soft coral

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...

Hi everyone I'm having 2 issues with my toadstool. Last night it was looking healthy and stong and this moring its not extending polyps at all.. on top of this issue i just noticed 3 lumps on the skin of it and a small needle hole. Nothing has changed in my tank and its been in the same spot...

Noticed this about an hour ago, water is testing pristine, 1.024/1.025 not sure what this is, it’s about a week old from LFS, yet to epoxy to rock. Thanks for any suggestions or what this is and how/if treatable. Don’t want it spreading!! Thank you

I need some advice from real people- because it seems like Fluval owns Google. All I can get is a dang commercial or store ad when I write anything about lighting levels for this light. I have a 90- gallon that has been doing well for over 3 years. Mostly a fish only, but then, last year, I...

Dear reefers, I just started a couple of month ago with this hobby and i was curious if someone knew what the exact name of this coral was? Thanks!

Background: I have been fascinated with zero edge systems since the mid 2000s. I was working for ORA as a technician in their coral greenhouses. The 1st time I saw the display system they had designed for trade shows, I knew I had to have one of my own one day. Fast forward 15 years later, I was...

Hey everyone, I’m thinking I want to pick out some new coral for my tank. I’m running a 75gallon with an ati 48” dimmable 8x54 t5 fixture. I really have no experience with sps corals and usually stick to lps and softies. I had been out of the hobby but recently got back in and so far have some...