Hard and Soft Corals
Branching Frogspawn Coral
Euphyllia paradivisa
Also called: Fimbriaphyllia paradivisa
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Adult size30 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeYes
Full profile
- Type
- LPS hard coral
- Family
- Euphylliidae
- Origin
- Indonesia
- Size
- 10–30 cm (colony)
- Temperature
- 24 – 27°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.024 – 1.026
- Ca / KH / Mg
- 400–450 / 7–9 / 1250–1350
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Light
- medium (PAR 75–150)
- Current
- low – medium
- Aggressiveness
- high (sweeping tentacles at night; leave a 15 cm gap)
- Feeding
- photosynthesis; accepts mysis and coral food
- Reef Safe
- ✅ Yes
Notes: Branched tentacles with rounded tips, fluorescent green or blue. Euphyllia are susceptible to “rapid tissue death” if water parameters change suddenly.
