Softies that look nice in whiter lighting?

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I’m currently in the research phase for my first ever saltwater/reef tank. Going to be getting the Fluval Evo 13.5 gal and keep the stock lighting - which is quite white! I was wondering if there are any soft corals that look nice under this type of lighting?
 

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I feel like most softies (except maybe zoas, not all of them look that good under mostly white) don't need a lot of blue to look good. You might not get the neon colors you'd get under lots of blues, but they'll still have plenty of color.

Right now I run my tank a little bluer than I used to, but my green devil's hand, neon green finger coral and blue kenya tree still looked great with a lot of white. I also loooove toadstools with long, white polyps. They look great under both blue and white.
 

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My tank on whites, lots of softies
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The leathers, cloves, Xenia, and gsp all look great on whites. As do the zoas.
 

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I recently bought a figi yellow leather that when I added it to my blue heavy tank looked pretty brown. I contacted the vendor and he told me that these leathers will look brown in bluer light and more yellow in whiter light.
Not sure I believe him, but that was his explanation.
I always like the figi yellow leathers. Had a couple back in the day when we used mh lighting.
 

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koji wada japanese pink leather.
chili coral.
last reef vid on my build thread (pg68).
+1 on koji wada. Never feel like I can truly appreciate mine in my blue-leaning light schedule
 

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I prefer a whiter light and am a zoa fan. Radioactive dragon eyes, rastas, utter chaos, scrambled eggs, and bam bams all look good in whites. Ricordea are awesome. My green Kenya trees look good too.

this has a filter on it but looks close to normal
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