This is one of the gaudiest-colored soft-corals you will find! It is especially beautiful under all-actinic (dawn/dusk) lighting. For the 4 months I've had mine, it's been pretty hardy and has undergone multiple cuttings, but was one of the corals that did not respond well after a kalkwasser overdosing incident. Fortunately, it did survive and has been coming back, a little bit every day. I am pretty sure at this point that I won't have problems associated with this incident anymore, so long as I watch the drip.