Toadstool newb here...Questions

[EllisJuan]

I picked up these two toadstool leathers from my LFS today. The person I normally deal with was not there and a younger girl helped me. She did not know the name or much about them. Can someone tell me what kind they are?

Also, I really like them and would not mind a few more...kinda like a toadstool garden. Are there any rare or sought after toadstools or even other leathers that would look good with them?

 

[Jadams]

The yellow one looks like a Yellow Fiji Leather. Not too sure about the purple one though.

A nice color contrast to those 2 would be a neon green toadstool. They're very nice looking.

GL!

 

[EllisJuan]

This toadstool just keep looking better and better. What color does this look to you? Any guesses where its from

I also added this guy...he is just now starting to open. Can anyone ID him for me and let me know the color. I'm colorblind and hate describing colors wrong

 

[Tahoe Reefer]

I see maroon/pinkish color in the first one and blueish base with greenish brown polyps on the second one but, I also see alot of blue in the shadows. Wish I could help you ID them, the second two are very nice leathers. IME the yellow fiji gets brighter in high light. I used to keep one about 8" from a 150w MH with T5 actinics. It grew very fast and was bright yellow.

 

[cjdevito]

The yellow is sarcophyton elegans, the other two are sarcophyton spp.... trying to ID them more specifically than that would require examing a spicule under a microscope, and a bit of voodoo thrown in. Soft coral taxonomy is a mess and likely to stay that way for some time, so species level ids on softies are rarely more than guesses and wishful thinking.

As to what color they are, they're both brown Sorry, but the purples/blues being suggested here are just artifacts of the spectrum of your bulbs. Lovely animals regardless, though, don't you think?

There are a few green polyped or green capped varieties of toadstools around, usually with a premium being charged for them. There are plenty of other leathers that would look nice with them; pretty much all of them, with the possible exception of cabbage leather which I've always thought of as incredibly boring

Sinularia, lobophytom... both these families have a tremendous amount of variety of shapes and growth patterns. Not so much variety of color, though. Brown in various shades predominates, although whitish sinularia are not uncommon and very bright green varieties are to be found in both families.

 

[cjdevito]

Oh, almost forgot, that yellow one needs different care from the others. HIGH flow and HIGH lighting (seriously, seriously high on both). Most leathers are tough as nails and very forgiving, but sarcophyton elegans is not. You'll know it's happy when you see polyp extension that makes the whole coral look fluffy; you'll know it when you see it.

 

[Flippers4pups]

Given the right conditions all of these will grow large, So space each one accordingly.