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Montipora
Montipora sp.
Family: Acroporidae
📍 Indo-Pacific Reef Systems
Montipora is a diverse SPS coral genus second only to Acropora in species diversity, available in plating, branching, and encrusting growth forms in a wide array of colours. It is considered the entry-level SPS coral, more forgiving than Acropora but still demanding stable water parameters, high light, and good flow. Plating Montipora varieties are particularly popular for adding mid-level horizontal structure and bold colour to reef aquariums.
Keeping this species
- diet
- Photosynthetic (zooxanthellae); absorbs dissolved organics and fine coral foods
- flow
- Moderate to high
- lifespan
- Decades
- lighting
- High (150–300 PAR)
- placement
- Mid to upper rockwork; plating forms on horizontal surfaces
- tank size
- 40 gallons minimum SPS reef
- temperament
- Encrusting growth can overgrow adjacent corals; space accordingly
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Water it likes
- ph
- 8.1–8.4
- calcium
- 400–450 ppm
- nitrate
- 1–8 ppm
- salinity
- 1.024–1.026 SG
- magnesium
- 1250–1350 ppm
- phosphate
- 0.03–0.08 ppm
- alkalinity
- 8–10 dKH
- temperature
- 73–81°F (23–27°C)
Natural Habitat Temperature
79°F — 81°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Feb high)