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Klyxum simplex (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
So far better known as Cladiella or slimy soft coral. The slime also brings dangers to other corals, so you should keep a certain distance. The keeping itself is simple, plenty of light, and a medium to sometimes stronger current.
The strongly slimy soft coral from the genus Klyxum does not easily survive the cutting of branches to form offshoots. Often the tissue decays quickly. Not easy is the so-called toothpick method, because the corals often detach again. Knop describes one possible method as follows:
To propagate the fast-growing and popular Klyxum soft corals, it is more advisable to place the mother stock on the bottom of the aquarium and lean individual limestones against it with weak pressure. As soon as individual branches have grown to it, they can be easily separated from the mother coral together with the new substrate.
In the course of scientific studies on new natural products from cultured and wild-collected Klyxum simplex, metabolites have been isolated (including klysimplexin, symplexin). Some metabolites were shown to have cytotoxic activity against the growth of various cancer cells.
Soft coral is host to the following ectoparasites:
Paradoridicola simulator Humes, 1990.
Paramolgus alcyoniicus Humes, 1990
Paramolgus timendus Humes, 1990
Synonymised names:
Alcyonium simplex Thomson & Dean, 1931 · unaccepted (original combination)
So far better known as Cladiella or slimy soft coral. The slime also brings dangers to other corals, so you should keep a certain distance. The keeping itself is simple, plenty of light, and a medium to sometimes stronger current.
The strongly slimy soft coral from the genus Klyxum does not easily survive the cutting of branches to form offshoots. Often the tissue decays quickly. Not easy is the so-called toothpick method, because the corals often detach again. Knop describes one possible method as follows:
To propagate the fast-growing and popular Klyxum soft corals, it is more advisable to place the mother stock on the bottom of the aquarium and lean individual limestones against it with weak pressure. As soon as individual branches have grown to it, they can be easily separated from the mother coral together with the new substrate.
In the course of scientific studies on new natural products from cultured and wild-collected Klyxum simplex, metabolites have been isolated (including klysimplexin, symplexin). Some metabolites were shown to have cytotoxic activity against the growth of various cancer cells.
Soft coral is host to the following ectoparasites:
Paradoridicola simulator Humes, 1990.
Paramolgus alcyoniicus Humes, 1990
Paramolgus timendus Humes, 1990
Synonymised names:
Alcyonium simplex Thomson & Dean, 1931 · unaccepted (original combination)
