Palau neon green nepthea in an SPS tank

[mile sq. reefer]

I have the chance to acquire a frag of this beautiful, thought to be extinct, species. It would be going into my tank which has SPS and LPS. I took most of my softies out when I converted. I run Chemi Pure, Poly Pad, and conduct 10% weekly water changes, and skim on the wetter side. How toxic is this coral to SPS? I really do not want to damage or inhibit what I have going on at the present time. Any comment or info appreciated. Thanks Mile.

[Blu50Stang]

I've had a rather large one in my tank(>12" tall, 3 thick stalks) since the beginning with no problems. I like to do 20% water changes weekly, but sometimes am only able to do them 2x/month. The only problem I've had is when the Palau slumps over at night and touches my purple rim cap. This is a recent occurrence. The Palau has been doing this for about a week and I just noticed some receeding on the part of the cap. Needless to say, things have been moved.

[mile sq. reefer]

Thanks Ross. The huge mother colony is in a tank with a great number of SPS, but after doing some research, the Borneman book, he states that Nepthea are some of the more toxic species of soft corals. Dont want to create problems when all is pretty stable. That is for the moment.

[africangrey]

Just make sure you don't cut or frag the thing in your tank, it's better to take out and make it cutting, they release a lof of toxin at the wounded area, I didn't know about it when I made some aggressive cuttings on a green toad stool, some of my SPS STN, RTN and rest of surviving ones lost their brilliant coloration. I ran carbon at the time but the amount of toxin released was so great in such short period of time and overhelmed the whole SPS system.

[mile sq. reefer]

Thanks africangrey. It just may not be worth the risk. Too much involved at this point.