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The Frogspawn Coral is a large polyp stony coral Its polyps remain visible throughout the day and night, resembling a mass of fish eggs or frog eggs, hence its common name Frogspawn. Its coloration is green or brown to tan in color. With its appearance and coloration it would make a nice addition to any reef aquarium.During the evenings, its tentacles can extend up to 15 cm beyond its base into the aquarium surroundings, it will sting other neighboring corals, therefore, leave plenty of room between itself and other corals. It is moderately difficult to maintain, but popular coral that will thrive under the proper conditions. It needs to have moderate to heavy lighting combined with moderate water movement. For continued good health, it will also require the addition of calcium, strontium, and other trace elements.The symbiotic algae zooxanthellae hosted within its body provides the majority of its nutritional requirements from photosynthesis. It will also benefit from additional food such as brine shrimp.
Tank conditions:22-26C, sg 1.023-1.025, ph 8.1-8.4, dkh 8-10
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The Tubastrea Orange Tube Coral is a large polyp stony coral; its common names are Orange Cup Coral or Sunshine coral. The center skeleton is round with the tubes branching off in all directions. It is a colonial coral with a red-orange coloration when open, T. faulkneri is bright orange. In the wild, it is often found on reef ledges or steep reef slopes. The Sunshine Coral can be fragile and must be handled with care. When placing in the aquarium, it must only be picked up by its underside. It should placed in moderate to high water current combined with low lighting levels. It will benefit from the addition of calcium, strontium, and other trace elements to the water. It is a hardy coral for the reef aquarium, but is classified as moderate because of the special feeding care that it requires.It is one of the few corals that do not contain symbiotic algae, so it must be fed vitamin-enriched brine shrimp from an eyedropper directly to each one of its polyps. It will usually only expand its polyps in the evening or when it is hungry
Tank conditions:22-26C, sg 1.023-1.025, ph 8.1-8.4, dkh 10-12
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The Organ Pipe Coral is a soft coral, but is often referred to as a hard coral because of its red calcareous skeleton. Its common names may also include Daisy Coral. When its polyps are open, it is often confused with the star polyps or clove polyps because of their similar appearance. These corals do have the advantage over the other similar looking soft corals in that they will not spread across the rocks and crowd other species. It is peaceful because it lacks sweeper tentacles, and is safe to place near other peaceful corals. It requires moderate to high light level combined with medium to strong water. It is fragile, however, so it should not be positioned in currents which could displace or damage it. It will also require the addition of calcium, iodine, strontium, and other trace elements to the water. The symbiotic algae zooxanthellae hosted within its body provides the majority of its nutritional requirements through photosynthesis. It can also be fed additional food such as zooplankton or baby brine shrimp.
Tank conditions:22-26C, sg 1.023-1.025, ph 8.1-8.4, dkh 8-12
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The Short Tentacle Plate Coral is a large polyp stony (LPS) coral often referred to as a Disk, Mushroom, Fungia Plate, or Tongue Coral. It comes in a variety of colors, some very bright. They are very hardy corals that do not require intense lighting nor water flow. It is a solitary, semi-aggressive coral with shorter tentacles than its cousin the Long Tentacle Plate Coral (Heliofungia sp.). Even with short tentacles, it can still damage other corals that it comes in contact with. With placement in the aquarium, keep in mind that it will often inflate itself with water and expand to twice its size. It will do best on the bottom of a reef aquarium, preferably lying on a fine sandy substrate. The Short Tentacle Plate Coral is easy to maintain in the reef aquarium and makes an excellent candidate for the beginner reef aquarist. Care should be taken in handling it however, to prevent damage. It requires moderate lighting combined with moderate water movement within the aquarium. For continued good health, it will also require the addition of calcium, strontium, and other trace elements to the water. It is ideal to feed Plate Corals a few times per week with brine or mysis shrimp, and small chopped meaty foods. Only offer food when the polyps of the coral are fully extended.
Tank conditions:22-26C, sg 1.023-1.025, ph 8.1-8.4, dkh 8-12
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The Lobophyllia Brain Coral is a large polyp stony (LPS) coral often referred to as a Lobed, Open Brain Coral, Meat Coral or Large Flower Coral. It has fleshy polyps that hide its calcareous skeleton. It is found in a variety of textures and color forms. Some are smooth, while others are pimply, and look like carpet. Colors vary from bright red, green, orange, gray, tan, or brown. Its behavior is semi-aggressive and it will sting other corals with its extended sweeper tentacles during the night. Provide plenty of space between it and other neighboring corals. It is easy to maintain in the reef aquarium, making it an excellent candidate for the beginning through expert reef aquarist. It requires moderate to strong lighting combined with a moderate water movement within the aquarium. For continued good health, it will also require the addition of calcium, strontium, and other trace elements to the water. The symbiotic algae zooxanthellae hosted within its body provides the majority of its nutritional requirements through photosynthesis. It will also benefit from additional food in the form of micro-plankton or brine shrimp fed in the evening when its tentacles are visible.
Tank conditions:22-26C, sg 1.023-1.025, ph 8.1-8.4, dkh 8-12
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The Long Tentacle Plate Coral is a large polyp stony (LPS) coral often referred to as Mushroom, or Disk Coral. With its long tentacles extended, it takes on the appearance of an anemone. A solitary, aggressive coral, with its long tentacles it can damage other corals that it comes in contact with. When placing in the aquarium, keep in mind that it will often inflate itself with water and expand to twice its size, with sweeping tentacles extending well beyond its base. It will do best on the bottom of the aquarium, preferably on a fine sandy substrate. The Long Tentacle Plate Coral is easy to maintain in the reef aquarium and makes an excellent candidate for the beginner reef aquarist. It requires moderate lighting combined with moderate water movement. For continued good health, it will also require the addition of calcium, strontium, and other trace elements to the water. It should be fed brine shrimp.
Tank conditions:22-26C, sg 1.023-1.025, ph 8.1-8.4, dkh 8-12
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