There’s a gorgeous pinkNephthea柔软的珊瑚在日本礁石坦克中确实很常见，但在美国或欧洲礁石水族馆中几乎是未知的。我们一直在流口水Nephtheathat can be seen in many photos of reef aquariums from Japan for over 15 years now and somehow, the good news of this really special coral hasn’t truly crossed the physical or digital divide.
So why hasn’t this really cool and colorful soft coral been recognized for what it is? Perhaps the reason that the pink Nephthea hasn’t really spread around the world is that it resembles a lot of other, much less exciting corals. The pinkNephthealooks remarkably similar to the non-photosyntheticScleronephthea,and there’s also some resemblance to finickyNeospongodessoft corals, which seem to be a hit or miss in most aquariums.
What makes the Japanese pinkNephtheaso special is that is is photosynthetic, and really easy to grow and propagate in aquariums; small colonies of this coral go for as little as$30 in Japan. Now you might be thinking this coral we are talking about is just a slightly pink version of regularNephthea, or that this coral is simply regularNephtheaunder flattering lighting and photo conditions.
Having seen and grown this coral before, we can assure you that this particular strain ofNephtheais indeed a vivid shade of light pink, and it grows rather well, especially under high light conditions of SPS tanks. In Japan this coral is occasionally referred to at the species level ofNephthea chabroli，但是我们无法确认此ID是否合法，或者只是应用于该珊瑚然后卡住的名称。
Thankfully, we have more “cross-pollination” of reefing culture between Japan and the West than ever before, and we know of some intensive aquaculture efforts in U.S. are underway to grow enough of this coral for the American aquarium hobby. Hopefully we’ll be seeing more of this and other colorful soft coral as a nice contrast to the stony corals and zoanthids that dominate our reef aquariums today.
下面的视频完全是日语，但您可以加快速度的速度加倍。经验丰富的礁石将使他们的粉红色传播的要点Nephthea.
