Leptastrea

[rxx2]

Anyon have any leptastrea pics?
Thanks

[Dr.King]

Here's mine. I believe its Leptastrea Pruinosa
http://www.zoosrus.com/photopost/data/500/11IMG_2548-med.JPG

Super Macro shot
http://www.zoosrus.com/photopost/data/500/11blowup-med.JPG

And here is an over-exposed full colony shot. Sorry about the poor picture quality on this one.
http://www.zoosrus.com/photopost/data/500/11mysterycoral-med.JPG

[rxx2]

Very nice piece. Have you seen other color morphs? A LFS had a piece very similar to yours.

[Flanders]

I have a piece that looks a lot like that but I always thought it was a blasto merletti. Any way to tell them apart? Thanks.

[Mr Neutron]

Here's mine. It's basically a baseball size rock. Interesting part is the long tube coming up - that is a fan worm that, as the tube grows, the leptastrea has grown as well. Easy to care for and very hardy coral.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v361/rhoadkyll/etc/leptastreaweb.jpg

[rxx2]

Thanks for the info.
What sort of lighting requirements?

[mane3215]

http://www.cvreefers.org/modules/gallery/albums/album12/leptsastrea.sized.jpg
http://www.cvreefers.org/modules/gallery/albums/album12/leptastrea2.sized.jpg
http://www.cvreefers.org/modules/gallery/albums/album12/leptastrea.sized.jpg

[bugsy714]

Sick pics, are they closely related to favia & acanthastrea? What areas are they collected from?

[mane3215]

I dont know how closely related, but they are in the Faviidae family.

Collected here:

http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/images/201-300/Maps/221M.jpg

[Real Reefs]

I have one however I always thought it was a small polyped merletti.

[JenDub]

:eek1:

[brahm]

yea those guys are cool i was supposed to buy one from eric a while back but he sold it to somebody else :(