USA Aquacultured John Deere Leptastrea Coral 1" WYSIWYG

The USA Aquacultured John Deere Leptastrea Coral can thrive under moderate lighting conditions achieved by T-5 fluorescent, powerful LED, or the more intense metal halide light fixtures. For best care, it is imperative to maintain high water quality for the USA Aquacultured John Deere Leptastrea Coral ensuring proper pH, alkalinity, and calcium levels while keeping phosphate and nitrate levels as close to zero as possible. Along with proper lighting and water quality, the USA Aquacultured John Deere Leptastrea Coral will thrive when provided medium, intermittent water flow within the aquarium. This can be easily achieved with the addition of powerheads, wavemakers, or water circulation pumps.

The USA Aquacultured John Deere Leptastrea Coral is aggressive in temperament and will expand its sweeper tentacles at night well beyond the base. It is important to leave space between the USA Aquacultured John Deere Leptastrea and neighbors in the reef aquarium. For continued good health, the USA Aquacultured John Deere Leptastrea Coral will benefit from the addition of calcium, magnesium, strontium, and other trace elements to the water.

The USA Aquacultured John Deere Leptastrea Coral satisfies the majority of its nutritional requirements by means of photosynthetic, symbiotic zooxanthellae algae hosted within its body. However, it will benefit from supplemental feedings of meaty food items such as micro-plankton or baby brine shrimp offered twice per week in the evening while its tentacles are visible.

The USA Aquacultured John Deere Leptastrea Coral is mounted on a fired ceramic plug that can be placed easily and securely in or between the rockwork in the reef aquarium.

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