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Monday, 18 August 2008 14:13 |
  The Orange Montipora Encrusting Coral is a small polyp stony (SPS) coral often referred to as Cabbage, Lettuce, Velvet, or Velvet Rock Coral. The Montipora Corals come in a vast variety of forms and colors. This variety is encrusting, and is orange in color. The polyps of these corals are very small, giving it a velvety appearance.
The Orange Montipora Encrusting Coral is peaceful and can be placed in close proximity to other similar peaceful corals in the reef aquarium. It is moderately difficult to maintain and should be housed in a mature reef aquarium. It will require medium lighting combined with a medium intermittent water movement within the aquarium. For continued good health, it will also require the addition of calcium, strontium, and other trace elements to the water. It will also benefit from additional food fed weekly in the form of micro-plankton or foods designed for filter feeding invertebrates. | Montipora Coral, Encrusting- Orange | | (Montipora nodosus) | | |
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