soft coral advice needed

[bpeugh]

I have become aware that some of the soft corals do a lot of chemical warfare and I was wondering how this plays out.
For soft corals I have a piece of Devil's Hand, a small colony of zoos, two different kinds of green star polyps, some different mushrooms, two small pieces of Zenia and some Anthalea. Sorry for the spelling of some of these. I understand that these would not be too much for the 40 gallon breeder I am using and that the zoos and the hand are the only that I have that do this chemical warfare to a great extent but I could be wrong. I am looking at what possible soft corals I could add in the future without having to add a canister filter and carbon in the future. Thanks.

 

[hrstrnr]

Most of the harmfull chemicals are released when the soft corals are injured. So don't frag them in your tank. Or if they get caught in a pump, do an immediate water change, and run some activated carbon. But I wouldn't worry about the release of chemicals otherwise.