Purple Nepthea Tree Leather

About this coral

Purple Nepthea Tree Leather is a soft coral in the leather coral group (genus commonly sold as Nepthea). It’s a photosynthetic, reef-keeping coral that you place in the tank for display, while providing gentle, consistent conditions so it can remain open and healthy. In a practical sense, it’s used like other hardy soft corals: it can anchor your aquascape with an upright “tree” form and benefits most from stable water quality and appropriate light and flow for soft corals.

Features:

• Soft, leather-like coral structure with a tree growth form that adds vertical interest to reef aquascapes
• Generally considered beginner friendly among soft corals, helping many first-time hobbyists get comfortable with reef livestock care
• Prefers lighting and water movement suited to photosynthetic soft corals (not blasting flow)
• Responds best to stable conditions rather than frequent rearranging or rapid swings in parameters
• Can benefit from the tank’s natural planktonic foods and reef feeding cycles to support overall coral condition

Specifications:

• Group: Soft coral (Nepthea tree leather / leather coral group)
• Care level (general): Beginner friendly (general soft-coral guidance)
• Lighting (general): Moderate reef lighting
• Water flow (general): Moderate, indirect, non-blasting flow
• Water parameters (general guidance): Stable, reef-style marine parameters; avoid swings
• Temperature (general guidance): Tropical reef range, roughly mid–upper 70s °F
• Salinity (general guidance): Reef-typical salinity around 1.025–1.026 SG
• Diet (general): Photosynthetic; additionally benefits from planktonic foods in the water column