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

[tnc112105]

Blue cloves are the absolute worst invasive coral in my opinion. Nothing kills them. Nothing eats them. Broke the tank down TWICE and they still came back. Wound up nuking the tank with fenbendazole. Lost a lot of other corals in the process, but it was a last resort. The cloves were smothering the bases of corals, growing on the skeletons on LPS and up the stalks of zoas. Never again. I won’t even buy corals from a tank that has them.

 

[Slicktop]

Green mushrooms... tried lasers, injecting kalk, scraping with knife... now just take the rock out and trow it in the yard.. I would not be surprised if they come back once put back into water... LOL

 

[Viking_Reefing]

Freaking encrusting monties. I had forgotten how dang annoying they are and made the mistake of placing one on my main rock work.
I recently did a tank transfer and tried killing it of by first scraping as much as possible of and then tipping boiling RO water over it....hardly did anything.
I’m seriously considering trying to get my hands on some monti eating nudibrancs to get rid of it...would lose my large forest fire as well but I thing it would be worth it.

 

[ADAM]

Another vote for encrusting Monti, I have a Xenia infestation in one tank but that was a 50/50 shot when adding it to the tank. Didn’t realize the Monti could be such a pain in the rear. Grows all down the frag rack onto plugs and will eventually push the coral of the plug or suffocate it.

 

[saltyhog]

Neon green pocillipora. Hard to believe an SPS coral can be a pest but believe me this one can. Beautiful but new ones pop up everywhere and grow rapidly. It wasn't as hard to get rid of as GSP or Xenia out of control....but it was close!

 

[Chrille26]

Hi! I have yet to experience a takeover but on the subject, should I worry about the Chalice on this rock? The rock is isolated so should be fine but I am worried the Chalice might be in for a fight further down the road. Should I move it now before it encrusts further and the GSP advances?

Thanks for any advice!

 

[Pedal Dangit]

Hi! I have yet to experience a takeover but on the subject, should I worry about the Chalice on this rock? The rock is isolated so should be fine but I am worried the Chalice might be in for a fight further down the road. Should I move it now before it encrusts further and the GSP advances?

Me? I would take the rock out and split it in half with a saw or chisel. The sooner you do, it the easier it will be. So I would say yes, it will take over the entire rock eventually. However, you do have a while and you can just keep an eye on how fast the gsp grows

 

[BrandonS]

Do Bubble tip anemone's count?? lol

 

[piranhaman00]

I love my neon green pocillipora, beautiful! I want it to start spreading haha.

 

[Chrille26]

Me? I would take the rock out and split it in half with a saw or chisel. The sooner you do, it the easier it will be. So I would say yes, it will take over the entire rock eventually. However, you do have a while and you can just keep an eye on how fast the gsp grows

Thanks for the tip! I might try to split the rock, its a solid liverock though so I dont think it will break too easily.
I will probobly have to try and remove the Chalice and find a new place for it, sad because it has grown fast at that spot!

 

[DK450reef]

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!

The question is how do you get rid of green star polyps and Xenia species? A hole tank break down and rebuild which I am contemplating

 

[cooltowncorals]

Xenia super annoying to always be trimming and trashing

also grows fast enough to cover other corals and kill during a week long vacation

 

[DK450reef]

Xenia super annoying to always be trimming and trashing

also grows fast enough to cover other corals and kill during a week long vacation