Hard and Soft Corals
Acan lordhowensis
Micromussa lordhowensis
Photo: Haplochromis · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Adult size30 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeYes
Full profile
- Type
- LPS hard coral
- Family
- Lobophylliidae
- Origin
- Western Pacific (Lord Howe, Australia)
- 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
- low – medium (PAR 75–150)
- Current
- low – medium
- Aggressiveness
- medium (nocturnal tentacles)
- Feeding
- photosynthesis; accepts coral food at night
- Reef Safe
- ✅ Yes
Notes: Known as “Acan.” Fleshy polyps in an almost infinite variety of color combinations. Grows faster when fed mysis or coral pellets. It was sold as Acanthastrea lordhowensis.
