what coral/s have you lost that hurt the most

[murphreef]

i know this is a touchy subject to some but i was curious to see... well i was just scrollin threw some old pics and came across 2 corals i have lost one more recently than the other and it made me wonder what other people out there have lost that hurt them

heres my 2 that hurt haha at least i can look back and smile now knock on wood

never knew what this one was but got it as a little non colorful stub and it grew to this just before it died... most of my corals that ever have been hurt or died was caused by alk issues



then this milli started out really blah a pale blue then turned to a multi color one... this one never recovered after a low alk incident



so what have you lost

[aurora]

Look at my thumbnail....the most beautiful anemone I've seen. Fushia and white beaded Heteractis Aurora. Kept him for 3 years then suddenly started declining and finally died...? infection.

[gasman059]

many loses over the years. Two that come to mind.
Chiller issues and alk spike- it hurts to think back how purdy this colonies were
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[SDguy]

For price, this one hurt the most:


For simple length of time owned, this one:

[undertai]

My all time favorite. Had an alk issuse and it didn't make it

It was purple with gold polyps.

[acrylic_300]

I haven't lost an SPS yet knock knock.

I lost a wild colony of blond people eater pallys that fluoresced hot pink under actinics (never seen again anywhere).

I also almost lost every zoa in my tank introducing wild colonies...hopefully that little bit of experience will help me in the future.

[jade2122]

So far definately my Oregon Blue Tort, was only a frag but very pricey and beautiful! So sad, a huge alk swing and bad hydrometer took him out.Still recovering and loosing corals

[twon8]

my ora chips, though i saved a piece, and the purple pillow

also a green mille that i had grown from a frag that decided to go south on me for no apparent reason/

[sjfishguy]

Although not an SPS, the blue zoos in my avitar. Lost them to zoo pox.

[j.prostrata]

My entire 240 chocked full of sps....

[KurtsReef]

Pink birdsnest, pretty and bright. Only had it a few weeks, the frag had some tissue regression when I bought it and it continued despite being dipped a few times with a lugios' solution.

[GSMguy]

ive lost a few but this one makes me most upset it would be huge and beautiful now and i have no idea what it was.

[GSMguy]

this tricolor had some amazing color i wish this one would have stuck around, i saved a 1mm chip of it but it is growing very slow.

[Kiwi]

[surfnvb7]

Originally posted by twon8
my ora chips, though i saved a piece, and the purple pillow

also a green mille that i had grown from a frag that decided to go south on me for no apparent reason/

i think that green w/ blue tips maricultured colony (tenius?) that you lost over the summer hurt me the most.......lol




I'd have to say my personal most devastating loss would be a wicked local granulosa that I've wanted for years. FINALLY got a frag....only to have it RTN by the next day. And the rumors are that the colony was lost shortly after it was fragged and everyone who ever got frags also lost them.




so far......no other devastating sps loses, just lps and zoa losses that really hurt.

[JackKerouac]

Tyree's undata and chips acro
I have a small frag of the pic number 3 Gasman it's a nice

[imyoraven]

oregon tort for sure. It had doubled from the original frag size.

[murphreef]

sucks to hear everyones losses i know that with this hobby losses are inevitable for various reasons its guna happen sooner or later which sucks but its trying to get it right the next time that counts

[Philwd]

This one. Just slowly wasted away.

[Caleb Kruse]

This is terrible! All these beautiful corals dying

I nominate it for the anti thread of the month

[CAreefer]

Sad to say, but great idea for a thread.

They were only frags, but instant favorites. Lost when the seam split on my display tank. The speciosa was left high and dry, and Shrek (A. horrida I believe) TN'd after moving into the frag tank to tear down the display.

A. speciosa from Atlantis


"Shrek" from Keeperz. This one literally glowed

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[143gadgets]

Ooops

[143gadgets]

My favorite blue milli.



My other favorite blue milli



Lost both of those when I added a calcium reactor.

This one just up and RTN'd when I went on vacation a while back.

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My Hoeksemai (his soul will live forever......at least until the calcium reactor melts him down)