Leptastrea is a weed.

Kongar · Aug 6, 2021

Seriously, this stuff is insane. I'm regretting putting it into my tank.

It grows about as fast as my monti cap
It covers everything - it grows way into the holes of live rock, expands into the shade, etc.
It survived even when I covered it up with epoxy putty.

I covered up a huge patch of it with putty around my prized acros. The goal was to kill it off, and then when it grew over the putty, I could just snap that bit off and get an easy frag. Imagine my surprise to see it growing and thriving inbetween the putty and liverock. Now I'm scared.

I don't know how aggressive it is to other corals, but at this rate, I think I'm faced with either:

Redoing the aquascape and removing that large chunk of liverock
Letting the tank become a leptastrea showpiece.

Any other tricks of the trade to control this stuff that you all might know? It looks cool as all heck - but I'd be careful putting it on your main rock scape unless you're looking for a leptasrea dominated tank...

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