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Aiptasia Anemone
Banggai Cardinalfish
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Blood Red Fire Shrimp
Blue Leg Hermit Crab
Bristle Worms (Nuisance)
Bubble Algae
Bubble Coral
Bubble Tip Anemone
Candy Cane Coral
Chalice Coral
Chalk Bass
Clove Polyps
Copperband Butterflyfish
Coral Beauty Angelfish
Cyanobacteria
Dinoflagellates
Dragonface Pipefish
Duncan Coral
Emerald Crab
Emperor Angelfish
Favia Brain Coral
Feather Duster Worm
Firefish Goby
Flameback Angelfish
Flasher Wrasse
Four Stripe Damselfish
Frogspawn Coral
Gigantea Carpet Anemone
Green Star Polyps
Haddoni Carpet Anemone
Hair Algae
Hammer Coral
Harlequin Shrimp
Helfrich's Firefish
Kenya Tree Coral
Kole Tang
Lawnmower Blenny
Leopard Wrasse
Lettuce Sea Slug
Long Tentacle Anemone
Majano Anemone
Malu Anemone
Mandarin Dragonet
Mantis Shrimp
Marine Ich
Maroon Clownfish
Meat Coral
Melanurus Wrasse
Micromussa
Midas Blenny
Montipora
Montipora Nudibranch
Moorish Idol
Mushroom Coral
Nassarius Snail
Neon Goby
Ocellaris Clownfish
Orchid Dottyback
Pajama Cardinalfish
Peppermint Shrimp
Percula Clownfish
Phantom Blenny
Pistol Shrimp
Porcelain Anemone Crab
Porcupine Pufferfish
Pulsing Xenia
Regal Blue Tang
Rhodactus Mushroom
Ritteri Anemone
Royal Dottyback
Royal Gramma
Scooter Blenny
Seahorse
Sebae Anemone
Six Line Wrasse
Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
Springeri Damsel
Starry Blenny
Tailspot Blenny
Tiger Pistol Shrimp
Toadstool Leather
Tomini Bristletooth Tang
Torch Coral
Tridacna Clam
Trochus Snail
Turbo Snail
Tuxedo Urchin
Vermetid Snails
Yellow Tang
Yellow Watchman Goby
Zoanthids
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A gentler entry into SPS — Montipora is more forgiving than Acropora but still needs stable parameters and good lighting. Grows as plates, caps, or encrusting forms. Beautiful and colorful.
CARE
Intermediate
AGGRESSION
Low
MAX SIZE
varies
FLOW
Medium
LIGHTING
High
PAR RANGE
100–250 µmol
✗ NOT RECOMMENDED YET
· Intermediate care — above your beginner experience level
· Tank needs 9 more months of maturity
· 1 water param outside ideal range
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STABLE PARAMS CRITICAL
SPS corals are highly sensitive to parameter swings. Alkalinity, calcium, and magnesium must be dosed consistently. Even small fluctuations can cause rapid tissue necrosis (RTN or STN).
🌊 WATER PARAMS
ParamStatusIdeal
TemperatureOK (78.4)76–80 °F
SalinityMarginal (1.025)1.025–1.026 sg
pHOK (8.22)8.1–8.4
Nitrate NO₃⁻Out of range (8.0)0–5 ppm
Tank Compatibility
🪸 Meat CoralCompatible
🐟 Banggai CardinalfishCompatible
🪸 BlastomussaCompatible
🌺 Bubble Tip AnemoneIncompatible
🪸 Candy Cane CoralCompatible
🪸 Chalice CoralCompatible
🐟 Chalk BassCompatible
🦐 Skunk Cleaner ShrimpCompatible
🌿 Clove PolypsCompatible
🪸 Duncan CoralCompatible
🦀 Emerald CrabCompatible
🐟 Emperor AngelfishCompatible
🪨 Favia Brain CoralCompatible
🌿 Feather Duster WormCompatible
🐟 Firefish GobyCompatible
🐟 Flameback AngelfishCaution
🐟 Flasher WrasseCompatible
🪸 Frogspawn CoralCaution
🌺 Gigantea Carpet AnemoneCompatible
🌿 Green Star PolypsCompatible
🌺 Haddoni Carpet AnemoneCompatible
🪸 Hammer CoralCaution
🦐 Harlequin ShrimpCompatible
🐟 Helfrich's FirefishCompatible
🦀 Blue Leg Hermit CrabCompatible
🌿 Kenya Tree CoralIncompatible
🐟 Kole TangCompatible
🐟 Lawnmower BlennyCompatible
🐟 Leopard WrasseCompatible
🌺 Long Tentacle AnemoneCompatible
🌺 Malu AnemoneCompatible
🐠 Mandarin DragonetCompatible
🐟 Melanurus WrasseCompatible
🪸 MicromussaCompatible
🐟 Midas BlennyCompatible
🐟 Moorish IdolCompatible
🐡 Ocellaris ClownfishCompatible
🐟 Orchid DottybackCompatible
🐟 Pajama CardinalfishCompatible
🦐 Peppermint ShrimpCompatible
🐠 Percula ClownfishCompatible
🐟 Phantom BlennyCompatible
🐟 Regal Blue TangCompatible
🍄 Rhodactus MushroomCompatible
🌺 Ritteri AnemoneCompatible
🐟 Royal DottybackCompatible
🐟 Royal GrammaCompatible
🐴 SeahorseCompatible
🌺 Sebae AnemoneCompatible
🐟 Six Line WrasseCompatible
🪸 Acropora SPSCompatible
🐟 Starry BlennyCompatible
🐟 Tailspot BlennyCompatible
🦐 Tiger Pistol ShrimpCompatible
🍄 Toadstool LeatherIncompatible
🪸 Torch CoralCaution
🐚 Tridacna ClamCompatible
🐚 Trochus SnailCompatible
🐟 Yellow Watchman GobyCompatible
🐟 Yellow TangCompatible