Hard and Soft Corals
Montipora capricornis
Montipora capricornis
Photo: Grendelkhan · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Adult size50 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeYes
Full profile
- Type
- SPS hard coral
- Family
- Acroporidae
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific
- Size
- 20–50 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 (PAR 150–250)
- Current
- medium – high
- Aggressiveness
- low
- Feeding
- photosynthesis
- Reef Safe
- ✅ Yes
Notes: It grows in spiral or plate-shaped plates, in shades of orange, purple, or green. The best SPS for beginners looking to start with small-polyp stony corals.
