Where to buy Yellow Leather Coral
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About Yellow Leather Coral
Sarcophyton glaucum is a soft coral with a distinctive mushroom-like body, featuring a broad, fleshy capitulum (cap) that is typically yellow to golden-green in coloration with a more translucent or pale undersurface. The polyps form a dense mat on the capitulum's upper surface.
Key facts
- Coral Type
- Soft
- Lighting Requirement
- Moderate (150-250 PAR)
- Flow Requirement
- Low to Medium
- Feeding Needs
- Light supplemental feeding
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region from the Red Sea to the Great Barrier Reef and beyond.
- Min tank size
- 30 gallons
- Family
- Alcyoniidae
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8-8.3 Salinity: 1.023-1.025
- Appearance Description
- Sarcophyton glaucum is a soft coral with a distinctive mushroom-like body, featuring a broad, fleshy capitulum (cap) that is typically yellow to golden-green in coloration with a more translucent or pale undersurface. The polyps form a dense mat on the capitulum's upper surface.
- Growth Rate
- Easy
- Coloration
- Yellow to golden-green capitulum with pale undersurface
- Additional Notes
- Hardy and beginner-friendly. Can multiply rapidly; pinch off polyps to control growth and prevent tank takeover.
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