Need a coral identified

[Luciferene]

Hi ran across this coral and the owner doesn't know what it is. It looks like a type of LPS. Any ideas?

Thanks!

 

[ThePurple12]

Looks like Galaxea.

 

[Luciferene]

Looks like Galaxea.

Thanks it does look similar to galaxea in the photo. Though it seems like the polyps are too well bordered(?) to be galaxea...

 

[DJF]

Just a guess.. lepastrea?

 

[jesspal]

Could be Leptastrea

 

[Luciferene]

Yea, it does look like a lepta

 

[Stuartmercer]

looks like a galaxea but could also be a lepta

 

[Mr_Knightley]

That's a nice colony of Leptastrea for sure.

 

[Dkmoo]

Definitely lepta - looks just like mine - except much wider spread.

 

[Luciferene]

Thanks all, confirmed that it's Lepta. The name rang the bell with the owner. I don't think I ever see these in my area so we weren't too familiar with it haha.

 

[Luciferene]

Definitely lepta - looks just like mine - except much wider spread.

Your colony looks great! How is the aggression with the Lepta?

 

[eggplantparrot]

mine eats monti setosa for breakfast but gets rekt by frogspawns and torches

 

[Dkmoo]

Your colony looks great! How is the aggression with the Lepta?

the monti caps started to encrust over the bottom where they are touching, but i don't worry too much - the lepto can just encrust the other direction. It'll work itself out.

I just keep an eye on it, if it's getting bullied to much by the monti cap i'll just pry it out and relocate - you can still see the putty is still visible on the top side so i can still pry it out w/o harming the small colony.

 

[Alexopora]

Yeah, it’s definitely a Leptastrea. You should check out Tidal Garden’s coral spotlight to know more about this coral. I have two variants myself, a yellow with a rainbow tinge and a green one. In my experience they are really easy to care for and do just fine in higher light and higher flow. However the golden rule is to always acclimate them to those conditions.

Personally, I have never had issues with Leptastrea stinging corals. I have kept some next to sps for about 5 months without much issues but then again this is just my experience. I find that they encrust quickly when placed in high light and high flow. I just frag them with those cheap diamond plier cutters (make sure they are clean tho) and they seem to heal very quickly.