🌿🪸 Soft Coral – Colony – WYSIWYG
Soft Coral – Full-Size Reef Colony With Natural Movement & Lush Polyp Extension (Exact Piece Shown)
🧬 Overview
This Soft Coral colony is a mature, eye-catching piece offering natural flow, texture, and constant movement—perfect for adding life and contrast to any reef setup.
Soft corals are prized for their adaptability, expressive polyp extension, and forgiving nature, making them ideal both as centrepieces in mixed reefs and as dynamic accents alongside SPS and LPS.
This WYSIWYG colony is tank-grown, fully healed, and well conditioned, ensuring smooth acclimation and immediate visual impact.
📸 What you see is exactly what you get — the colony shown is the exact piece you will receive, with its unique shape, polyp density, and natural colour tones.
🔹 Quick Stats
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Care Level: Easy
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Temperament: Peaceful (allow space for expansion)
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Colour Form: Natural tones with visible fluorescence depending on species and lighting
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Lighting: Low to Medium (PAR 80–200)
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Water Flow: Moderate, indirect / random
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Placement: Lower to mid rockwork, depending on light preference
💡 Growth & Behaviour
Soft corals grow by expansion rather than rigid skeletal build-up. Under stable conditions, expect:
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continuous, flowing polyp movement
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gradual expansion and spreading
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strong resilience to minor parameter fluctuations
They respond well to nutrient-rich systems and help add balance to ultra-clean reefs.
🍽️ Care & Feeding
While largely photosynthetic, soft corals benefit from:
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dissolved organics in the water column
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occasional micro-plankton or reef food supplementation
Feeding supports fuller polyp extension and long-term health.
📈 Optimal Parameters
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Alkalinity: 7.5–9.0 dKH
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Calcium: 380–450 ppm
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Magnesium: 1200–1400 ppm
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Nitrate: 2–15 ppm
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Phosphate: 0.03–0.15 ppm
📍 Placement
Place where flow gently moves the polyps without blasting the tissue. Ensure adequate spacing to prevent contact with neighbouring corals as the colony expands.
🌿🪸 Soft Coral – Colony – WYSIWYG
A living, flowing reef element delivering movement, texture, and natural beauty.
Tank-grown, fully conditioned, and individually photographed — the exact colony you see is the one you receive.