{"product_id":"leptoseris-aa003-leptoseris-sp","title":"Leptoseris AA003 | Leptoseris sp.","description":"\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eAA003 is a two-tone piece, yellow polyps sitting over a green body so the whole plate reads as a fine speckle rather than a flat colour. Leptoseris is a small-polyped stony coral, usually shortened to SPS, meaning the colony is built from many tiny polyps over a hard skeleton. It is one of the more forgiving corals in that group because it comes from low-light water, so it suits a shaded spot rather than the bright top of the rockwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eNatural Habitat\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeptoseris is an Indo-Pacific genus that lives deeper and shadier than most stony corals, growing on lower slopes, under overhangs and on vertical rock where light is weak. Some species in the genus are among the deepest light-using corals known. In the aquarium that history matters: AA003 wants a lower or middle position out of direct beam, low to moderate indirect flow, and stable water chemistry. Acclimate it slowly, because full SPS lighting will bleach it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAppearance\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeptoseris grows as thin encrusting sheets that lift into plates and low ridges, the surface covered in fine radiating polyps rather than the large fleshy ones you see on chalice corals. This colony shows yellow polyps over a green body, giving a two-tone speckle across the whole plate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSold WYSIWYG, meaning what you see in the photograph is the exact colony you receive, not a representative image. Colour will shift with your own lighting.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nick's Aquarium Oceanarium Terrarium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55525399494947,"sku":"AA5015","price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0972\/7236\/5347\/files\/L8280003_ca334050-72dc-4b5d-9397-ff6fc53696b2.jpg?v=1787897811","url":"https:\/\/nicksaquariumoceanariumterrarium.com.au\/products\/leptoseris-aa003-leptoseris-sp","provider":"Nicks AOT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}