pavona, Leptastrea, Sunset Monti and various Zoanthids. Was also a most difficult coral to eradicate as scraping, kalk pasting and other typical methods were only partially successful. I finally had to cover the whole colony up with epoxy putty for over a month, and even then parts of it survived so have to cover it up twice.

 

[Pistol Peet]

I put a stylifora Coral I think that's spelled wrong anywhere that spread everywhere and stings my montipora Coral and others I hate this thing it just started popping up everywhere from one little tree that I had 160 gallon tank and it spread from one side all the way across to the other I'll never put another one in my tank again not sure this is typically classified as a invasive type of coil or not but it was in my tank

 

[CCauthers]

Pandoras/Pink and Golds. 'Nuff said.

 

[ReefReadyYouTube]

Idk if I regret putting in corals. In one tank I have Xenia, GSP, and Kenya trees. I like to watch them duke it out. But one coral never seems to take over any of the others.