Aquarium Leather Corals: Toadstool Leather, Finger Leather Corals and more

Soft Corals

Soft corals, are a great start for the marine aquarist graduating from fish to invertebrate to full-blown-reef enthusiast. Many soft corals are tolerant toward aquarium conditions, relatively inexpensive, and more easily cared for than the small or large polyped true or stony corals.

Soft Coral Habitat - Soft corals rely on currents to bring them their food , oxygen, and carry away their wastes. The best circulation arrangements involve wavemaking strategies that periodically vary the direction and intensity of water movements. Remember that most soft coral species are found in parts of the reef with the greatest current.

Filtration - Practically speaking, reef or invertebrate systems with soft corals require good filtration. An oversized protein skimmer, source of calcium replenishment, and use of activated carbon are all important items to consider.

Lighting - All species of soft coral will appreciate 2-4 watts of full-spectrum illumination for 10-14 hours per day.

Feeding - All species of soft corals are known planktivores, consuming phytoplankton in the wild. All soft corals should therefore be periodically offered such small offerings.

Display - Soft corals are flexible in their placement. They may be placed in lower lighted areas as long as they receive adequate food and circulation. A reminder here regarding granting them adequate space to avoid touching other animal life. Remember to leave a clear circumference for full expansion and growth.

Aquacultured, ORA
Long Polyping Leather
Sarcophyton sp.

Description: A very unusaul addition for any reef tank is the Long Polyping leather coral. The Long Polyping Leather is a hardy leather coral from Oceans, Reefs & Aquariums (ORA). This Long Polyp Leather is very easy to maintain in the reef aquarium and make an excellent coral for the beginning through expert reef aquarist.The Long Polyping Leather Coral is shipped to you mounted to a round arogonite block that can be affixed to live rock anywhere in the aquarium with gel super glue or epoxy.
Requirements:The Long Polyping leather coral will require medium to high lighting combined with medium to strong water movement. For continued good health, it will also require the addition of iodine, strontium, and other trace elements to the water. .
Difficulty Level: Easy
Approximate shipping size: 2"

$39.99

Aquacultured, ORA
Loco Lobo Lobophytum
Lobophytum sp.

Description: The Loco Lobo Lobophytum is a new release leather soft coral from Oceans, Reefs & Aquariums (ORA). Lobophytum leathers are also referred to as a Devil's Finger leather. These beautiful aquacultured specimens are unique with great shapes and super bright yellow colored polyps. The Loco Lobo Lobophytum Coral is shipped to you mounted to a round arogonite block that can be affixed to live rock anywhere in the aquarium with gel super glue or epoxy.
Requirements:The Loco Lobo Lobophytum Coral will require medium to high lighting combined with medium to strong water movement. For continued good health, it will also require the addition of iodine, strontium, and other trace elements to the water. .
Difficulty Level: Easy
Approximate shipping size: 1" to 2"

$35.99

Aquacultured, ORA
Taro Tree Coral - Aquacultured
Capnella sp.

Description: The Taro Tree Coral, also called the Kenya Tree Coral. Capnella resembles the Kenya Tree coral but there are certain differeces. It has a thick trunk, like a tree, and many branches giving it a tree like appearance. The Taro Tree Coral is shipped to you mounted to a round arogonite block that can be affixed to live rock anywhere in the aquarium with gel super glue or epoxy.
Requirements:The Taro Tree coral depends on microplankton, marine snow, and dissolved materials. It requires medium to high lighting combined with medium to strong water movement. For continued good health, it will also require the addition of iodine, strontium, and other trace elements to the water. .
Difficulty Level: Easy
Approximate shipping size: 1" to 2"

$29.99

Rasta Leather
Sinularis Flexibillis

Also called Spaghetti leather
100's of tentacles. Super long, super flowing, beautiful coloration

The Spaghetti Finger Leather Coral has very long strands of leather is the best way to describe this favorite from Fiji. Lot's of long robust strands add lots of movement to your reef tank. One of the best soft corals for the aquarium. Spaghetti Leathers are golden-white to green in color and have a highly branching form and are covered in tiny polyps. These corals grow quickly and can quickly become a showpiece after they are established. Does best in medium to bright lighting, and strong water movement. Proper water movement is mandatory for these corals. A direct flow of water from a pump "drilling into the coral " will destroy newly imported pieces, but weak current is equally bad. Strong water flow throughout the tank, for example, directed at tank walls, is recommended. Alternating or pulsing water flow is even better. When placing them in your aquarium, find a good spot and leave them alone. HANDLE THEM AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE. Excessive handling can damage newly arrived specimens. Once established, these corals are quite hardy, not as touchy as their initial requirements sound. Larger specimens are more "branchy" than smaller ones and make an impressive display with pulsing water movement. It is normally shipped attached to a small piece of live rock or rubble.
Approximate shipping size: Small: 1" to 2"; Medium 2-1/2" to 4"; Large 4" to 6"; Extra Large 6" to 8"

Starting at $49.99

Green Finger Leather
Sinularia sp.

Green Finger Leather Coral, Sinularia sp., brings depth to the aquascape of the home aquarium. It is a coral that requires a medium to high amount of lighting, but will do fine with a medium to high water flow. Its placement should be in the middle or lower levels of the aquarium. The Green coloration of the finger leather is the most popular coloration for reef tank Finger Leathers. Finger Leathers will benefit from feedings of any supplement designed for filter feeders. Iodine and strontium will help ensure its continued good health.

Ships as a cluster growing from a piece of Live Rock.

Approximate shipping size: Small: 1" to 2"; Medium 2" to 4"; Large 4" to 6"

Good Beginner Coral
Starting at $39.99

Tank Raised
Cactus Leather Coral
Sinularia dura

Description: Tank raised by ORA. Great for the new hobbyist or seasoned reef aquarist. A very easy coral so you can start off with sure success. Hardy and priced right.Truly aquacultured specimens. The Cabbage Leather Coral is also referred to as Flat Leather Coral, Flower Leather Coral, or Carpet Coral. It is found in a variety of colors, usually tan to brown with lighter striations. Its flat, lobed appearance resembles a cabbage leaf. It is very easy to maintain in the reef aquarium and makes an excellent coral for the beginning to expert reef aquarist. It requires medium to high lighting combined with moderate to strong water movement. Fluorescent lighting should be combined with actinic lighting. For continued good health, it requires the addition of strontium, iodine, and other trace elements to the water. It is an encrusting coral that will reproduce easily on its own in the reef aquarium by budding (splitting off a portion of its base). Cabbage Leather Corals contain the symbiotic algae zooxanthellae and receive the majority of their nutritional needs from the light driven process of photosynthesis. It will also be beneficial to supplement the diet with additional food such as micro-plankton, baby brine shrimp, or foods designed for filter feeding invertebrates. It is normally shipped attached to a small piece of live rock or rubble.
Diet Requirements: May take up planktonic organisms through normal polyp feeding, and/or dissolved organics through it’s mucous net/flesh. However, Cabbage Leather Coral harbors zooxanthellae and can subsist and thrive entirely without any direct feeding.
Lighting: Normal output lighting is sufficient for certain individual colonies to survive, however reef lighting will quicken its growth rate..
Difficulty Level: Easy
Approximate shipping size: 1" to 2"

$24.99

Bright Yellow Ruffled Fiji Leather
Sarcophyton elegans

The Yellow Ruffled Leather Coral may be referred to as the Sarcophyton elegans Coral. It can be found in shades of yellow, and unlike other Sarcophyton corals, it does not grow an extended stalk. Instead, these corals grow close to the rockwork, and will develop beautiful ruffles around the edges. It is a relatively peaceful coral but adequate space should be provided between itself and others in the reef aquarium. The Yellow Ruffled Leather Coral requires medium to high lighting combined with moderate to strong water movement. For continued good health, it will also require the addition of strontium, iodine, and other trace elements to the water. Culturing by the experienced hobbyist is often accomplished by cutting off a portion of the crown and attaching that piece to live rock or placing it in the sandy bottom of the reef aquarium. The symbiotic algae zooxanthellae hosted within its body provides the majority of its nutritional needs from the light driven process of photosynthesis. It will also benefit from additional food such as micro-plankton, baby brine shrimp, or foods designed for filter feeding invertebrates. It is normally shipped attached to a small piece of live rock or rubble.
Approx Purchase Size: Small: 2" to 3"; Medium: 3" to 5"; Large: 5" to 7"

Good Beginner Coral
Starting at $49.99

Tonga Finger Leather

Direct from the Island of Tonga, these are beautiful, easy to care for and will definitely brighten up your tank. Leather corals comprise a large sector of the soft coral group. Most are quite adaptable to lighting conditions and will tolerate higher nutrient levels within the aquarium. Many are very hardy and therefore recommended for the beginner. Leather corals do occasionally appear to have a waxy buildup - this is a normal shedding of their outer skin.

Good Beginner Coral
Starting at $39.99

Yellow Fiji Finger Leather
Yellow Sinularia

Leather corals of the genus Sinularia are generally hardy and make excellent additions to a beginner or advanced reef aquarium. They are fast growers and can quickly turn into a the showpeice of the tank. Coming from many islands in the Indopacific, including Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Islands, and the Great Barrier Reef. Sinularia does not require as much light as some other corals. It can be kept under normal output fluorescents without much difficulty. In some cases, it may extend more readily under subdued lighting, however it may display brighter coloration when placed under stronger lighting. Moderate water movement is recommended. Sinularia relies heavily on the products of their zooxanthellae but also may feed on phytoplankton and similarly sized microfauna in the water column. Leather corals comprise a large sector of the soft coral group. Most are quite adaptable to lighting conditions and will tolerate higher nutrient levels within the aquarium. Many are very hardy and therefore recommended for the beginner. Leather corals do occasionally appear to have a waxy buildup - this is a normal shedding of their outer skin.

Good Beginner Coral
Starting at $39.99

Blue Devils Finger Leather

Beautiful formations. In stock are singles, doubles, triples and pieces with up to 8 hands. They thrive in the aquarium and can be kept under a broad range of water and lighting conditions. Can be easily propagated by cutting and grafting. Leather corals comprise a large sector of the soft coral group. Most are quite adaptable to lighting conditions and will tolerate higher nutrient levels within the aquarium. Many are very hardy and therefore recommended for the beginner. Leather corals do occasionally appear to have a waxy buildup - this is a normal shedding of their outer skin.

Starting at $39.99

Yellow Devils Finger Leather

Direct from Bali, these are beautiful, easy to care for and will definitely brighten up your tank. Leather corals comprise a large sector of the soft coral group. Most are quite adaptable to lighting conditions and will tolerate higher nutrient levels within the aquarium. Many are very hardy and therefore recommended for the beginner. Leather corals do occasionally appear to have a waxy buildup - this is a normal shedding of their outer skin.

Starting at $39.99

Rose Leather
Lobophytum Leather

Rose leathers are found in cocoa, brown, sometimes green and blue. They can handle low to high lighting conditions, low to medium water current, and is recommended for the beginner through the advanced hobbyist. Though photosynthetic (no direct food required), phytoplankton food will accelerate growth and color. Leather corals comprise a large sector of the soft coral group. Most are quite adaptable to lighting conditions and will tolerate higher nutrient levels within the aquarium. Many are very hardy and therefore recommended for the beginner. Leather corals do occasionally appear to have a waxy buildup - this is a normal shedding of their outer skin.

Starting at $39.99

Certified Aquacultured
Neon Green Palua Nepthea
nepthea sp

Considered the "god" of nepthea's in the wild, the Palau Neon Green Nephthea will make an incredible addition by bringing exciting color and movement to any reef.Nephthea can be kept under high output fluorescent bulbs, but will benefit from more intense lighting. This coral likes strong water movement. Nephthea relies heavily on the products of their zooxanthellae but also may feed on phytoplankton and similarly sized microfauna in the water column. Leather corals of the genus Nephthea are hardy and make excellent additions to a beginner or advanced reef aquarium. They are fast growers and can quickly turn into a the showpeice of the tank. Leather corals comprise a large sector of the soft coral group. Most are quite adaptable to lighting conditions and will tolerate higher nutrient levels within the aquarium. Many are very hardy and therefore recommended for the beginner. Leather corals do occasionally appear to have a waxy buildup - this is a normal shedding of their outer skin.

$49.99

Speckled Finger Leather

Unusual leather not often seen. They thrive in the aquarium and can be kept under a broad range of water and lighting conditions. Can be easily propagated by cutting and grafting. Leather corals comprise a large sector of the soft coral group. Most are quite adaptable to lighting conditions and will tolerate higher nutrient levels within the aquarium. Many are very hardy and therefore recommended for the beginner. Leather corals do occasionally appear to have a waxy buildup - this is a normal shedding of their outer skin.

Starting at $39.99

Cabbage Leather
crasum

A cocoa or brown leather coral that can handle low to high lighting conditions, low to medium water current, and is recommended for the beginner through the advanced hobbyist. Though photosynthetic (no direct food required), phytoplankton food will accelerate growth and color. Leather corals comprise a large sector of the soft coral group. Most are quite adaptable to lighting conditions and will tolerate higher nutrient levels within the aquarium. Many are very hardy and therefore recommended for the beginner. Leather corals do occasionally appear to have a waxy buildup - this is a normal shedding of their outer skin.

Starting at $39.99

Assorted Toadstool Mushroom Leather Corals
(Sarcophyton sp.) )

Description: The Toadstool Mushroom Leather Coral is referred to as Sarcophyton Coral, Mushroom, Leather, or Trough Corals. They are found in various shades of brown. Polyp coloration seen in various shades of white or gold. As the Toadstool Mushroom Leather Coral grows older, they develop a folded appearance. Culturing by the experienced hobbyist is often accomplished by cutting off a portion of the Coral's crown and attaching that piece to live rock or placing it in the sandy bottom of the reef aquarium. It is normally shipped attached to a small piece of live rock or rubble.
Aquarium recomendations: The Toadstool Mushroom Leather Corals are relatively peaceful, but adequate space should be provided between them and other corals in the reef aquarium. Toadstool Mushroom Leather Corals require medium to high lighting combined with medium to strong water movement. For continued good health, they will also require the addition of iodine, strontium, and other trace elements to the water.
Diet and feeding: The symbiotic algae zooxanthellae hosted within its body provides the majority of its nutritional needs from the light driven process of photosynthesis. It will also benefit from additional food such as micro-plankton, baby brine shrimp, or foods designed for filter feeding invertebrates.
Care Level: Easy
Approximate Purchase Size: Small: 2" to 3"; Medium: 3" to 5"; Large: 5" to 7"

Starting at $39.99

Yellow Toadstool Leather

Description: The Yellow Toadstool Mushroom Leather Coral is referred to as Sarcophyton Coral, Mushroom, Leather, or Trough Corals. They are found in various shades of yellow. Polyp coloration seen in various shades of white, gold, or green. As the Toadstool Mushroom Leather Coral grows older, they develop a folded appearance. Culturing by the experienced hobbyist is often accomplished by cutting off a portion of the Coral's crown and attaching that piece to live rock or placing it in the sandy bottom of the reef aquarium. It is normally shipped attached to a small piece of live rock or rubble.
Aquarium recomendations: The Toadstool Mushroom Leather Corals are relatively peaceful, but adequate space should be provided between them and other corals in the reef aquarium. Toadstool Mushroom Leather Corals require medium to high lighting combined with medium to strong water movement. For continued good health, they will also require the addition of iodine, strontium, and other trace elements to the water.
Diet and feeding: The symbiotic algae zooxanthellae hosted within its body provides the majority of its nutritional needs from the light driven process of photosynthesis. It will also benefit from additional food such as micro-plankton, baby brine shrimp, or foods designed for filter feeding invertebrates.
Care Level: Easy
Approximate Purchase Size: Small: 2" to 3"; Medium: 3" to 5"; Large: 5" to 7"

Starting at $39.99

Green Toadstool Leather

Description: The Yellow Toadstool Mushroom Leather Coral is referred to as Sarcophyton Coral, Mushroom, Leather, or Trough Corals. They are found in various shades of green. Polyp coloration seen in various shades of white, gold, or green. As the Toadstool Mushroom Leather Coral grows older, they develop a folded appearance. Culturing by the experienced hobbyist is often accomplished by cutting off a portion of the Coral's crown and attaching that piece to live rock or placing it in the sandy bottom of the reef aquarium. It is normally shipped attached to a small piece of live rock or rubble.
Aquarium recomendations: The Toadstool Mushroom Leather Corals are relatively peaceful, but adequate space should be provided between them and other corals in the reef aquarium. Toadstool Mushroom Leather Corals require medium to high lighting combined with medium to strong water movement. For continued good health, they will also require the addition of iodine, strontium, and other trace elements to the water.
Diet and feeding: The symbiotic algae zooxanthellae hosted within its body provides the majority of its nutritional needs from the light driven process of photosynthesis. It will also benefit from additional food such as micro-plankton, baby brine shrimp, or foods designed for filter feeding invertebrates.
Care Level: Easy
Approximate Purchase Size: Small: 2" to 3"; Medium: 3" to 5"; Large: 5" to 7"

Starting at $39.99

EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL !!!
Colt Coral
(Cladiella)

Great Beginner Coral ~ Easy to Grow

Description: The Cauliflower Colt Coral is also referred to as Colt Coral, Soft Finger Leather Coral, Seaman's Hands Coral, or Blushing Coral. It is slippery to the touch, encrusting, and usually has multiple small colonies. Members of the Cladiella genus generally have shorter "fingers." On a scale of 1-10, difficulty of care is a 2!!! A most popular soft corals because of it's beauty and hardiness. It is very easy to maintain and makes an excellent coral for the beginning through expert reef aquarist. It requires medium to high lighting combined with a medium to strong water movement. It is an aggressive coral and needs space between others and itself in the reef aquarium. Culturing by the experienced hobbyist requires snipping off a piece of its tentacle and attaching the cutting to a solid structure such as live rock.
Diet and Feeding:The symbiotic algae zooxanthellae hosted within its body provides the majority of its nutritional needs from the light driven process of photosynthesis. It will also benefit from additional food such as micro-plankton, baby brine shrimp, or foods designed for filter feeding invertebrates. For continued good health, it will also require the addition of strontium, iodine, and other trace elements to the water.

It is normally shipped attached to a small piece of live rock or coral rubble. It will often secrete a mucous coating during shipping to protect itself. To remove this slimy coating, just rinse it vigorously in seawater before placing in the aquarium.
Approximate Purchase Size: Small: 2" to 3"; Medium: 3" to 5"; Large: 5" to 7" ; XLarge: 7" to 9"

Starting at $29.99

Red Carnation Coral

Carnation Leathers do better in areas of the tank with less lighting.
Recommended also for tanks with Flourescent lighting.

The members of the genus Dendronephthya are quite possibly some of the most beautiful corals in all the world. They can exist in spectacular arrays of color and, when expanded, present a gaudy array of spiky polyps. It is no wonder that they appear with such frequency in stores across the country. However, this temptation of color and beauty is very misleading. All members of Dendronephthya are extraordinarily difficult to keep in captivity.

They are exclusively ahermatypic, meaning all species lack zooxanthellae required for photosynthesis. Without the symbiotic algae, these corals require a continual wash of phytoplankton across their polyps in order to survive. Dendronepthya hemprichii, sinaiensis and Scleronepthya corymbosa have been found to be almost exclusively phytoplankton eaters, and to actually capture very little zooplankton. This makes complete sense, since phytoplakton is smaller, easier to capture, and these soft corals have relatively undeveloped stinging cells. Thus zooplankton, as previous thought to encompass their main diet, would be hard to capture with such "wimpy" nematocysts. Indeed, captive conditions may be possible using a regular feeding of phytoplankton, however, the amount of food required would still be extraordinarily difficult to cope with in a closed system.
Most ahermatypic corals are found in shaded or mostly shaded areas of the reef. Though most Dendronephthya are indeed found in the wild under ledges, overhangs, and in caves, many specimens can also be found on reef slopes in full sunlight. This is especially true for those examples found in the Red Sea. Thus, light does not seem to be harmful to some species, despite a preponderance found in dimly lit areas.

Starting at $39.99

Red Chili/Cactus Coral
(Alcyonium)

White polyps on strawberry red soft coral make for a real beauty!

Description:One of the only corals available to the aquarium trade in a bright red color. Beautiful and manageable in size, Chili Coral is a great addition for the reef aquarium hobbyists from beginner to advanced level. Also Known as the Strawberry Coral, they are a real beauty and simple to keep.
Tank Recomendations: Chili corals do well in low light areas of your tank. .Non photosynthetic, does not require light. Do not place directly under bright lights, place in lower areas of the tank or in caves, out of the direct path of light, preferably in shaded areas. Generally easy to care for, it fares best under medium to high water current, does best with alternating/pulsating/changing water movement.
Diet and Feeding:Does best with supplemental feeding with foods such as liquid phytoplankton, but don't over do it.
Approximate Inflated Size: Small 2" to 3", Medium 3" to 4", Large 4" to 5", XLarge 5" to 7"
Excellent Beginner Coral

Starting at $29.99

Blue Palm Coral
(Nephtheis fascicularis)

Description:Scientific name (Nephtheis fascicularis), the Blue Palm Coral originates from the shallow reefs of Indonesia and has a thick base with multiple blue branches, or stalks with asparagus-like heads. These asparagus-like heads are comprised of clusters called zooids that continually filter the water for food. It is common for the Blue Palm to drop their heads both during transit, and within the aquarium. During this time, the Blue Palm Coral will cover itself with a clear mucous for protection. This is not an indication of poor health. Within a short time, it will blossom and form beautiful new flower like heads.
Placement: The Blue Palm is non-photosynthetic and has no lighting requirements, but should be placed in an area of strong water current.
Diet and Feeding: Though not nescessary (they eat dissolved matter), they will benefit from supplemental feeding with liquid plankton and other dissolved organic foods, as well as benefiting from the addition of iodine and trace elements.
Approximate Inflated Size: Small: 1" to 11/2"; Medium: 2" to 31/2"; Large: 4" to 6"

Starting at $59.99

Red/Orange Tree Soft Coral
Umbellulifera sp

Orange Tree Soft Coral does best in areas of the tank with somewhat shaded lighting.

Description:The Red/Orange Tree Coral is also referred to as the Flower Tree Coral. It closely resembles members of the Dendronephthya genus, but it is somewhat easier to maintain. The stalks, branches, and tips of this coral tend to be various shades of a deep orange to almost a red. It is a peaceful coral shipped attached to a small piece of live rock or rubble.
Placement: The Red/Orange Tree Coral requires lower lighting levels so place deep in the aquarium and/or in a shaded area. Provide medium to strong indirect water movement. The Red/Orange Tree Coral will not fully open in direct water current, so water flow provided by a power head or output line, should be directed to reflect off of nearby structure.
Diet and Feeding It does not gain any nutrition from lighting, therefore, its diet must include live, baby brine shrimp, micro-plankton, and other small foods designed for filter feeding invertebrates.
Note: All soft corals can expand and contract tremendously. Size will vary from smaller when you receive them, to larger once they have adjusted to your aquarium for a period of weeks.
Approximate Inflated Size: Small: 2" to 3"; Med 3" to 5"; Lrg: 5" to 6"

Starting at $69.99

Green Kenya Tree

Description: The common name for this beauty is either Kenya Tree or Capnella. It is a soft (leather) coral from the Pacific ocean. A quick grower given proper lighting and good water flow. Capnella will grow back from the tiniest bit of flesh left behind and holds fast to any substrate to which it attaches. Like most “Leather” corals, Capnella will routinely shed a “mucous tunic” to clear itself of algae, debris, etc.This is generally observed by the colony closing for a period of hours to days, followed by a shedding of a thin clear film that may take one to several days to complete. Colonies kept in higher flow areas will “shed” less often.
Diet Requirements: May take up planktonic organisms through normal polyp feeding, and/or dissolved organics through it’s mucous net/flesh. However, Capnella harbors zooxanthellae and can subsist and thrive entirely without any direct feeding.
Lighting: Normal output lighting may be sufficient for certain individual colonies to survive if they are also provided with supplemental nutrition. However, reef lighting should be used for a good chance for success.
Difficulty Level: Easy
Photosynthetic: Yes, no feeding required

Starting at $39.99

Aquacultured, ORA
Toadstool Leather
Sarcophyton sp

Description: Toadstool Leather Corals grow into a mushroom shaped colony. The Aquacultured Toadstool Leather is a hardy leather coral. Very easy to maintain in the reef aquarium , it makes an excellent coral for the beginning through expert reef aquarist.The Toadstool Coral is shipped to you mounted to an arogonite block that can be affixed to live rock anywhere in the aquarium with gel super glue or epoxy.
Requirements:The Toadstool leather coral will require medium to high lighting combined with medium to strong water movement. For continued good health, it will also require the addition of iodine, strontium, and other trace elements to the water. .
Difficulty Level: Easy
Approximate shipping size: 1" to 2"

$29.99

Aquacultured, ORA
Green Polyping Toadstool Leather
Sarcophyton sp

Description: Very easy to maintain in the reef aquarium , the Aquacultured Flourescent Green Polyp Toadstool Leather makes an excellent coral for the beginning through expert reef aquarist. Also referred to as Sarcophyton Coral, Mushroom Leather, or Trough Coral, the Green Polyp Leather Coral will become a beautiful show piece with the unusual bright green polyps on this soft flowing mushroom leather.
Requirements:The Green Polyping Leather Coral will require either Power Compact, T5, or HQI lighting combined with medium to strong water movement. For continued good health, it will also require the addition of iodine, strontium, and other trace elements to the water. .
Difficulty Level: Easy
Approximate shipping size: 2"

$39.99

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Phytoplankton is very important to marine life. It is the primary producers in the ocean. Crucial to the development and survival of most, if not all marine animals . But what is phytoplankton? It is just a fancy word for tiny floating plants (such as diatoms and dinoflagellates), which serve the same role in the food chains of the oceans as grass and shrubs serve on land; namely small things eat them. Many coral reef animals feed directly on phytoplankton. Some essential nutrients provided by phytoplankton cannot be synthesized by animals, and therefore are extremely important components of a healthy diet.
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Note: Lighting and coloration of corals: Please note not all corals from our tanks and lighting will look the same when they are in your tanks. Everybody's tanks have different lighting setups, spectrums, combinations, etc. Aquacon's tanks are light by 400 watt 20K Halide bulbs. We use these bulbs because it provides the perfect balance of natural white light along with the deeper actinic blue that corals need to bring out the correct colors and to thrive off of. If your tank consists of all daylight (10K's, 65K's etc.) with minimal actinic lighting, your not going to get as many of the vibrant true colors from your corals as you would with the correct lighting combination. If you need better descriptions of corals please feel free to contact us.