Hard and Soft Corals
Turbinaria mesenterina
Turbinaria mesenterina
Photo: Richard Ling · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Adult size60 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeYes
Full profile
- Type
- LPS hard coral
- Family
- Dendrophylliidae
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific
- Size
- 20–60 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: Vertical, wavy plates of a grayish-green color. Very hardy.
