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Fungia Plate Coral
Fungia spp.
Family: Fungiidae
📍 Indo-Pacific Reef Systems
Fungia plate corals are unusual free-living LPS corals that rest on the sandbed and can slowly move to find better conditions. They have a single large mouth surrounded by numerous short tentacles and come in a range of colours. They are sensitive to being placed on rough substrates.
Keeping this species
- flow
- Low – place on open sandbed
- light
- Medium
- feeding
- Photosynthetic; target feed meaty foods 1–2x weekly
- tank size
- 30 gallons minimum
- temperament
- Mildly aggressive – keep space around it
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Water it likes
- ph
- 8.1–8.3
- calcium
- 400–450 ppm
- salinity
- 1.025–1.026 SG
- alkalinity
- 8–11 dKH
- temperature
- 75–81°F (24–27°C)
Natural Habitat Temperature
79°F — 81°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Feb high)