Lobophyllia coral: complete care guide
- Nov 27, 2020
- Anshika Mishra
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In this article, you will be learning everything you need to give your Lonohyllia corals the best care. Lobophyllia is LPS and large polyps twangy corals.
PRICES: For the smaller one you will normally be spending about $40, but for the rarest colors you surely would have to pay crazy prices.
CARE LEVEL: Moderate, it is not very tough to care for this one but they are also not considered to be beginners friendly.
TEMPERATURE: This coral likes to be kept in between 72-78 degrees Fahrenheit. It is recommended to keep them on the higher end, keep them stable on 78 will surely make those colors more vibrant.
dKH: 8-12
pH: 8.1-8.4
SALINITY: 1.023-1.025
COLORS: There are so many colors for this coral. You can get them in reds, oranges, purples, greens, browns the list is endless but you can really find some good ones.
DIET: While they will feed off the light and grow fine, it is noticed that feeding them directly will definitely make them grow faster. Pellets are one of their favorites and it is very easy to feed them this too, you can just sprinkle two or three of them on top of them and you can watch their little feeder tentacles come out and they will swallow those things.
You can also feed them Mysis, frozen cubes, and brine. You can drop it on top of them, they will open up and eat.
ORIGIN: They do come from Australia. It is pretty rare for these corals to be aquacultured because they will eventually separate and split but it takes a huge amount of time and then you finally get that split off the little Lobophyllia.
They have a very slow growth rate. So, most of the time whatever you will find people selling them online, it is probably because they want to get them out of their tank because they are getting too big.
VENOMOUS: They do have sweeper tentacles that can sting other corals. Most of the time they are pretty short during the day but they say at night they can get long and you really won't see him until you wake up in the morning and see a coral that is getting stung on the edges because of these guys.
So, you definitely want to put them somewhere, where they will have the space to spread out without bothering other corals in the tank. They can also be stung by other corals so look out for that too.
PLACEMENT: Normally anywhere, you can place them in the middle of the tank towards the lower spots because more often than not there's too much current blowing them.
CURRENT: Low to medium because too high of it can put pressure on their skin and that will put it against the skeleton and this is the last thing you want to see because it can really hurt your Lobophyllia.
They will stay shrunk up all the time if they do not like the current and whenever they really expand you will know that they are at the right spot.
Tank size for these corals is not a big concern you just want to make sure that you are keeping them in your calcium and magnesium up. These are probably the two main ones you want to watch for whenever keeping Lobophyllia because that is how they build their skeleton and get bigger. So have bout 420-460 of calcium.
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