oldest piece of coral in your tank

rigleautomotive · 08/25/2006, 02:47 PM

the caulastra in the center of the photo is 13 years in my system.it has produced frags that i traded off many times.it was 3 heads originally .what is your oldest coral.[IMG]http://[/IMG] http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/...i-DSCF0031.JPG

SPSFiend · 08/25/2006, 02:55 PM

This Maxima clam is supposedly 59 yrs old....

This euphylia has been in this tank for about 3.5 years (same for the derasa clam)...

[IMG] http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/...78CIMG1996.JPG [/IMG]

Here's a picture of it out of the water:

rigleautomotive · 08/25/2006, 03:02 PM

thats a handful.i had a torch frogspawn that i had 10 years .i thought i killed it last time i fragged it.i damaged the mother colony and it died but there was 4 babies out the side of the branches and i am currently growing them out.they are about as big as a baseball now,one year later

Paco1l1d · 08/25/2006, 03:12 PM

In my tank back in colorado, I have a trachyphyllia thats been in the tank for 5 years now. there's a pic. in my profile if you want to sort through all of them

bboats · 08/25/2006, 03:19 PM

my branching hammer has been in ther for at least 3 to 4 years and keeps on growing!

nigel · 08/25/2006, 03:35 PM

Had a leather over 7 years , thats how long it was in my setup .
Grew to over a foot wide.

Timbor · 08/25/2006, 04:10 PM

We should get PaulB on this thread... hes got the 35 year old reef. I bet hes got some oldies!

Tim

Paul B · 08/31/2006, 07:27 AM

Not as old as some of you guys. I think my bubble is about ten, maybe eight I don't know.

One of my experiments didn't go exactly as planned a few years ago and I lost most of my older corals.
Paul

skeeter-doc · 08/31/2006, 07:31 AM

i have a few corals that I had even before I ever met my wife! I guess that puts them at about 7-8 years now, lucky corals, lol

Rendos · 08/31/2006, 08:37 AM

I have had this trachyphyllia for almost 8 years.

This is a top view of the same coral.

stereomandan · 08/31/2006, 09:43 AM

Cool idea for a thread. I don't have a pic right now, but I have a couple that are 5 years old... My frogspawn (which has been fragged at least a dozen times), green star polyps.

Dan

dvmsn · 08/31/2006, 09:57 AM

I have some red mushrooms that have been in my possesion since 1993.

Paul B · 08/31/2006, 11:34 AM

Oh I forgot about green star polyps, I have them for about 15 years. It's hard to tell because they grow on everything.
Paul

Amphiprion · 08/31/2006, 12:14 PM

Oldest coral is an 11 year old Trachyphyllia, followed by a 10 year old Plerogyra. Although sea anemones don't count, I have had one in the tank with the corals for longer than that.

kass03 · 08/31/2006, 12:38 PM

I still have my first coral I bought 23 yrs ago. It's a bubble coral.
It is'nt doing well though as I had to move it to my 150 which has high nitrates right now cuz it was stinging everything in my 55.

Im working on the 150 now changing the sump and stuff to try to get the nitrates reduced.

kass

Paul B · 08/31/2006, 12:58 PM

Kass that is fantastic. Mine is maybe ten and it also doesen't look too good. I have been so busy that I have really been neglecting my tank. I will try to do some much needed maintenance.
But 23 years is the best I have ever heard.
Paul

stereomandan · 08/31/2006, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by kass03
I still have my first coral I bought 23 yrs ago. It's a bubble coral.
It is'nt doing well though as I had to move it to my 150 which has high nitrates right now cuz it was stinging everything in my 55.

Im working on the 150 now changing the sump and stuff to try to get the nitrates reduced.

kass

Holy cow!!

How big is it by now? Have you fragged it?

Dan

rcmike · 08/31/2006, 08:00 PM

I have my first coral, a devils hand leather that I bought around 1994 and it is still doing very well. I guess the LFS knew what he was doing when he recommended it. It is huge and has survived several beginner mistakes and lots of bad luck. The funny thing is I thought it was dead right after I got it. I didn't know they shrunk when they were stressed so I got pretty worried when I took it out of the bag. It took a few months in my pretty sad tank to even extend it's polyps.

DKKA · 08/31/2006, 08:32 PM

The big leather at the top of this tank is 13-14 years old. I regularly cut it back to a stump, othewise it would take over the tank.
I also have the first coral I ever bought. The green striped mushrooms (below the toadstool) are 15 years old...well, they are clones of the original colony anyway. I thought I had gotten rid of them all at one point, but they are making a comeback. I have GSP's taking over another tank that are about the same age.

Dan

stereomandan · 08/31/2006, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DKKA

The big leather at the top of this tank is 13-14 years old. I regularly cut it back to a stump, othewise it would take over the tank.
I also have the first coral I ever bought. The green striped mushrooms (below the toadstool) are 15 years old...well, they are clones of the original colony anyway. I thought I had gotten rid of them all at one point, but they are making a comeback. I have GSP's taking over another tank that are about the same age.

Dan

How do you cut it to a stump? I'm curious because I have a HUGE (12"W x 17"H) green sinularia (sp?) that I need to cut back. It's about 10x the size of yours in the upper left corner of your tank. No kidding.

JJohn · 08/31/2006, 08:52 PM

My Hydnophora and Sarcophyton are over ten years old and my sinularia is right at ten. This year, I got rid of all my old LPS's and most of the softies to move to SPS.

The Sinularia has reached basketball size twice. The sarcophyton is the most beautiful one I have ever seen and has outgrown my tank three times only to be discarded and regrown from one of small buds growing at its base.

My anemone (sort of off topic) is probably many decades old but I have only owned it for ten years. Its clownfish pair are ten also.

John

dvmsn · 08/31/2006, 09:05 PM

My red mushrooms lived through an entire tank crash while I was on my honeymoon and sat in a tank without any circulation and about $1500 worth of dead coral for almost a week.

AZDesertRat · 08/31/2006, 09:07 PM

I've had the sebae anemone in the middle of the tank with the clown peeking out for almost 15 years now.

DKKA · 08/31/2006, 10:17 PM

Quote:

How do you cut it to a stump?

With scissors...

(sorry, couldn't resist)

But seriously, just cut off all the branches until all that's left is trunk. The above photo shows the cutting I did about 8 mos ago. Other times I've cut it back even more severly. It always responds with vigorous growth no matter how much I cut it.

Dan

stereomandan · 08/31/2006, 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DKKA

With scissors... (sorry, couldn't resist)

But seriously, just cut off all the branches until all that's left is trunk. The above photo shows the cutting I did about 8 mos ago. Other times I've cut it back even more severly. It always responds with vigorous growth no matter how much I cut it.

Dan

Dang!!! That is some serious cutting. Do you superglue the frags to LR rubble for frags?

Dan

08/25/2006, 02:47 PM	#1
rigleautomotive Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Northeast Pennsylvania Posts: 3,705	oldest piece of coral in your tank the caulastra in the center of the photo is 13 years in my system.it has produced frags that i traded off many times.it was 3 heads originally .what is your oldest coral.[IMG]http://[/IMG] http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/...i-DSCF0031.JPG

08/25/2006, 02:55 PM	#2
SPSFiend Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: South Bay / Los Angeles Posts: 1,018	This Maxima clam is supposedly 59 yrs old.... This euphylia has been in this tank for about 3.5 years (same for the derasa clam)... [IMG] http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/...78CIMG1996.JPG [/IMG] Here's a picture of it out of the water: __________________ Thanks, Gerry Current Tank Info: Custom 32x32x24 Rimless. Previous tanks: 180G Reef and 120G Reef

08/25/2006, 03:02 PM	#3
rigleautomotive Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Northeast Pennsylvania Posts: 3,705	thats a handful.i had a torch frogspawn that i had 10 years .i thought i killed it last time i fragged it.i damaged the mother colony and it died but there was 4 babies out the side of the branches and i am currently growing them out.they are about as big as a baseball now,one year later __________________ Dan Rigle President, * Reef Conservation Society TOTM December 2010 Coral Magazine Sept/Oct 2012 Current Tank Info: 180 gal SPS dominated display, 3 X 250 watt Radiums , lumenarc III minis , with VHO actinics, ETS downdraft skimmers, closed loops and 2 Tunze 6105 & 7095 controller,DIY calcium reactors DIY custom built sumps,since 1992

08/25/2006, 03:12 PM	#4
Paco1l1d Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: mars Posts: 321	In my tank back in colorado, I have a trachyphyllia thats been in the tank for 5 years now. there's a pic. in my profile if you want to sort through all of them __________________ <'}}}}}>< Current Tank Info: 90 starfire cube colorful stick tank, 5 gallon fuge, 10 gal sump

08/25/2006, 04:10 PM	#7
Timbor Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 554	We should get PaulB on this thread... hes got the 35 year old reef. I bet hes got some oldies! Tim __________________ "I bet a funny thing about driving a car off a cliff is; while you're in midair you still hit those brakes... Hey, better try the emergency brake! - J.H." Current Tank Info: None currently

08/25/2006, 03:19 PM	#5
bboats Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Central Coast, Paso Robles, California Posts: 64	my branching hammer has been in ther for at least 3 to 4 years and keeps on growing!

08/25/2006, 03:35 PM	#6
nigel Registered Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: cambridge, ontario Posts: 154	Had a leather over 7 years , thats how long it was in my setup . Grew to over a foot wide.

08/31/2006, 07:27 AM	#8
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	Not as old as some of you guys. I think my bubble is about ten, maybe eight I don't know. One of my experiments didn't go exactly as planned a few years ago and I lost most of my older corals. Paul __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971

08/31/2006, 07:31 AM	#9
skeeter-doc Moved On Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: TX Posts: 1,643	i have a few corals that I had even before I ever met my wife! I guess that puts them at about 7-8 years now, lucky corals, lol

08/31/2006, 08:37 AM	#10
Rendos Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 5,380	I have had this trachyphyllia for almost 8 years. This is a top view of the same coral. __________________ Richard Rendos - Founder WTMRAC It can't rain all the time. Current Tank Info: 92 gallon corner bowfront

08/31/2006, 09:43 AM	#11
stereomandan Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 2,888	Cool idea for a thread. I don't have a pic right now, but I have a couple that are 5 years old... My frogspawn (which has been fragged at least a dozen times), green star polyps. Dan __________________ 90g Tank, 75 lbs Live Rock, T5, T8 and VHO Lighting, Closed loop on Snapper Pump 1.5" Sand in main tank, DSB in 38g Sump, B-ionic Daily, Temp 79, SG 1.026 LPS, Softies Current Tank Info: 90 Gallon Reef

08/31/2006, 09:57 AM	#12
dvmsn Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Surfside Beach, SC Posts: 3,008	I have some red mushrooms that have been in my possesion since 1993.

08/31/2006, 11:34 AM	#13
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	Oh I forgot about green star polyps, I have them for about 15 years. It's hard to tell because they grow on everything. Paul __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971

08/31/2006, 12:14 PM	#14
Amphiprion Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mobile, AL Posts: 6,611	Oldest coral is an 11 year old Trachyphyllia, followed by a 10 year old Plerogyra. Although sea anemones don't count, I have had one in the tank with the corals for longer than that. __________________ You've done it now, haven't you? Current Tank Info: 40g breeder patch reef w/ seagrass; 2-250w XM 10K; Vortech MP40wES & MP10wES; BM Curve 7 skimmer; carbon & occasional GFO

08/31/2006, 12:38 PM	#15
kass03 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Kaukauna, Wi Posts: 2,937	I still have my first coral I bought 23 yrs ago. It's a bubble coral. It is'nt doing well though as I had to move it to my 150 which has high nitrates right now cuz it was stinging everything in my 55. Im working on the 150 now changing the sump and stuff to try to get the nitrates reduced. kass

08/31/2006, 12:58 PM	#16
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	Kass that is fantastic. Mine is maybe ten and it also doesen't look too good. I have been so busy that I have really been neglecting my tank. I will try to do some much needed maintenance. But 23 years is the best I have ever heard. Paul __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971

08/31/2006, 08:00 PM	#18
rcmike Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Dickson, TN Posts: 3,369	I have my first coral, a devils hand leather that I bought around 1994 and it is still doing very well. I guess the LFS knew what he was doing when he recommended it. It is huge and has survived several beginner mistakes and lots of bad luck. The funny thing is I thought it was dead right after I got it. I didn't know they shrunk when they were stressed so I got pretty worried when I took it out of the bag. It took a few months in my pretty sad tank to even extend it's polyps. __________________ Michael Current Tank Info: 110 oceanic, 2 Radion Pros, 2 MP40s, Apex controller

08/31/2006, 08:32 PM	#19
DKKA Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Peoria, IL Posts: 769	The big leather at the top of this tank is 13-14 years old. I regularly cut it back to a stump, othewise it would take over the tank. I also have the first coral I ever bought. The green striped mushrooms (below the toadstool) are 15 years old...well, they are clones of the original colony anyway. I thought I had gotten rid of them all at one point, but they are making a comeback. I have GSP's taking over another tank that are about the same age. Dan __________________ THIS SPACE FOR RENT

08/31/2006, 08:52 PM	#21
JJohn Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 229	My Hydnophora and Sarcophyton are over ten years old and my sinularia is right at ten. This year, I got rid of all my old LPS's and most of the softies to move to SPS. The Sinularia has reached basketball size twice. The sarcophyton is the most beautiful one I have ever seen and has outgrown my tank three times only to be discarded and regrown from one of small buds growing at its base. My anemone (sort of off topic) is probably many decades old but I have only owned it for ten years. Its clownfish pair are ten also. John

08/31/2006, 09:05 PM	#22
dvmsn Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Surfside Beach, SC Posts: 3,008	My red mushrooms lived through an entire tank crash while I was on my honeymoon and sat in a tank without any circulation and about $1500 worth of dead coral for almost a week.

08/31/2006, 09:07 PM	#23
AZDesertRat Moved On Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: NW Phoenix Posts: 16,621	I've had the sebae anemone in the middle of the tank with the clown peeking out for almost 15 years now.