What's the BEST coral you've ever owned? Share a photo!

[Leishman]

My old Red Hyacinthus. This was ~2005 in my old 265g before i tore it down to move.
24+” wide.

 

[mickeysreef <*))))<]

I never had a best coral. been running fowlr for a couple of years and my new tank is only a month old so no corals for at least 6 months and only then if water quality permits.

 

[Appaloosa1224]

RIP

 

[Crustaceon]

Mini Potato Chip Pavona. Nearly immortal and survived my early attempts at reefkeeping. The original colony started off as a 1/4” frag. I got it to encrust over a conch shell and it grew the size of a baseball. I fragged a few pieces off before selling the colony and you can see the progression from my bowfront tank after a year of growth (bottom left foreground + 1 fragged piece) to my column and now on top of the first rock in my current tank.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Today is Monday and we need it as easy as possible today. Well i do at least! So let's make it easy and fun by talking about the BEST coral we have ever owned! Oh and we'll need a photo if you have one! Deal?

What is the BEST coral you've ever owned and do you still have it?

These three have been my best I think. Can you spot the coral in the first photo that I'm talking about?

when I return to reefkeeping in 2017, I saw the largest Carnation Coral I thought I will ever see and unfortunately will never see again that large. 18 in tall. That's huge
In pix not fully open

 

[Todd1white]

 

[Todd1white]

Maxi Mini Persian

 

[Kellie in CA]

This one is my all time favorite. The center is a beautiful blue in white light and it is developing more hot pink and lavender patches around the edges. It's huge in my nano, but I'll never get rid of it.

 

[New&no clue]

I love my hammer garden

 

[Rich V]

My favorites as of now are my frogspawn and my golden hammer even though the hammer is still small it is really beautiful. The camera doesn’t do a lot of justice for it.

 

[MombasaLionfish]

 

[wrasse2123]

I had a nano tank in college with an amazing easter egg chalice that I grew out from nothing, I know its not super fancy but I loved that chalice

 

[Waynerock]

Got this guy a year and half ago for free. It was bad off probably a day or so away from full on BJD. Now it’s 10-12 heads and the size of a volley ball. I could watch it all day. I am a proud that I saved it. It is my favorite ATM but my stick are starting to color and get big so we will see. Second place to my scoly just cause it’s small plate size and eats like a pig and is super fun to feed.

 

[mattrez80]

I am a big fan of torches... All 2-3 heads at the moment and are doing well and healthy...

 

[SebastianReefer]

Best not sure if I could pick but my orange pavona my Original got eaten by a gorilla crab next would probably be my Duncan that started as one head and then some others

 

[Goneaway562]

Mine has to be my OG Bounce.

 

[Alanna102499]

Can’t choose!
Red Gonipora or Branching Hammer!

 

[jrhaughey]

Not sure I can pick one. The first is a awesome lobo (I think). Still have this one. Sadly the others are gone. The second is a mushroom that was about 10" across. The last is an acanthophyllia I had at the same time (mid 90's). Anyone remember the elegance corals from that time? Why are those not available any more?

 

[Arthacker87]

Probably could have gotten better colorations if I didn't use my junk phone lol.

 

[rainmaker]

This would be one of my past favorites but now gone