Let's see some of those soft corals!!!!

[Dr. Dendrostein]

This one on day 5 got bigger like 1/2" bigger. I think it's comfortable?
Dendronephthya colonies, aka carnation coral

 

[seaplane]

"Bubba" , my favorite softie.

 

[JordanS01]

Not a lot of softies in my tank, but here are the few.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Not a lot of softies in my tank, but here are the few.

Thanks for sharing, comrade

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Bump for more softies

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Just got this. Not in best condition. Bummer

 

[p@blo]

Blue African Xenia

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

My favorite toadstool.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

From Malaysia, dendronephthya. Had to frag to save. Coming back from the dead.
Maroon color. Circle of life
Before



After

Frags attaching to rubble

 

[andrewkw]

Blue African Xenia

Haven't seen this in many many years. Did not do well for me.

 

[andrewkw]

I recently measured the green leather and it's more then 24" across when expanded. Unfortunately as you can see it's got no where to grow and is touching many corals so I probably will eventually frag it again. One day I'll have a larger tank and just let it grow.

 

[p@blo]

You

Haven't seen this in many many years. Did not do well for me.

You are correct, this an oldie which was common more than 10 years ago. Used to be called Blue African Xenia. Is a blue cespitularia. Care requirements similar to xenias, stable PH and Alk. Truly a beauty

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

I recently measured the green leather and it's more then 24" across when expanded. Unfortunately as you can see it's got no where to grow and is touching many corals so I probably will eventually frag it again. One day I'll have a larger tank and just let it grow.

That's alot of leather

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

But it's yellow....

Blue African Xenia

 

[mta_morrow]

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

I finally found the blue finger coral I've been looking for.
This is unaltered and uninhanced. Taken with an iPhone 10 under T5 and Kessil on white only.

 

[andrewkw]

You

You are correct, this an oldie which was common more than 10 years ago. Used to be called Blue African Xenia. Is a blue cespitularia. Care requirements similar to xenias, stable PH and Alk. Truly a beauty

Yes back then $100 for a frag was a lot. The regular purple cespitularia grew like nothing I ever had before. Fortunately I was able to cash in big time with that. People were always knocking on my door for some. The "Blue" though just melted away in the same conditions. Locally I don't think too many people had success with it or I would have just kept buying more.

10 years ago, same tank that the above leather is in now.

 

[Jay Z]

My softies. Mid day lighting so no heavy blues.

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

I have a few types of Xenia in my tank. A white pulsing stalk Xenia, a metallic blue, and a darker maroon with bluish tips. I have a couple of wants on my list that I hope to acquire at some point. My worst fear though is them closing down sources before I can do that.

 

[vetteguy53081]