Hard and Soft Corals
Pavona cactus
Pavona cactus
Photo: Wmpearl · CC0 · 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
- Agariciidae
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific and Red Sea
- 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
- average
- Current
- average
- Aggressiveness
- low
- Feeding
- photosynthesis
- Reef Safe
- ✅ Yes
Notes: Thin, twisted plates resembling lettuce leaves. It grows quickly and is one of the most tolerant hard corals.
