Where to buy Leptastrea
Best known price right now: $13.30 at World Wide Corals. Prices are checked periodically and may change.
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About Leptastrea
Leptastrea purpurea forms compact, encrusting colonies with distinctive cup-shaped polyps. Coloration ranges from deep purple and magenta to red, orange, or brown, often with contrasting mouth coloration. Individual polyps are typically 0.2–0.4 inches in diameter.
Key facts
- Appearance Description
- Leptastrea purpurea forms compact, encrusting colonies with distinctive cup-shaped polyps. Coloration ranges from deep purple and magenta to red, orange, or brown, often with contrasting mouth coloration. Individual polyps are typically 0.2–0.4 inches in diameter.
- Growth Rate
- Moderate
- Placement Recommendation
- Middle
- Additional Notes
- Hardy encrusting LPS coral. Good for beginners.
- Care Requirements
- • Place in moderate lighting (PAR 200–350 μmol/m²/s) • Moderate water flow; avoid direct, high-velocity flow • Photosynthetic; benefits from quality lighting but tolerates shaded areas • Feed occasionally with zooplankton or phytoplankton; primarily autotrophic • Maintain stable calcium (400–450 ppm), alkalinity (8–12 dKH), and salinity (1.023–1.025)
- Coloration
- Purple, green, or brown encrusting coral
- Care difficulty
- Easy
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Great Barrier Reef and Hawaiian Islands.
- Coral Type
- LPS
- Lighting Requirement
- Medium (100–200 PAR)
- Feeding Needs
- Primarily photosynthetic; benefits from occasional supplemental feeding with fine particulate foods (phytoplankton, copepod nauplii) 1–2 times per week.
- Flow Requirement
- Low to Medium
Research before you buy
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