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Sarcophyton sp. (toadstool leather, fancy toadstool leather, yellow fiji leather and more)
S. ehrenbergi (fancy toadstool leather) , S. elegans(yellow fiji leather), S. trocheliophorum (toadstool leather or lobed toadstool leather)
warning Sarcophytons may exude chemical toxins (terpines) that are harmfull to many SPS and some LPS. the level of harm can be anywhere from inhibiting growth to full death. DO NOT propagate a sarcopyton in a tank containing SPS. proper chemical filtration and skimming may assist in reducing the toxins effects through removal.
toadstool leathers are generally hardy and prefer high light though they can usually adapt to lower light (with the exception of S. elegans it is more light demanding than the rest)
they like moderate to high flow, this assist their shedding wich they periodically go through, usually from growth but also after periods of high stress. S. ehrenbergi sheds the least often of the species I have expirience with. shedding can take a couple of days to a week. Ample flow is imperitave to proper shedding.
it may benifit from microscopic zooplankton but mainly subsists on its ability to photosynthesize. you dont have to spot feed it naturally occuring phyto and zoaplankton is usually enough unless your tank has an overskim capacity that is mindboggeling. (read that as, if you have fish to poop in your tank there will be more than enough food for the sarcophyton)
they are readily propagated, with most cutting off a section then placing the chunk in a dish with rubble for the frag to attach to is usually the best method. (S. elegans is less accepting of these tactics and does not frag well, constriction cuts are best for this species)
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pictured below is Sarcophyton ehrenbergi
S. ehrenbergi (fancy toadstool leather) , S. elegans(yellow fiji leather), S. trocheliophorum (toadstool leather or lobed toadstool leather)
warning Sarcophytons may exude chemical toxins (terpines) that are harmfull to many SPS and some LPS. the level of harm can be anywhere from inhibiting growth to full death. DO NOT propagate a sarcopyton in a tank containing SPS. proper chemical filtration and skimming may assist in reducing the toxins effects through removal.
toadstool leathers are generally hardy and prefer high light though they can usually adapt to lower light (with the exception of S. elegans it is more light demanding than the rest)
they like moderate to high flow, this assist their shedding wich they periodically go through, usually from growth but also after periods of high stress. S. ehrenbergi sheds the least often of the species I have expirience with. shedding can take a couple of days to a week. Ample flow is imperitave to proper shedding.
it may benifit from microscopic zooplankton but mainly subsists on its ability to photosynthesize. you dont have to spot feed it naturally occuring phyto and zoaplankton is usually enough unless your tank has an overskim capacity that is mindboggeling. (read that as, if you have fish to poop in your tank there will be more than enough food for the sarcophyton)
they are readily propagated, with most cutting off a section then placing the chunk in a dish with rubble for the frag to attach to is usually the best method. (S. elegans is less accepting of these tactics and does not frag well, constriction cuts are best for this species)
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pictured below is Sarcophyton ehrenbergi
