Are all soft coral invasive?

[DeniseAndy]

Thing about shrooms is if they run out of space they'll detach themselves, where they'll then be picked up by the flow and deposited elsewhere. Only to start a new colony.
I tried everything from Kalk paste, Joe Juice, boiling water, Majano Wand and then some. They spread like crazy!

Yep. Thats what mine do. Looks very similar :)

 

[stevo01]

Looking for my next coral but want to stay away from surprise invasive species. 34 Gallon, only have GSP, Frogspawn, Mushrooms and some kimd of brown poly or zoa. Just starting out. Thanks

Gsp will spread fast, mushrooms will spread but not as fast, euphyllia's are slow growers but need space, pally and zoas can be invasive as well. It depends on what and how fast you want the growth.

Hope you don't mind me piggybacking..

Clove polyps and "waving hands".. are they really xenias? if not, do they spread like xenias?

Xenia and Anthelia are both from the family Xeniidae. Clove polyps are in the family stolonifera, and are related to gps, knopia, and pipe organ. However, both families are in the Octocorallia class. They all have 8 tentacles. Cloves can spread just as bad. Be aware of blue cloves invasiveness.

 

[Sir Chris]

Not all are invasive. Some leathers such as devil fingers and leather mush are pretty decently able to be kept under control. Zoas and paly are a good idea and easily maintained for the most part. I would steer clear of gsp (unless isolated), general mushrooms as even if kept isolated can loose themselves from rock and spread to new islands, Kenya trees, and the like. Aaaaandbhow could I forget anthelia and Xenia Stay away from those as well

Yes I'm dealing with rouge mushys now. Had em isolated and 1st my reds broke free 1 and made a baby then my greens and made a baby so I hate mushys now unless there racordias. Spelt wrong. Sorry

 

[Sir Chris]

That's

Started these Zoas a year ago from a 5 polyp frag. Had I known they'd spread like this I'd never have put them on the main rock. This is why I'll never put shrooms on my rock again.

the tightest trumpet of candy cane colony I've seen in a while. Nice

 

[Bayou City Reefer]

anything that will eat invasive blue snow polyps?

 

[NanaReefer]

That's

the tightest trumpet of candy cane colony I've seen in a while. Nice

Thank you! 7 plus years old it is. Fragged 2yrs ago down to 4 heads all of which I gave away at our local swap. [emoji2]

 

[Leen]

Generally you should know how and where to put them to prevent them from invading each other..

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[Leen]

Prune them is the idea.. putting the same family together and separates other types of coral will prevent them from invading each other....

 

[Boxfish]

WOW Leen, i'm drooling. Your tank is crazy! ???? With that much coral do you have to worry about cleaning the gravel and rock during WC's?

 

[stevo01]

Prune them is the idea.. putting the same family together and separates other types of coral will prevent them from invading each other....

An amazing tank!

 

[Leen]

WOW Leen, i'm drooling. Your tank is crazy! ???? With that much coral do you have to worry about cleaning the gravel and rock during WC's?

I don't clean the gravel, just my glass...

 

[Leen]

Sharing pictures of closer view in some areas of my tank

 

[Leen]

Sharing pictures of closer view in some areas of my tank

 

[Sir Chris]

Sharing pictures of closer view in some areas of my tank

What lighting do u use

 

[Leen]

What lighting do u use

LED

 

[DanConnor]

Sarcophytons are well behaved, although some varieties can get big.