Cabbage Leather Coral

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Green Cabbage Leather →

The widely traded green color form of the cabbage leather: a predominantly green-to-mint colony, often with a maroon body and mint-green polyps, in the lobed cabbage-leaf shape.

Tip: Very forgiving; moderate-to-strong intermittent flow and a range of lighting (T5, LED, or halide) keep it healthy and help maintain color, and it can be placed almost anywhere from low rock to sandbed ledges. Run carbon in mixed reefs since it can chemically suppress sensitive stonies.

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WWC Neon Cabbage Leather →

A bright neon-toned cabbage leather with the classic ruffled, lobed cabbage-leaf form. The neon coloration is far more eye-catching than the everyday tan/brown wild colonies.

Tip: Place low-to-mid on the rockwork in low-to-moderate light (PAR roughly 50-150) and moderate flow; it tolerates a wide range but extends and colors up well under cleaner, brighter light than typical for leathers. Like all Sinularia it periodically retracts polyps and sheds a waxy film over a few days, which is normal.

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Neon Green Cabbage Leather →

A genuinely neon-green color form of the cabbage leather, with the lobed cabbage-leaf growth form that glows under actinic/blue light. Much louder than the standard tan colonies.

Tip: Give it medium light and adaptable, moderate flow; mount on a low ledge where it can spread into its signature folded, cabbage-like sheets without shading neighbors. Expect periodic polyp retraction and waxy shedding, which is a normal self-cleaning process.

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Pink Cabbage Leather →

A soft, delicate pink color form of the cabbage leather with the same folded, cabbage-leaf morphology. A more pastel look versus the green and neon forms.

Tip: Medium light (around 50-150 PAR) and moderate flow suit it; it is forgiving on placement, so site it where the pink pops against green or brown neighbors. Periodic retraction and waxy film shedding over a few days is normal and healthy.

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Toxic Green Cabbage Coral →

A vivid green ('toxic') cabbage leather, typically tan-to-brown bodied with strong green coloration and lighter striations developing under good light. Has the ruffled cabbage-leaf shape.

Tip: An easy beginner frag; give moderate-to-high light and moderate-to-strong flow and it will adapt to almost any tank position, spreading into folded sheets over time. Run carbon, as Sinularia release terpenes that can stunt nearby stony corals.