Leptastrea health?

aquatic26

Community Member
View Badges
Joined
Aug 9, 2023
Messages
80
Reaction score
48
Location
USA
What state or country do you live in
Massachusetts
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
I’ve had a “John Deere” leptastrea frag I got on a crazy sale ($4.99….) so I threw it in with my larger order without knowing much about it. It’s under fairly high lighting (around 175 PAR), but I worked it slowly up to that over 4 weeks. Medium flow. Nitrates 10 and Phos is 0 (working on it). I spot feed 3x/week and do weekly amino acids. I honestly had no idea this coral normally has more of fluffy exterior with protruding polyps! Mine has had no extension and looked more skeleton-y ever since it arrived. Its colors are still good and it’s actually spreading off the plug slowly, but I’m worried about the lack of polyp extension. Anyone have any thoughts?

TLDR: leptastrea has never shown any polyp extension since I’ve had it but seems happy enough. Concerning?
 
I'm thinking it might need to be in lower lighting, but then again if it's not bleaching then I guess it's probably ok. Idk if it was in my tank I'd probably bring it down the rock a little bit and see if it helps at all
 

TOP 10 Trending Threads

WHICH SUPPOSEDLY EASY CORAL HAS GIVEN YOU THE MOST TROUBLE?

  • Zoanthids or palythoas

    Votes: 16 20.3%
  • Mushrooms or Ricordea

    Votes: 16 20.3%
  • Green star polyps

    Votes: 10 12.7%
  • Xenia

    Votes: 8 10.1%
  • Leather corals

    Votes: 9 11.4%
  • Duncan or candy cane corals

    Votes: 18 22.8%
  • Birdsnest or Montipora digitata

    Votes: 18 22.8%
  • None—mine have lived up to the reputation

    Votes: 4 5.1%
  • Other (tell us which one)

    Votes: 3 3.8%
Back
Top
Home
Post thread…
Market
What's new