soft coral

I’m a newbie. Please assess my flow on these softies.

Hey everyone, can you guys give me some advice on what the ideal placement would be for my 2 mo40s? I have 2 s1 return pumps so I’m running 2k an hour through those, plus my 2 mp40s. I have one mp40 on each side pointed at each other about 3 or 4 inches under the water line. I have my mp40s set...

Was shocked to see a very different type of soft coral in 2 feet of water on the fore-reef (Rasdhoo Island, Maldives) the other day. This area is very shallow with high temps and a fair amount of turbidity (suspended sand particles if the waves are slamming). The coral is very stiff (wave...

Hey guys, I bought this mushroom about a year ago from my local lfs as a red devil mushroom. Fast forward up until recently I thought thats what I had until someone mentioned that its not indeed a true red devil. I'm confused, at this point the mushroom has grown and has offspring lol. I love it...

I know they like low light and i've been thinking of shifting it back in the slight shady part of the other rock to the right. However ive had this for about 2 months and it hasn't grown too much. i haven't been able to decide if this is fully open or not but this is about as big as it will...

Hi all, new here. I’d love some guidance/advice from aquarists who might be able to help me figure out how to bring nitrates down in my tank. My tank is little over a year old. 90 gallon with a 30 gallon refugium, protein skimmer, with some Chateo growing beneath... The tank previously housed a...

Hi everyone, So for the longest time now 3 of my toadstools have been in this repeated shedding cycle for over a month. It’ll open a tiny bit but then close hours if not a day later, and then stay closed for days and days. I thought it was too low of flow so I increased it, but that hasn’t...

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Hello all! I have recently started adding corals to my 20 gal. Innovative Marine tank. The tank has been up and running for just over a year but as I am new to reefing I decided to go with all soft corals. My plan was to have a pulsing xenia colony take over a rock but I have really been drawn...

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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.