Hard and Soft Corals
Whip Gorgonian
Plexaura homomalla
Photo: Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature23–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Adult size60 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeYes
Full profile
- Type
- Gorgonian
- Family
- Plexauridae
- Origin
- Caribbean and Florida
- Size
- 20 – 60 cm
- Temperature
- 23 – 27°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.023 – 1.026
- Ca / KH / Mg
- marine standard
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Light
- medium – high
- Current
- medium – high
- Aggressiveness
- low
- Feeding
- photosynthesis
- Reef Safe
- ✅ Yes
Notes: Dark, flexible branches with light-colored polyps. Photosynthetic gorgonian; simple; requires good water flow.
