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Aquarium care, propagation, and other profile information about soft octocorals such as Star Polyp, Leather, Tree and Xenia Corals, Gorgonians, Sea Fans and Pens, Zoanthids, Colonial Anemones and Button Polyps, Disc Anemones or Mushroom Corals, and other Subclass Octocorallia species.
10 Easy Soft Corals For Your Reef Tank
Their requirements not being very well understood, corals used to be almost impossible to keep for any length of time in an aquarium. Over time and with many successful and failed experiments along the way, the knowledge, products and information are now in place, so that many corals can now be successfully kept in small aquariums. Some soft corals are now considered "easy" (while many others are…
Montipora Coral Profile
A coral profile on the Montipora, a soft species that is commonly named Velvet Coral, Velvet Finger Coral and Velvet Branch Coral.
Pavona Coral Profile
A coral profile on the Pavona, a soft species that is commonly named Cactus Coral, Lettuce Coral, Star Column Coral, Leaf Coral and Bark Cloth Coral.
Siderastrea Coral Profile
A coral profile on the Siderastrea, a soft species that is commonly named Starlet Coral, Lesser Startlet Coral and Pink Starlet Coral.
Turbinaria Coral Profile
A coral profile on the Turbinaria, a soft species that is commonly named Yellow Cup Coral, Pagoda Coral, Turban or Cup Coral, Scroll Coral, Vase Coral and Turban Coral.
Gorgonian Species Profiles
From Janet's Reef, Janet provides a general overview on the characteristics of Gorgonians and includes photos, such as the Purple Sea Plume and Encrusting Carpet species, that when clicked on displays enlarged views and some basic care information about them.
Green Star Polyp Coral Profile
From Janet's Reef Polyps & Mushrooms Page, here you will find a general charactertistics profile on these types of corals, but it includes a Green Star Polyp photo (Clavularia viridis) that when clicked on provides an enlarged view and more basic care information about this soft Octocoral species.
Gorgonians Profiled
From the Exotic Tropical's Reef Encyclopedia, here ia a complete characteristics overview about Gorgonians, Order Gorgonacea, which includes photos and individual profiles on Finger Corals, Purple Sponge, and Purple Bush species.
Leather Corals Profiled
From the Exotic Tropical's Reef Encyclopedia, here is a complete characteristics overview about Leather Corals, which includes individual photos and profiles on the Devil's Finger, Cabbage, and Common Toadstool species.
Soft Coral Species Profiles
From Janet's Reef, Janet provides a general overview on the characteristics of Soft Corals and includes photos, such as Colt, Tree, Carnation, and Pulsing Xenia species, that when clicked on displays an enlarged view and some basic care information about them.
Soft Corals Profiled
From the Exotic Tropical's Reef Encyclopedia, here is a complete characteristics and care overview about Soft Corals, which includes individual photos and profiles on Blue Fire & Colt Corals, Clove & Green Star Polyps, and a few other species that fall into this category.
Xenia Propagation Page
From GARF, on this page you will find valuable information by LeRoy Headlee about propagating soft Xenia species corals that are also known as or Pulse Coral.

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