Bright Pink and Yellow Leathers?

[smoney]

I went to the lfs the other day and they had these huge and bright yellow and bright pink finger leathers. I was just wondering how hard they are to take care of? are they considered beginner corals, because if I am going to spend that much money I want to make sure I can get them?

My system- 50g DT, 10g Refuge, 192 pc watt lighting. I do have some beginner corals that are thriving.

[michaelg]

What store? How bright were they? If way too bright then there is a chance they were dyed. Usuallly the super brights, such as the yellow sarcophyton, need strong lighting to do well. Bright pinks, usually to me indicate a neptheya/dendronepthea type coral which do not do well.. A description as you provided is hard to tell what they really are though.

[smoney]

Well, they were soft corals not hard corals, and I dont know the exact names of the corals, but they arent the ones you listed. They look like finger leathers, and they were pink, and bright yellow.

[MiddletonMark]

It's hard to say without pics or a detailed description ... Michael knows what he's talking about.

FWIW, here's an article Anthony Calfo wrote a few years back about the dyed corals Michael spoke of. Some non-photosynthetic corals [like the dendro/neptheas mentioned] are naturally bright colors - as can be some leathers as well.

Thus it's hard to say without seeing ...

[smoney]

Ill keep looking for the name of the coral, but Im not having any luck. Its like a finger leather coral. And I am guessing that it is probably died.