Hey R2R,
I am newly interested in rare(ish) soft corals after having interest in Zoanthids, Euph, and many of the other commonly favorable coral species. My interest peaked when I was searching for higher light/flow corals that I could populate the upper part of my tank with. I wanted to avoid acros at all costs and the easier SPS never has interested me. So, I turned to Sinularia and Sarcophyton. After getting a very large Toadstool and Kenya Tree colony, I began searching for individuals with more color to glow better under my predominantly blue spectrum. So, I sought out a neon green sinularia and some form of Japanese Long Polyp Toadstool.
Although none of this is rare by any means, I am simply curious as to what is truly out there in terms of unobtainable soft corals. My LFS has what appears to be a true OG Weeping Willow with the 5-inch tentacles. This coral is NFS and has been so for as long as I can remember. I saw a YouTube video showcasing a yellow leather before, apparently those are very rare as well. Much of what I see on the internet as far as rare leather corals are fake weeping willows or very old forum posts about neon colored toadstools and sinularias which appear to actually be dyed. Apparently dyeing corals used to be a thing-- But that is a topic within itself.
Regardless; can anyone provide me with some photos or names of some truly rare soft corals? There just seems to be no real hype surrounding them the way rare acros, torches, zoanthids, and mushrooms have.
Yes, mushrooms and zoanthids are soft corals which are part of the rare hype-train. May we leave these two types of coral out? Unless we are talking about some really insane ones like the Doughboy shroom, etc.
Thank you all!
I am newly interested in rare(ish) soft corals after having interest in Zoanthids, Euph, and many of the other commonly favorable coral species. My interest peaked when I was searching for higher light/flow corals that I could populate the upper part of my tank with. I wanted to avoid acros at all costs and the easier SPS never has interested me. So, I turned to Sinularia and Sarcophyton. After getting a very large Toadstool and Kenya Tree colony, I began searching for individuals with more color to glow better under my predominantly blue spectrum. So, I sought out a neon green sinularia and some form of Japanese Long Polyp Toadstool.
Although none of this is rare by any means, I am simply curious as to what is truly out there in terms of unobtainable soft corals. My LFS has what appears to be a true OG Weeping Willow with the 5-inch tentacles. This coral is NFS and has been so for as long as I can remember. I saw a YouTube video showcasing a yellow leather before, apparently those are very rare as well. Much of what I see on the internet as far as rare leather corals are fake weeping willows or very old forum posts about neon colored toadstools and sinularias which appear to actually be dyed. Apparently dyeing corals used to be a thing-- But that is a topic within itself.
Regardless; can anyone provide me with some photos or names of some truly rare soft corals? There just seems to be no real hype surrounding them the way rare acros, torches, zoanthids, and mushrooms have.
Yes, mushrooms and zoanthids are soft corals which are part of the rare hype-train. May we leave these two types of coral out? Unless we are talking about some really insane ones like the Doughboy shroom, etc.
Thank you all!
