What were the first corals that made you want to become a reefer?

[tdam]

I'm talking about way back when we didn't know about LE corals. Or without knowing any prices. What were those corals that made you want to get into the hobby.

I would have to say that the PULSATING Xenia is what did it for me. although i never could keep them alive. To see them pulsate was so cool to see.

Also, Lord of the Ring zoas. Love the pink color that u wouldn't imagine was in the ocean.

 

[thanh386]

Something i still csnt keep, Pom Pom Xenia

 

[dangit2001]

Gsp

 

[tdam]

dangit2001;737216 wrote: Gsp

Fool, you still love and own GSP. i said back in the day!

 

[raz0945]

I fell in love with the big yellow coral mushrooms and the leathers, then the frogspawn, torches and bubble corals and it just got worse as time has gone by. I added the hard corals, monti's, zoas and chalices. It is the only addiction I've ever had(except food)and I spend every penny I can find on it! :lol2:

Edit: Your water is to clean!

Thanh386;737190 wrote: Something i still csnt keep, Pom Pom Xenia

 

[lilrobb]

Red Planet, saw it at Keen Reef and fell in love...

 

[liverock27]

Zoas/Palys. I went into a pet store for dog food and they had a tank setup full of all different colored zoas and that was when I decided to upgrade the lighting on my fish only tank and started collecting zoas/palys.

 

[jimknutson]

Mine would definatly be the favias. I always liked the way they encrust and have such bold colors. The feeder tentacles are always active.

 

[crewdawg1981]

Xenia... loved it. Made a small forest in my nano, but have always been afraid to put it in my bigger tanks.

 

[cbj25]

I saw a euphillia sp. dominated tank and it has been game on since

 

[hiimsean]

LilRobb;737221 wrote: Red Planet, saw it at Keen Reef and fell in love...

Red planet me too. I saw some pics and said I have to have that one day. Zoas pulled me in too

 

[scubaethan]

Mushrooms and ricordea for me. Plus anemone... not ready for one of those yet though. I'm glad I like cheap corals lol

 

[vincenttyler]

Rainbow acan that made me started my tank.

 

[hud3339]

Frog spawn, Hammer, Torch, and Welso Brains

 

[wrasser]

Not a coral, but a maroon clown playing in a green tip bubble anenome

 

[kirkwood]

when I took 1 polyp of Whammin' Watermelon zoa and turned it into 100+.. and SPS became less intimidating with Green Birdsnest success..

 

[rdnelson]

Following the spirit of the OP I would have to say Candy Cane. Loved the stuff. Now that I have two types I still like it but not like I did before I had a tank.

But what really made me always want to go SW was the lack of cool fish in FW. My wife always said the fish I got were ugly and I really couldn't argue. I wanted those cool looking fish but was afraid of the expense and challenge of SW. Now I know those fears were well founded. LOL But I will never go back to FW alone.

 

[thanh386]

I gave up fw because it was expensive and hard. Sw is much easier

 

[cr500_af]

Fish actually did it for me; the corals were just accessories. I guess the first corals that I just had to have were some of the prettier zoanthids.

 

[thesilence87]

I was enticed by the sheer number of living things in all the saltwater tanks I saw. My friend had some daytripper zoas and some green bay packers zoas though, and the colors of that, a red encrusting montipora, and a purple digitata he had sold me on it.