柔软的珊瑚是水族馆爱好中最被忽视的珊瑚群之一,这是一个可怕的羞耻感,因为有很多种类欣赏。真正使我们的息肉真正振作的最柔软的是几乎是侵入性的肯尼亚树珊瑚的超级绿色。
There’s actually a few brown soft corals that go by the name of ‘Kenya Tree’, both of which belong to the genusLitophyton, not to be confused with the石叶龙colonial disc corals. TheLitophytongenus of ‘Kenya Trees’ itself also includes at least thirteen different species, many of which could be variable both in color, shape and growth form. Also don’t confuse it with another soft coral genus calledCapnellawhich is often seen in a minty green, but much more commonly available.
超级绿色的肯尼亚树具有与普通的棕色肯尼亚树具有相同的分支结构,但它变大,似乎并没有自我传播杂草菌株的方式。虽然这意味着它可能不会很快通过水族馆的爱好分发,但也意味着这种超级绿色的应变Litophytonwill develop into larger and more showy colonies.
We picked up a frag of the Super Green Kenya Tree from our old reefing palReefkoiin Colorado Springs and while the pictures certainly resembleCespitularia, in real life this coral is definitely a more typical softy in shape. Thankfully, Reefkoi had a large mature colony of the common brown Kenya Tree for us to photograph and make a good comparison with his very vivid super green variety.
Like all desirable strains of soft coral, we don’t suspect that the Super Green Kenya Tree will grow as fast as the super common version, but it’s still a soft coral and will grow faster than a stony coral. We’re super thrilled to add this super exotic variety of neon greenlitophylonto our collection at the Reef Builders Studio and will be sure to update you with details of its growth and preference in a reef aquarium environment.