Hard and Soft Corals
Montipora capitata
Montipora capitata
Photo: Dr. Dwayne Meadows, NOAA/NMFS/OPR · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Adult size40 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeYes
Full profile
- Type
- SPS hard coral
- Family
- Acroporidae
- Origin
- Central Pacific (Hawaii)
- Size
- 15–40 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 – high
- Current
- medium
- Aggressiveness
- low
- Feeding
- photosynthesis
- Reef Safe
- ✅ Yes
Notes: Grows in plates or branches depending on light conditions, often reddish in color. Easy for an SPS.
