Stereonephthya Keepers Thread

[AlexG]

Stereonephthya are not the most common coral out there and I have only seen a few varieties in all my years of reefing. I have always enjoyed Stereonephthya corals as they looks so much like nonphotosynthetic dendronephthya. I wanted to start this thread for Stereonephthya keepers to post their specimens so we can see the variety of colors we have out there. Please share your care tips, sources for frags, and pictures.

I got a frag of a yellow and cream colored Stereonephthya over a year ago and have two colonies in my main display. I will be starting to make some frags in the near future. I am always on the lookout for new varieties.

General Care: This coral is not picky but seems to grow better in higher flow which allows it to catch more food when I feed the fish.
Lighting: Low-Medium High 75-250 PAR under T5-LED combo
Flow: Medium-High

Pictures: I took most of these pictures with the blues still on or using a flash. I will try to take some pictures without the blues on which show off the colors of this coral better.

Colonies

Closeups

Polyps Closed

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

Very pretty!

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

Where did you get your colonies?

 

[AlexG]

Where did you get your colonies?

My LFS had a colony on a rock and they happened to have a frag available. I have grown both colonies from that frag.

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

My LFS had a colony on a rock and they happened to have a frag available. I have grown both colonies from that frag.

Very very nice. We don't know what my three colonies are yet. I think the one might be stereo nepthea, but can't be sure.

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

Here is the one we think may be stereoneptheya.

 

[Katrina71]

@Dr. Dendrostein and @najer did y'all see this? I think you both may enjoy.

 

[najer]

Thanks Red, I wish I knew the names better lol, I might have this, very nice corals.

 

[AlexG]

Here is the one we think may be stereoneptheya.

Looks like Stereonephthya. How long have you had it?

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Stereonephthya are not the most common coral out there and I have only seen a few varieties in all my years of reefing. I have always enjoyed Stereonephthya corals as they looks so much like nonphotosynthetic dendronephthya. I wanted to start this thread for Stereonephthya keepers to post their specimens so we can see the variety of colors we have out there. Please share your care tips, sources for frags, and pictures.

I got a frag of a yellow and cream colored Stereonephthya over a year ago and have two colonies in my main display. I will be starting to make some frags in the near future. I am always on the lookout for new varieties.

General Care: This coral is not picky but seems to grow better in higher flow which allows it to catch more food when I feed the fish.
Lighting: Low-Medium High 75-250 PAR under T5-LED combo
Flow: Medium-High

Pictures: I took most of these pictures with the blues still on or using a flash. I will try to take some pictures without the blues on which show off the colors of this coral better.

Colonies

Closeups

Polyps Closed

Here's a stereonephthya, polyps are clusters of spikes instead of polyps, very odd. I no longer have. In my shipments of nps softies, I get once in awhile odd softies. Same type coral with a portie . They're from Tonga

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Stereonephthya are not the most common coral out there and I have only seen a few varieties in all my years of reefing. I have always enjoyed Stereonephthya corals as they looks so much like nonphotosynthetic dendronephthya. I wanted to start this thread for Stereonephthya keepers to post their specimens so we can see the variety of colors we have out there. Please share your care tips, sources for frags, and pictures.

I got a frag of a yellow and cream colored Stereonephthya over a year ago and have two colonies in my main display. I will be starting to make some frags in the near future. I am always on the lookout for new varieties.

General Care: This coral is not picky but seems to grow better in higher flow which allows it to catch more food when I feed the fish.
Lighting: Low-Medium High 75-250 PAR under T5-LED combo
Flow: Medium-High

Pictures: I took most of these pictures with the blues still on or using a flash. I will try to take some pictures without the blues on which show off the colors of this coral better.

Colonies

Closeups

Polyps Closed

Beautiful, and thanks for sharing, comrade

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

pab@l has this stereonephthya

 

[LIreefguy]

Very nice I want

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

Looks like Stereonephthya. How long have you had it?

A few weeks now. The other two I have aren't identifiable, I'm waiting to hear back from the lab in Australia.

pab@l has this stereonephthya

Pablo, you have been keeping secrets. No secrets allowed!!!!

 

[AlexG]

Did a photo session last night when I was doing some bioluminescence viewing and got some great pictures of the Stereonepthya in my frag tank. I feel I captured the color a little better in just white light. Enjoy the eye candy.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Did a photo session last night when I was doing some bioluminescence viewing and got some great pictures of the Stereonepthya in my frag tank. I feel I captured the color a little better in just white light. Enjoy the eye candy.

Ooooooooo, glamour shots, very nice, comrade

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

L

 

[ProfessorAronnax]

Stereonephthya are not the most common coral out there and I have only seen a few varieties in all my years of reefing. I have always enjoyed Stereonephthya corals as they looks so much like nonphotosynthetic dendronephthya. I wanted to start this thread for Stereonephthya keepers to post their specimens so we can see the variety of colors we have out there. Please share your care tips, sources for frags, and pictures.

I got a frag of a yellow and cream colored Stereonephthya over a year ago and have two colonies in my main display. I will be starting to make some frags in the near future. I am always on the lookout for new varieties.

General Care: This coral is not picky but seems to grow better in higher flow which allows it to catch more food when I feed the fish.
Lighting: Low-Medium High 75-250 PAR under T5-LED combo
Flow: Medium-High

Pictures: I took most of these pictures with the blues still on or using a flash. I will try to take some pictures without the blues on which show off the colors of this coral better.

Colonies

Closeups

Polyps Closed

Frags in the near future huh?!?! Put me on that list! Your stereos are gorgeous! I love the rarer softies!

 

[najer]

Very nice.

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

I might be doing my first frags on my shortly. They've been growing a lot faster than I thought they would and they're trying to drop babies I think. Some limbs lower down are getting REALLY long.