soft coral

Hi, can someone identify those blue translucent mushrooms in the middle? I can’t get better pictures since this isn’t my pic or tank, thanks!

I bought these bam bams from one of my favorite local lfs (Nova Tropicals) and I got a 5 head bam bam frag. but after letting it acclimate overnight in the tank it's fully open with..... TWO polyp tentacle layers. i've never seen this and can't find any info on it. They didn't seem to have it at...

Hi all, Is there by any chance a way I could encourage my pair of clowns to host this Vargas Cespitlaria coral? It’s grown to immense size so I was curious if it was possible. Sorry for the intense blue lighting, thank you!

Hi everyone, hope you and your reefs are all doing well. I just wanted to discuss something quick. I’ve read a lot of forums about how doing a 10% water change weekly/bi weekly or a 20% water change monthly is enough to replenish the elements for a softie only tank since they don’t consume a...

I have had aquarium since I can remember. Ok the very first one hardly can be called an aquarium as it was just a 3l jar with a 2-3 inch catfish in it my dad caught while we were fishing. And that fish didn’t last long with me as he had to go back to the river Danube. It was growing faster and...

Trying to find some higher end leathers, maybe a pink tip weeping willow, Fiji yellow toadstool, pink nephthea, etc. Also interested in any rock flower anemones to add to my garden. Shoot me a message and let me know what you have!

Purple flower dendronephthya umbellulifera sp. In a 7.5 gallon nano tank.

Yesterday, my brain coral was looking just fine but today, it looks like it’s on its way to dying and rather rapidly. It looks like it’s torn and the mouth is severely damaged. I’m just at a loss at how this happened. My water parameters are normal, though I did have a hair algae outbreak but...

So yesterday, I get home from work. I work at a rehab hospital as a nurse aide taking care of brain damaged patients and the hours are long (12 hours) so at the end of the day I come home looking forward to seeing my reef. I had recently (about 2 weeks ago) bought heteroxenia off live aquaria’s...

Hey guys, I just upgraded my 10 gallon to a 20 gallon innovative marine peninsula. Not sure what kind of start you would call this (if there even is any), but I basically used all the same rock in my 10 gallon (i kept them submerged and oxygenated during transfer) as well as filter media. I do...

Hey all. My bubble coral doesn’t look like it’s doing to well. Any advice would be great.

Curious if anyone has recommendations for online coral stores for higher end soft corals? And no, I'm not talking about zoas. There's seems to be a lot of online stores dedicated to different types of corals like acros or euphyllias, but I don't know of any really for higher end softies.

it’s been in the same spot i haven’t moved or changed the flow but why is it limping like this

I’ve been in the feeding hobby since I was 16. While most kids begged for a puppy I somehow convinced my parents to buy a 75 gallon saltwater tank instead. You might say that tank was a failure, but I fell in love with the hobby during those two years of heartache and frustration. 2 years ago I...

Last night all my coral were looking normal and happy. This morning my Florida Ricordea was brown around the mouth. Any ideas what is happening? Prameters: Ammonia 0.0 Nitrite 0.0 Nitrate 0.0 Calcium 380 Salinity 1.025 Ph 8.3 Kh 9.8 Temperature 78F Sorry about photo quality.

Hello, I've been having trouble with my zoas. They've been closed for about 2 weeks, and a couple days ago I noticed it's been disappearing. I've tried to keep the Nitrates low and have been performing a 25% water change every week to keep the water quality clean. By changing the water, the pH...

Hi all, as title suggests, I am wondering which one would be more expensive or rare, or are these on par? Blue/Green (just a frag not the whole colony) ..or gold? (If this is gold - is it not green maybe?)

Here is my first attempt at a reef tank. It’s a BioCube 32 LED, fully cycled. My stock is: 2 Ocellaris Clowns (Marlin and Coral) Watchman Goby and Pistol Shrimp (Goldie and Shrimpie) Firefish Pajama Cardinal Purple Stripe Dottyback (Rufio) Purple Duncan Coral Zoa Green Hammrr Coral Florida...

I’m looking for high end mushrooms preferably local Miami area. Jawbreakers, Eclectus, Hobbit bounce, Berserker bounce, Juggernaut, Neptune bounce, baby shark bounce, pirates booty bounce, fire magic carpet, Deadpool, ragnarok, biohazard, Etc let me know what you have

hey guys i’m new to the hobby and am trying to stock up on soft coral and start doing some research on any i may have missed! so far i know there’s 1.mushrooms (ricordea florida, ricordea yuma, ???) 2.toadstool 3.xenia 4.zoas 5.cabbage 6.kenya trees 7.GSP 8.finger leathers 9.sinularia...

I don’t wanna grow anything too demanding, just Softies. It’s a 6 foot aquarium so buying enough lights for that is gonna be expensive that’s why I want something cheap.

hey! anyone here have an all softy tank?? if so can i see some pics! a list of corals you have in there would be cool also!! thanks (:

Someone is wanting to sell this mushroom for $160 they said it was a godspawn mushroom, but I'm not convinced because it doesn't have a pronounced bubbles. I wanted to get confirmation from the community before I make the purchase. Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone! I'm a bit late on my greeting as I had formally joined R2R last year, but have been a long time lurker prior. I wanted to start becoming more of a presence in the forum and network with other hobbyists as well. I had been a freshwater hobbyist since I was about 11 years old...

hey everyone i’m new here and new to the hobby. i just purchased 3 zoa frags about 2 days ago and realized there was some bubble algae that hitchhiked around the stalks. today, i decided to pluck them off outside of my tank (without having them pop of course) but after doing more reading on...