Oldest Coral

christyf5 · #1 09-10-2012, 10:06 PM

My Pocillipora damicornis which I do believe I got from you. I've had it for at least 6 years and I don't know how long you had it before me. I think the last time we talked about it we figured it was well over 10 years old

Aquattro · #2 09-10-2012, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by christyf5

My Pocillipora damicornis which I do believe I got from you. I've had it for at least 6 years and I don't know how long you had it before me. I think the last time we talked about it we figured it was well over 10 years old

Yup, I'd guess about 10 yrs for that piece!

ScubaSteve · #3 09-10-2012, 10:45 PM

I have a green milli that I got from MilliporaManiac nearly 4 years ago now. That think has been to hell and back but is still one of my biggest, nicest colonies.

Aquattro · #4 09-10-2012, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ScubaSteve

I have a green milli that I got from MilliporaManiac nearly 4 years ago now. That think has been to hell and back but is still one of my biggest, nicest colonies.

It's nice to get that uninterrupted growth, the colonies look amazing. My PBN almost vanished a couple of times, so it's still only the size of a grapefruit..

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #5 09-10-2012, 11:27 PM

I have two green rhodactis mushrooms from my original tank back before I joined Canreef. These have survived being moved between at least 8 different tanks over the last 9 years+. Just switched them from the main 165g reef to my RSM 130 Bangaii breeding tank/softie reef.

Coralgurl · #6 09-10-2012, 11:45 PM

Not nearly as impressive as you guys, but I still have my 2 of 3 of my first corals I bought in August last year. Metallic green bubble and button corals. Both have doubled in size and my bubble coral is what got me hooked on reefing. Hope I can say I still have it in 10 years

I lost my wall frogspawn a month ago, that was the 3rd, I bought them all at the same time.

reefermadness · #7 09-11-2012, 03:18 AM

I've still got a few sps from 6yrs ago or more. I aquired them from local sps nut back then and im sure he kept them for a few years at least as well. I also have corals such as tyree purple monster that come from the original colony imported over 12yrs ago...if you think of it that way.

reefgirl189 · #8 09-12-2012, 03:53 AM

My oldest corals are 9 months old now, about the same age as our tank minus the start up cycle time. A frogspawn, some zoas, a hammer coral and some other softies/LPS. We have some of the initial livestock too, which is nice. I hope I still have them a few years down the road.

mataconda · #9 09-12-2012, 03:22 PM

Hi there, new to the forum, not the hobby. I have been Reefing for almost 8 years now. I have a few corals from the get go still. GSP, Orange Monti Cap, Purple Tip Monti Digi and Candy Cane coral. I have grown all these from 1 inch frags.

daniella3d · #10 09-20-2012, 01:51 AM

I only have saltwater tanks for 3 years but I have an alveopora that's been with me since then and doing great. It went through copper poisonning and survived it.

Considering how hard these corals are to keep long term, I am pretty happy about it. It's even growing.

I also have a few SPS and a duncan from the begining doing great.

I have read that sponges can live forever.