so what was everyones first coral

adamz

adamz

Member
just wonderin what all of you guys started out with. i no almost all will be a softie of some sort but i was just wonderin..........well mine i got a leather and bsp in the same day:)
 
squidd

squidd

Active Member
I have to do everything the hard way...
My first venture into reef keeping was a half dead brain..(the coral...not mine :D )
I didn't know any better, I didn't know it was "sickly" in fact it was the first coral I ever "saw" at a LFS...and it was cheap!!!
Only $15 compared th $35 for a rock with some mushrooms on it...
I thought I was getting a deal !!!
I also picked up a Cabbage Leather and a Finger Leather that day...
I didn't want my Brain to be alone...
I brought them home and put them in my 10 gallon QT/grow out tank (for fish) under a 20 watt NO Grow light...
Notice the crushed Coral base...
And THEN I started surfing the web for info on corals...:rolleyes:
 
squidd

squidd

Active Member
And so did my tanks and reefkeeping ability...
(There he is, in the lower left hand corner)
 
beth

beth

Administrator
Staff member
Squidd, you're such a show-off. jk
Nice tank.
Here is my first compliments of this site.
 
N

nyyanks514

Guest
Mine was Xenia. It did well for aboout thee years and spread all around until the heads started unxplainably crashing. I still have some, but they are a shadow of their former glory. :nope:
 
nm reef

nm reef

Active Member
Some of my first corals were mushrooms...a sarchophyton...and a cabbage leather...all are still alive and well.
 
marvida

marvida

Member
My first coral was a gonipora. To quote my LFS "It's a good low light beginner coral that will do fine in your 29 with it's 30w of NO flourescents." Did FOWLR for a while after that.
 
footbag

footbag

Active Member
My first coral was a gonipora. To quote my LFS "It's a good low light beginner coral that will do fine in your 29 with it's 30w of NO flourescents."
Ha thats funny, my first LFS said the same exact thing. About a week after he sold me a 29g w/2 X 15w NO's. And since I added the bacteria pouch, I wouldn't get a cycle. A small price to pay for a little experience.
 
birdy

birdy

Active Member
Green hairy mushrooms and I am embarrassed to say I spent $50 on a rock with four of them on it :rolleyes: oh well live and learn.
 
chris17

chris17

Member
1 single small mushroom, and a small rock of zoo's were my first corals I put in my tank. I have now had them for a few months and they are doing well. :jumping:
 
dburr

dburr

Active Member
A 4 pack of gargonians. 3 are photosynthetic and the 4th is a yellow finger that didn't last too long.
The other 3 I still have after 4 years.:yes:
 
reefer44

reefer44

Member
a porclippora and birdsnest were bought on same day.......(not including a leather i had for a day during my first cycle :rolleyes: )
 
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