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Corals
Bubble Coral
Plerogyra sinuosa
Key facts
- Temperature23–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Adult size40 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeYes
Full profile
- Type
- LPS
- Family
- Caryophylliidae
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific
- Size
- 15–40 cm in diameter
- Temperature
- 23 – 27°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.023 – 1.026
- Ca / KH / Mg
- Ca 380+, KH 8+, Mg 1200+
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Light
- medium (PAR 75–150)
- Current
- low (a high current damages the bubbles)
- Aggressiveness
- medium–high (nocturnal stinging tentacles)
- Feeding
- photosynthesis; accepts mysis directly
- Reef Safe
- ✅ Yes
Notes: During the day, the tentacles expand like translucent bubbles. At night, it retracts the bubbles and extends stinging tentacles to hunt zooplankton. Do not mix with high-current corals. Leave 15 cm of free space around it.
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