Capnella, a soft coral. Beginner to keep, Typical PAR 50–150, moderate flow.
Rarity tier: common, reviewed 2026-08.
A soft coral built like a small tree, a thick trunk carrying branches, which propagates by dropping those branches to settle and root elsewhere.
Usually given away rather than sold, and for good reason: the dropped branches land and root all over the tank. Flow decides how far they get, so a spot with gentler current limits the spread rather than encouraging it. Note also that the trade uses 'Nephthea' loosely for almost any tree-shaped softie; it is a separate genus in the same family, so the two names get swapped around and a listing under either is not proof of much.
Forgiving of most placements, and it moves water on its own. Kenya Tree is beginner to keep at a typical PAR of 50–150 in moderate flow. A typical starting range for this type of coral rather than a measured requirement for this morph. Spectrum, how it was acclimated and the system it grew in all move it.
Full care notes for soft corals
No verified sales yet. A range publishes once 3 dated, checkable records from 3 different sources exist, priced per frag and reported as a median, with what shops ask kept separate from what buyers paid. One frag is a single cut on a plug, whatever its exact size. Colonies, mini colonies and mother stock are excluded rather than averaged in. Nothing on this page is for sale. Shops are typically asking $28 to $45 per frag, median $30, across 18 shops surveyed on 2026-09-07; the full sweep ran $15 to $120. Asking prices are what sellers want, not what buyers paid. On 2026-09-07 it was in stock at 18 surveyed shops: austinaquafarms.com, barrierreefaquariums.com, baybridgeaquarium.com, cashdoutcorals.com, cornbredcorals.com, discountcoral.com, and 12 more.