My first soft coral

[bamf25]

I just got my first soft coral. I know it is a toadstool leather. I was wondering if it is a specific type, and what the actual name may be. It is a green/teal blue color currently about 3 inches long. After 1 hr in my tank it had spread open to about 3 1/2 inches in diameter, and the polyps were about 50% open. Here it is.

Thanks in advance. I would love to know anything special I need to do with these. I have it in a mod to high flow area and mod to high light.

 

[Potsy]

With the exception of S. elegans, it's nearly impossible to determine exact species of sarcophyton one has without a microscope to look at the species' spicule, the carbonate "skeleton" of a leather coral.

These corals are able to adapt to a wide variety of flow and lighting conditions, and with mod-high flow and light, yours will be just fine.

My toadstool is yellow with a short stalk and long, 1/2 inch white polyps, and is kept in turbulent med-high flow and about six inches beneath my 5 bulb T5 fixture. Like you, I have no idea what species it is.