Leptastrea

JGoslee · Jan 27, 2008

I'm thinking about getting a frag of this Leptastrea.
flames from hell leptastrea

Does anyone have a basic info on flow, lighting, do they sting other corals.

msman825 · Jan 27, 2008

heres some info jess http://www.reefcentral.net/forums/showthread.php?threadid=835168&perpage=25&pagenumber=3

gflat65 · Jan 27, 2008

That is a nice piece. Mine have never touched anything else, so the seem to keep to themselves. I have most of mine in medium lighting (2/3 from the top of the water in a 120 with (2)-175W and (2)-VHO 03's) with medium flow in a softie tank.

Azurel · Jan 27, 2008

That is a sweet piece Jesse......

JGoslee · Jan 27, 2008

msman825 said:
heres some info jess http://www.reefcentral.net/forums/showthread.php?threadid=835168&perpage=25&pagenumber=3

Thanks for the link...theres some nice lepastrea's in there.

JGoslee · Jan 27, 2008

Can different lepastrea colonies touch each other?

gflat65 · Jan 28, 2008

Mine have never had any problems with touching. I think there may be two or three species out there that are similar (not positive on that), so it might be similar to the difference between a capricornus and a hodgsoni or a prostrata and a mille stinging each other. Sometimes no issues, sometimes a little unhappiness.

JGoslee · Jan 28, 2008

Thanks for the info Gary. I think I want to gat a few different colors and put them on the same rock and let them grow out.

gflat65 · Jan 28, 2008

They are another addiction. I've only got about 6 different colors (2 are very similar, but different when side by side), but none as colorful as those. Mine are the silver-blue centers/brown skirts, green centers/purple skirts, green skirts/purple centers, one that is greenish brown, and another with a bluish hue. Neither of the last two are actively growing for me, though. They were in bad shape when I got them (had been receding). They seemed to have stopped, but not turned around. I need to branch out into some of those brighter colors:).