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Soft Coral


Sea fan Cabbage Leather Coral Tree Coral Christmas Tree Coral Clove / Glove Polyp Colt Coral Corky Sea Fingers Devil's Hand Coral Finger Leather (Cladiella) Finger Leather (Sinularia) Flexible Leather Coral Kenya Tree Coral Mushroom / Leather Coral Pipe Organ Coral Pulse Coral Purple Sea Blade Rough Sea Plume Sea Rod / Red Tree Star Polyp Strawberry / Pink Cauliflower Tree Coral - Yellow Tree Coral - Paralemnalia Waving Hand Coral Yellow Sea Blade


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Actinodiscus Mushroom Coral Bullseye Mushroom Coral Elephant Ear Mushroom Coral Giant Cup Mushroom Coral Hairy Mushroom Coral Ricordea Mushroom Coral


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Elegant Moon Polyp Palythoa Button Polyp Stick / Tree Polyp Zoanthus Button Polyp

Velvet Coral

The Montipora Velvet Coral is an small polyp stony (SPS) coral, often referred to as Cabbage or Lettuce Coral, Velvet Rock, Velvet Branch, or Velvet Finger Coral. Montipora Velvet Coral comes in a vast variety of forms and colors. M. digitata is generally a branching species; M. stellata has rough, irregular, upright plates; and M. capricornis is shaped like a vase. Some are encrusting. With over 200 species of Montipora documented, determining the exact species of any one specimen can be very difficult, even for scientists. Its genus name, Montipora, is derived from the Latin mons (mountain) plus porus (pores). The Latin name describes its mountainous skeletal structure, which is covered in pores.

Montipora sp.

Quick Stats: Velvet Coral
Family: Acroporidae Polyp Size: SPS - Small polyp stony Range: Indo-Pacific Color Form: Green, Pink, Purple, Brown Ideal Supplements: Calcium, Strontium, Trace elements Reef Compatible: Yes Tank Conditions: 72-78ºF; sg 1.023-1.025; pH 8.1-8.4 Water Flow: Medium Light: Medium Dominance: Peaceful Placement: All levels Care Level: Moderate

The Montipora Velvet Coral is peaceful and can be placed in close proximity to other similar peaceful corals in the reef aquarium. It is moderately difficult to maintain and should be housed in a mature reef aquarium. It will require a medium light level combined with a medium 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 will also benefit from additional food fed weekly in the form of micro-plankton or foods designed for filter feeding invertebrates.

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