Any Bright colored softies? ?
- Thread starter twintrades
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Really? You should have this discussion with Bob Fenner then (as I have). He loves :inlove: sponges.
Kevin
Agreed. This is a good read.
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/april2004/invert.htm
Here's one of mine.
twintrades
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Sponges are cool but unless it grows by accident im not buying them.
I bought some tree corals there purple and brighter purple and neon green. Live aquaria helped out there. :lmao:
I bought some tree corals there purple and brighter purple and neon green. Live aquaria helped out there. :lmao:
I don't recommend sponges as a major tank feature. I had some, red, yellow, and blue for 2 years, before a house move and an accidental rock-cooking event---the tank couldn't be installed for 5 days, pending some parts arriving, and the whole timetable for a one day smooth-as-silk move didn't go well at that point. The sponges came in with the live rock in the tank's first incarnation, and they went in the move, along with the shrooms, the colonista snails, and my four big bristleworms. The ones I had generally preferred shadowed areas, and grew quite nicely without much intervention. The blue venous stuff I'm not sure was a sponge, but it was certainly interesting, and went over several rocks in full mh light. The rest were cryptic, but interesting bits of color.
Most of the softies I have kept tended to be happily low light, back in a 1980's-90's tank setup prior to these two, and I am interested to know that they tolerate brighter light. Oddly enough, my hitchhiker discosomas thrived in mh light, right atop the rock. Which only proves that discosomas can survive a nuclear strike---these ones (including the sponges) survived a fullblown 4 week cycle on my first setup, so they had already been through the mill.
Most of the softies I have kept tended to be happily low light, back in a 1980's-90's tank setup prior to these two, and I am interested to know that they tolerate brighter light. Oddly enough, my hitchhiker discosomas thrived in mh light, right atop the rock. Which only proves that discosomas can survive a nuclear strike---these ones (including the sponges) survived a fullblown 4 week cycle on my first setup, so they had already been through the mill.
That happens to be a perfect description of a blue photosynthetic sponge that shows up in the hobby from time to time. I've even known folks that have traded cuttings of it successfully
That happens to be a perfect description of a blue photosynthetic sponge that shows up in the hobby from time to time. I've even known folks that have traded cuttings of it successfully
Yup. I've always been surprised that that sponge never became more of a mainstream organism in the hobby. Especially back in the old days when finding -anything- colored blue beyond tridacna clams was a big deal.
lancer99
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Sorry, it appears your "offer" is just one to create animosity and confrontation. Not something we're particularly interested in.
Kevin
Memeber007
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Back to bright colored softies...
Soft corals are my favorite corals! Not because they are easier to keep than sps, but mostly because they move in the current which is super cool to watch. If you give time and look around you can find some really nice colored ones!
-One of the easiest and brightest soft coral is green star polyps.
-Zoas and mushrooms. You can find all kinds of colors. Orange Yumas are not too
expensive, hardy and super bright!
-Xenia and Anthelia. From pink to purple and blue. Blue is harder to find. There is also a blue/purple caspitularia which is a little more challenge to keep alive.
-Clove polyps. There is many different colors including bright orange, and neon green. I found some rare ones with yellow tips, but I burnt them and they are recovering now. I'll take some pictures when it fully recovers. From my experience cloves don't like too much light so be careful where you place them.
-My favorite soft corals are leathers. I am thinking about starting another tank with carnation corals as I have a friend who makes phytoplankton so I will be able to feed them heavily with not spending a fortune on it.
Besides carnations there is some really nice ones. I was lucky to find purple nepthea, neon green nepthea, gold nepthea, neon green sinularia, lime green sinularia, neon green toadstool and Yellowish sinularia.
Soft corals are my favorite corals! Not because they are easier to keep than sps, but mostly because they move in the current which is super cool to watch. If you give time and look around you can find some really nice colored ones!
-One of the easiest and brightest soft coral is green star polyps.
-Zoas and mushrooms. You can find all kinds of colors. Orange Yumas are not too
expensive, hardy and super bright!
-Xenia and Anthelia. From pink to purple and blue. Blue is harder to find. There is also a blue/purple caspitularia which is a little more challenge to keep alive.
-Clove polyps. There is many different colors including bright orange, and neon green. I found some rare ones with yellow tips, but I burnt them and they are recovering now. I'll take some pictures when it fully recovers. From my experience cloves don't like too much light so be careful where you place them.
-My favorite soft corals are leathers. I am thinking about starting another tank with carnation corals as I have a friend who makes phytoplankton so I will be able to feed them heavily with not spending a fortune on it.
Besides carnations there is some really nice ones. I was lucky to find purple nepthea, neon green nepthea, gold nepthea, neon green sinularia, lime green sinularia, neon green toadstool and Yellowish sinularia.
