Post pictures of your large soft corals!

[Memeber007]

I would love to see pictures of your large soft corals! Please post pictures with information of your coral(what it is?) and how long have you had it. Thank You!

[laf-reef]

here's my colt coral

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u33/tlafreniere/colt2.jpg

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u33/tlafreniere/colt1.jpg

I have had this coral for a couple years. It was the size of a baseball when I bought it. It is now the size of a basketball.

[mb167204]

holy sh*t. Thats huge

[CoralBeautyII]

LOL that colt is enormous! very nice!

the biggest softee i have is my kenya tree, its a few years old, around 18", it probably is bigger but it flops over at the top.
its fullness varies daily

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/ewyourpoor/0214.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/ewyourpoor/0094-2.jpg

[BIG-G]

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr221/biggman1/ReefTankPhotos022Small.jpg

This is my Toadstool its about 18 inches. The fox face in the pic is about 9inches.

[davewbush]

My toadstoll is between 12 and 15 inchs.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a345/davewbush04/IMG_3047.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a345/davewbush04/IMG_3085.jpg

[Hammsreefbeer]

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/210387downsized_0227091801.jpg
my gaint cup 15" in diameter

[CoralBeautyII]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14500029#post14500029 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Hammsreefbeer
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/210387downsized_0227091801.jpg
my gaint cup 15" in diameter

very nice!
did it ever catch a fish? ive always been afraid to get one

[Hammsreefbeer]

i know its got a few crabs but never seen a fish.
have had alot of fish come up missing with out a trace.
need to learn how to frag it and get it out because im want to move in to full stonie.
ive had it for about 2.5 years.
thank you that is my first picture i posted

[law086]

I have a large elephant ear too. It's at least 12" across. Let me tell you, they can catch and kill fish. Here's a pic of mine expelling an Ebili Angelfish.

When it was smaller, it often formed a cup and nearly caught several fish. Now that it's larger, it stays fully open most of the time and doesn't seem interested in catching fish any longer. I'm not sure what changed other than it's size.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y28/law086/IMG_2584.jpg

[letter2no]

this is mine....

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc193/surat2nano/sarcophytonspp.jpg

[mark728]

Here are some of my green leathers thats all i have in my sps tank just some nepthia and sinularia .



http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/5590/greensin5ig5.jpg

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/5839/greensinao7.jpg


http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/6034/dscn3179gu2.jpg

[CoralBeautyII]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14512924#post14512924 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by law086
I have a large elephant ear too. It's at least 12" across. Let me tell you, they can catch and kill fish. Here's a pic of mine expelling an Ebili Angelfish.

When it was smaller, it often formed a cup and nearly caught several fish. Now that it's larger, it stays fully open most of the time and doesn't seem interested in catching fish any longer. I'm not sure what changed other than it's size.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y28/law086/IMG_2584.jpg


yikes!:eek1: :eek1: :eek1:

ok im so glad i didnt impulse buy the day i saw a giant cup for sale
thank you...get it out of there lol

[law086]

I like it too much to remove it :-) It hasn't kill anything in a good year or two and it's huge now.

[CoralBeautyII]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14524904#post14524904 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by law086
I like it too much to remove it :-) It hasn't kill anything in a good year or two and it's huge now.

maybe its waiting for you to fall in :lol:

[law086]

Between that thing and my triggerfish, I stay far away from my tank :beer:

[CoralBeautyII]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14524956#post14524956 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by law086
Between that thing and my triggerfish, I stay far away from my tank :beer:

:lol:

does it spit out babies like reg mushrooms?

[law086]

No it doesn't. In fact, I really wish I could frag it, but I haven't found information from fragging such a coral and don't want to risk killing it.

[ZoaFan08]

Green sinularia

http://www.upitall.com/Private/u/3/180/2866

[mark728]

Here are some of my green leathers thats all i have in my sps tank just some nepthia and sinularia .



http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/5590/greensin5ig5.jpg

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/5839/greensinao7.jpg


http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/6034/dscn3179gu2.jpg

[SoSa 110]

Mark If you ever want to frag a piece of your leather please let me know I would love a piece... looks amazing...

[getoyute]

Here are a couple pics of mines. I've had this yellow jst a little over 3 years.

[getoyute]

Oops forgot the images...

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e249/ksheree/Aquarium/100_2036.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e249/ksheree/Aquarium/100_2235.jpg

[serum153]

10/09/07
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/serum153/DSC01443.jpg
10/13/08
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/serum153/DSC02030.jpg
Camera is terrible, but 03/07/09
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/serum153/DSC02137.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/serum153/DSC02138.jpg

[MarkusII]

Hello,

getoyute and serum153
perfect large soft corals!

they look great

regards

Markus

[saltydude]

Devils handhttp://i475.photobucket.com/albums/rr115/saltydude610/PC240235_01.jpg

[Joe Pusdesris]

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Big by xenia standards... Maybe I will try to get a picture with the entire thing in frame later.

[zmattie]

WOW GREAT PICS GUY/GALS!!!

[spsfreak]

I have posted before but thought I would share, this is my old 65g
http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n338/spsfreak1/Old%20Tank/Leftside65g-1.jpg

[getoyute]

MarkusII- Thanks


Spsfreak- That was a nice looking 65.

[Mr Bojangles]

here are some of mine in my 92

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj212/hondahater21/DSC01414.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj212/hondahater21/DSC01415.jpg

[scapes]

toadstool.
http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq285/_1sexylady/tank/IMG_1480.jpg

fts of 30g
http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq285/_1sexylady/tank/IMG_1488.jpg

[singold]

http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l349/singold/YL3.jpg

[salmonslayer]

Beautiful pic you guy. Keep Em coming

[mark728]

Here are some more pics the 1st is of a rare Nephthea sp and 2nd pic is some neon green sinularia.

http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/3968/greennepth09frag.jpg


http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/2066/greennepth11909.jpg

[sipos624]

Old pic of my devils hand. It has more polyps now and is around 13inches across.
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/sipos624/100_3045.jpg

[skimmerman100]

hey mark728 whats up. wish i still had the piece you sold me:( i lost it to a power outage. it turned brown and black plague and disinagrated. any ways awsome pics

[skimmerman100]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14631277#post14631277 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mark728
Here are some more pics the 1st is of a rare Nephthea sp and 2nd pic is some neon green sinularia.

http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/3968/greennepth09frag.jpg


http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/2066/greennepth11909.jpg whats the difference? they look the same. explain to me the difference

[heap]

the ever expanding leather...

may of '06
http://www.herbieshouse.com/rc/leather_may_06.jpg

october of '06
http://www.herbieshouse.com/rc/leather_oct_06.jpg

june of '07
http://www.herbieshouse.com/rc/leather_june_07.jpg

march of '08 (for perspective, the pipe behind it is 30")
http://www.herbieshouse.com/rc/leather_march_08.jpg

[tangtang clown]

Here are some randoms tank shots of my leathers and scolys.
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f54/bnutz8/ScolyandSkimmer027.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f54/bnutz8/ScolyandSkimmer030.jpg

[Joe Pusdesris]

tangtang clown, any shots without actinic? The tank looks cool but all I see is blue.

[Mariner]

This sinularia started as a pinky sized frag over five years ago.
Here it is in '05, already off to a good start
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/stevexpnt/greensinularia6-4-05.jpg
Here it is yesterday.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/stevexpnt/sinularia3-23-09.jpg
Mariner

[tangtang clown]

I took some last night, but only posted the acs. Opps. I will get them posted today. Thanks Joe.

[tangtang clown]

I only have a few pics right now, but I will get more tonight.
Does anyone know what this is?

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f54/bnutz8/ScolyandSkimmer021.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f54/bnutz8/ScolyandSkimmer022.jpg

[spsfreak]

It is some kind of Lobophyllia (Lobed Brain Coral). It is an LPS coral.

[tangtang clown]

It's in my friend's tank and he is trying to get a value for a trade.

[spsfreak]

Pretty coommon. Maybe at a LFS it would get a $20-25 credit, again this is all dependent on your local trade prices.

[tangtang clown]

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f54/bnutz8/ScolyandSkimmer017.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f54/bnutz8/ScolyandSkimmer015.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f54/bnutz8/ScolyandSkimmer013.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f54/bnutz8/ScolyandSkimmer011.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f54/bnutz8/ScolyandSkimmer009-1.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f54/bnutz8/ScolyandSkimmer008.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f54/bnutz8/ScolyandSkimmer007.jpg

[CaptainCoral]

I have lots of overgrown sinularia. :D

Here is a pic of some of my softies.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/CaptainCoral/DSC00346a.jpg

[tangtang clown]

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f54/bnutz8/ScolyandSkimmer006.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f54/bnutz8/ScolyandSkimmer005-1.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f54/bnutz8/ScolyandSkimmer004.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f54/bnutz8/ScolyandSkimmer003.jpg

This thing is the size of two heads of lettuce.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f54/bnutz8/ScolyandSkimmer002.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f54/bnutz8/ScolyandSkimmer001.jpg

[MarkusII]

Hello,

your last three pics are LPS no softies!!!!! first and second an Euphyllia, the middle one a Plerogyra

regards

Markus

[tangtang clown]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14686935#post14686935 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MarkusII
Hello,

your last three pics are LPS no softies!!!!! first and second an Euphyllia, the middle one a Plerogyra

regards

Markus

Thanks Markus. I had no idea what they were. I have them named as Bubble Coral, Frogspawn, and I don't know about the other.
Softies include leather, toadstools, and what else?
As you can tell I am an expert. :lol: :confused: :lol:

[KarlBob]

In general, the easiest way to tell that bubble corals and frogspawn/anchor/hammer corals aren't soft corals is by the fact that they all have a hard skeleton that the soft bits grow around.

Soft corals are members of the octocorallia - they have tentacles that grow in groups of eight. Stony corals (SPS and LPS) are hexacorallia - they have tentacles that grow in groups of six.

Just to confuse things, there are two members of the octocorallia that have stony skeletons - blue coral (heliopora) and organ pipe coral (tubipora). They're still normally considered soft corals.

More exceptions and qualifiers: Gorgonians are also octocorallians, so in a sense they're soft corals, too. Although many people include zoanthids and mushrooms (corallimorphs) as "soft corals", they're actually hexacorallians.

Soft corals include finger leather, christmas tree, devils hand, cabbage leather, toadstool, xenia, anthelia, "blue xenia" (actually cespitularia), Kenya tree, colt, carnation, spaghetti leather, cauliflower leather, green star polyps, clove polyps, etc.

[tangtang clown]

Wow Karl. Impressive. Give me a week or two to wrap my head around all that and I will post some more pics. Thanks.

[AJT]

Have never heard of the term lawn gnomes, first time I read I was loking for those little gnomes figures that are in my moms garden.


home 200 colony >15yrs old



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/ATE-A-V-8/200%20MH%20lights/IMG_0691-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/ATE-A-V-8/200%20MH%20lights/IMG_0683.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/ATE-A-V-8/200%20MH%20lights/IMG_0685.jpg

[Joe Pusdesris]

Wow!

[AJT]

I thought this was a lawn gnome

http://i0006.photobucket.com/albums/0006/pbhomepage/Gnomes/maggnomethumb.png

[Joe Pusdesris]

Uh, it's april fool's day so they replaced the word coral with lawn gnome...

[frenchie]

nice coral

[frenchie]

or nice c o r a l

[AJT]

Thanks,

I've definately done my part in fragging it all over houston. No need to take this one out of the ocean.

[frenchie]

i got something similar

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v450/darrick932/DSC00860.jpg

[likwidglostix]

They also replaced the word fishing with wreathing. you may not have noticed it unless you looked at people's hobbies. I'm hoping that the loss of TOTM is also a joke that they haven't rescinded yet, was nice drooling over rich people's displays.

Nice softies everyone. Although now that I know how big some can get, my shopping list for my 14g BC just got a whole lot shorter.

[AJT]

When they get big, cut a branch off & sell it to a fellow reefer.

[CaptainCoral]

Or trade 'em. :D

I need to have a sinularia frag party badly. Two tanks full of them.

However, having said that, I like the look of large grown out softies and am always hesitant to whip out the scissors.

[MartinEric]

Some nice big softies, more please. :D

[frenchie]

left side

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v450/darrick932/DSC01356.jpg


center

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v450/darrick932/DSC01357.jpg

right side

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v450/darrick932/DSC01358.jpg

[frenchie]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v450/darrick932/DSC01355.jpg

[SarasotaDiver]

ohh woww! nice softies guys!

[SarasotaDiver]

ohh woww! nice softies guys!

[MartinEric]

Heres a link to my photo gallery and a Cladiella sp. for size its in a 15gal. long:

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=270834&papass=&sort=1&thecat=998

[tangtang clown]

Looks good French.

[frenchie]

thanks tangtang, i could never get coralline algae to grow in that tank until i got that vertex 180 all other cheap skimmers i tried just couldn't keep up with tank.

[frenchie]

i collect alot of different leathers no 2 in that tank are exactly alike except those darn kenya weeds they drop branches everywhere. Got a couple of oddball leathers but there small frags and kept getting knocked over so i got them in my 75 gallon tank which is all zoas, palys, shrooms.

[InsaneClownFish]

Fiji Leather:

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p155/insaneclownfish/DSC00117.jpg

[launchnukes]

here's mine. the way it's open right now it's about 20" top to bottom.

http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq125/launchnukes/sinularia.jpg

[Skipper]

Here's my big toadstool and Colt corals:

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/1005MVC-782S.JPG

[frenchie]

looks awesome, lots of nice soft corals here.

[ultraxr]

Skipper... beautiful layout. I just saved that picture and is now my inspirational motivation. haha

I've been selling off my SPS and LPS to slowly turn my tank into a softie tank. It'll be easier for the lady to maintain while I'm out to sea/deployments.

[saltwaterpimp]

Here is my old toadstool,I had to sell this a few years ago=( does anyone know where i can find another one???White on White, dang im stupid..lol.. its a crappy shot sorry.http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/rr137/saltwaterpimp/Close%20up/white.jpg

[Skipper]

Thanks, ultraxr! Much appreciated. There are a few more pictures in my gallery, not only of that tank but the 60gal cube I have, too. I'm definitely a softie reefkeeper. Only one SPS in the tank and it was a freebie with other zoanthid frags I bought.

[JustinReef]

A toadstool I had for a long time. Unfortunately it died in a tank move :(


http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r179/Justinpsmith/Digi336.jpg

[Joe Pusdesris]

Wow Justin, awesome.

[sunfishh]

Justin that was huge

[Noc]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14557029#post14557029 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by serum153
10/09/07
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/serum153/DSC01443.jpg
10/13/08
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/serum153/DSC02030.jpg
Camera is terrible, but 03/07/09
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/serum153/DSC02137.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/serum153/DSC02138.jpg

What's the name of this one. It's beautiful.

[Hormigaquatica]

A few from my tank in progress- sorry for the poor image quality...
Sarcophyton. Currently about 16" fully expanded. It has split itself into 4 pieces over the last year, had it not, it would be well over 2 feet across. The mother colony has been in captivity since 1987.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y183/Aguabeast/General%20240%20pix/Toad.jpg
Pulsing Sinularia; one of two colonies in this tank, all grown from a 2" single branch I got at a swap 3 or 4 years ago. This colony is 24" across when fully open- currently bends at the top of the water.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y183/Aguabeast/General%20240%20pix/PulsingSinularia.jpg
Green Polyp Toadstool. Not a monster yet, but has grown from a 1/2" nub to about 8" across in about 2 years- slow grower.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y183/Aguabeast/General%20240%20pix/GreenPolyp.jpg
Heliopora- one of my favorite softies. Ive had this about 4 years, and it has grown 4 or 5 times its original time. Now forms a few small islands above the water line.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y183/Aguabeast/General%20240%20pix/Heliopora.jpg
And a section of my tank that has many of my softies all together
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y183/Aguabeast/General%20240%20pix/Softies.jpg

[ReneX]

That's a great looking Heliopora. Under what conditions does yours extend its polyps?

[Hormigaquatica]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14954787#post14954787 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ReneX
That's a great looking Heliopora. Under what conditions does yours extend its polyps?

Thanks; normally it extends in the evening, after the lights have been on at least 8 hours or so. It's sitting about 8" under a 250w mh and right between a return and a circulation pump- it loves intense light and super high water flow.

[sdreefsurf]

great thread! i'm not gaining interest into softies and lps. i'm looking for ideas/frags of unusual or bright eye catching softies :)
here's a couple of mine....thanks to nick_kun for the great photos!
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i274/bottomtrn/1149d28e1040ce8-1.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i274/bottomtrn/1149d29572a2a58-1.jpg
these still extend their polyps but all of a sudden within a day no longer have the bright green polyps. any ideas why this occurs, ph,alk issue?
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i274/bottomtrn/1149d2994753c39-1.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i274/bottomtrn/1149d2a18f981dc-1.jpg

[sdreefsurf]

supposed to read, "i'm gaining interest...."

[oldreefer76]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14955196#post14955196 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Hormigaquatica
Thanks; normally it extends in the evening, after the lights have been on at least 8 hours or so. It's sitting about 8" under a 250w mh and right between a return and a circulation pump- it loves intense light and super high water flow.

I need a frag of that Heliopora badly have the most perfect spot for it

[Hormigaquatica]

Gary, its almost impossible for me to frag; the skeleton is too dense to safely use fragging shears (if it cuts at all, it winds up smashing pieces apart), and its spread over 4 Large pieces of rock that I cant move without dismantling nearly 1/3 of the tank. If I do frag it at some point, I will give you first dibs for sure; maybe for a piece of that Nephthea once it grows out... ;)

[toddy boy]

cant match up to any of that very nice! stuff guys thanks for sharing pics

[stumpovrtyme]

Those green leather man there sweet. Mine looks the best with the blues sure would love to see your whole tank under actinics.

[stumpovrtyme]

Those green leather man there sweet. Mine looks the best with the blues sure would love to see your whole tank under actinics.

[oldreefer76]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14988392#post14988392 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Hormigaquatica
Gary, its almost impossible for me to frag; the skeleton is too dense to safely use fragging shears (if it cuts at all, it winds up smashing pieces apart), and its spread over 4 Large pieces of rock that I cant move without dismantling nearly 1/3 of the tank. If I do frag it at some point, I will give you first dibs for sure; maybe for a piece of that Nephthea once it grows out... ;)

Aaron,
you have a deal that Nepthea is finicky to say the least and is growing slowly and will be a while before I would even feel comfortable fragging it

[Zoom]

Here is some of mine.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/125105-15-09_003__Medium_.jpg

[sdreefsurf]

there's some great softies here in this thread! comon guys keep posting pics and info please!

[RoastReef]

Here you go.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/575/219494mini-Snowcasso_072.jpg

[singold]

http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l349/singold/YL3.jpg

[AquaMan03]

just tagging along to a great thread.

[tpdpercula]

Pics look great, I cant wait to start getting some new BIG softies for my 210!!