Hard and Soft Corals
Green Star Polyps
Pachyclavularia violacea
Also called: Briareum violaceum
Key facts
- Temperature23–28 °C
- pH8–8.4
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeYes
Full profile
- Type
- Soft coral
- Family
- Briareidae
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific
- Size
- covers rocks and glass
- Temperature
- 23 – 28°C
- pH
- 8.0 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.023 – 1.026
- Ca / KH / Mg
- marine standard
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Light
- average
- Current
- average
- Aggressiveness
- Average (grows taller than other corals)
- Feeding
- photosynthesis
- Reef Safe
- ✅ Yes
Notes: Known as GSP. A purple mat from which fluorescent green polyps emerge and sway with the current. It grows very quickly: best placed on an isolated rock.
