Yup...........fish come and go but a coral can live forever.

I have a baby Efflorescence growing out from 3 small chips sandwiched together and if any fish were to pick on it, that fish would be gone with a quickness.

My favorite angel is an Emperator and is worth about $200 full grown at best. On the other hand, an Efflo at 9-12" diameter is worth $500 bare minimum and upwards to $1000 depending on color.

Corals keep growing and you can frag them and trade or sell them. After a few years, a reef tank can pay for itself.

Soon, the propagation of the Xenia in my refugium alone will pay for my tank.

I'm with schigara and dick headers - I keep fish, but I grow coral...
do either of you feed "Coral Frenzy"? It's like crack for coral... they go nuts. I feed it twice a week - all pumps off - before the lights come on...never saw acros polyp out like they do on that stuff... give them time to feed and then after 30 minutes or so, turn the pumps and powerheads back on...

LL