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Corals
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Sea Stalk Briareum (Briareum sp.)
Difficulty: Easy
Lighting: Medium-High
Flow: Strong, indirect
Agression: Semi-agressive
Coloration: Purple, Orange, Brown, Green, Gray
Distribution: Atlantic Ocean, Western Pacific, Caribbean
A branching coral of the Briareum species, belonging to the family of star polyps. Briareum as with other star polyps is a very fast growing coral and can quickly spread to surrounding rocks and decor in a reef tank. Care should be taken when choosing a placement as its fast growth rate can lead it to it stinging or smothering neighboring corals, occasional pruning may be required in this case. While primarily deriving its nutritional requirements trough the symbiotic algae zooxanthellae by way of photosynthesis, it will also benefit from food of particulate nature as well.
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Horn Coral (Hydnopora exesa)
Difficulty: Moderate
Lighting: Moderate-High
Flow: Medium, indirect
Agression: Aggressive
Coloration: Green, Blue
Distribution: Fiji
A stunning encrusting species of SPS(Small Polyp Stony), which will grow literally anywhere whether it be on rockwork or on the glass. While the sweeper tentacles are very short, they have a powerful sting that makes them even capable of directly competing with the dreaded Aiptasia pest anemone and also harming any other adjacent corals. Hydnopora receives most of its nutritional requirements trough zooxanthellae, but is also unlike many other SPS capable of consuming large meaty items on its exterior.
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Montipora Coral, Branching (Montipora digitata)
Difficulty: Moderate
Lighting: Moderate-High
Flow: Medium-Strong
Agression: None
Coloration: Green, Yellow, Pink, Purple, Brown
Distribution: Indo-Pacific
A beautiful branching coral and one of the most fast growing and easiest to keep of SPS corals. Montipora's are very peaceful and can be placed together with other similar coral species. Their growth rate is most remarkable, a small fragment being able to increase its mass to more than ten times its original size. The skeleton of the Montipora is extremely delicate and breaks easily, extreme care is advised when doing tank maintenance as it is easy to break off a branch if one is not paying proper attention. Like most corals they receive their nutritional needs from photosynthetic zooxanthellae but will also benefit from feeding additional feeding with zooplankton.
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