Five years ago I acquired a small frag of this from a member of this forum (takayan). I now have two+ huge colonies and need to get this under control.
I consider this as a beginner coral because it's hard to kill but will readily show you when it's unhappy. For me, it's become an indicator of water chemistry. When my calcium is low, it gets a bit pale. When my magnesium is low, the purple rim gets thinner.
One of the trademark characteristics of this coral is the spikes that grow out of it. For the past 15 years or so, I've only run 250w radiums driven off electronic ballasts set to HQI. With this setup, this coral does spike quite a bit. About a year ago, I had trouble finding radiums so I bought a few 14k Hamiltons. After a year, I can tell you that the spikes are much less pronounced. TBH, I've always thought the spikiness was a bit weird and not something that I necessarily liked. However, as it is one of the trademark Leng Sy characteristics, I let it go.
Free to anyone, but newbies are encouraged. Also open to trade. Currently interested in small rose or raibow BTA, red cap, or anything that isn't green or brown - I've had enough of that.
Located in Lafayette.
I consider this as a beginner coral because it's hard to kill but will readily show you when it's unhappy. For me, it's become an indicator of water chemistry. When my calcium is low, it gets a bit pale. When my magnesium is low, the purple rim gets thinner.
One of the trademark characteristics of this coral is the spikes that grow out of it. For the past 15 years or so, I've only run 250w radiums driven off electronic ballasts set to HQI. With this setup, this coral does spike quite a bit. About a year ago, I had trouble finding radiums so I bought a few 14k Hamiltons. After a year, I can tell you that the spikes are much less pronounced. TBH, I've always thought the spikiness was a bit weird and not something that I necessarily liked. However, as it is one of the trademark Leng Sy characteristics, I let it go.
Free to anyone, but newbies are encouraged. Also open to trade. Currently interested in small rose or raibow BTA, red cap, or anything that isn't green or brown - I've had enough of that.
Located in Lafayette.
