• Name:

    Chocolate Mint Chip Montipora

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  • Family: Capricornis
  • Species: Montipora
  • Scientific Name: Montipora capricornis
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| Crazy Clementine Montipora Capricornis

General info about Chocolate Mint Chip Montipora

In general, corals coming from the genus Montipora takes several coral lifeform like submassive, laminar, foliaceous, encrusting and branching. Their appearance and coloration is usually mottled in nature.  They have corallites that are considered one of the smallest as far as the family of corals is concerned. Their walls usually has an elaborate structure and has a porous texture.

As for the Chocolate Mint Chip Monti, they are predominantly colored brown with green polyps and white margin. This are the water parameters in cultivating Chocolate Mint Chip Monti:

  • Calcium: 400 - 450 ppm
  • Alkalinity: 3.2 - 4.5 MEQ/L
  • Phosphates: 0
  • Magnesium: 1350 - 1500
  • Strontium: 10
  • Temperature: 72° - 78° F (22° - 26° C)
  • Salinity / Specific Gravity: 1.024 - 1.025

Chocolate Mint Chip Montipora Diet & Nutrition

The Chocolate Mint Chip Monti get its primary nutrition from a symbiotic algae called zooxanthelae that is living within their tissues. But despite this symbiotic relationship with an algae, we still recommend you do supplemental feeding by adding mysis and brine shrimp in the water.   

Fragging / Propagating Chocolate Mint Chip Montipora

A mature tank is highly recommended in propagating Chocolate Mint Chip Monti. They should be set on the middle or bottom part of the tank.

Flow / Lighting Requirements for Chocolate Mint Chip Montipora

The Chocolate Mint Chip Monti requires moderate lighting and moderate waterflow.

Chocolate Mint Chip Montipora Origin

The Chocolate Mint Chip Monti can be found in the waters of the Indo Pacific Ocean. They are considered as a vulnerable species listed under Appendix II of the CITES list.

How to Acclimate Chocolate Mint Chip Montipora

The Chocolate Mint Chip Monti are purely marine, therefore, salinity must be maintained thoroughly at 1.023 to 1.025 specific gravity.

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Chocolate Mint Chip Montipora Montipora Capricornis Montipora capricornis

In general, corals coming from the genus Montipora takes several coral lifeform like submassive, laminar, foliaceous, encrusting and branching. Their appearance and coloration is usually mottled in nature.  They have corallites that are considered one of the smallest as far as the family of corals is concerned. Their walls usually has an elaborate structure and has a porous texture.

As for the Chocolate Mint Chip Monti, they are predominantly colored brown with green polyps and white margin. This are the water parameters in cultivating Chocolate Mint Chip Monti:

  • Calcium: 400 - 450 ppm
  • Alkalinity: 3.2 - 4.5 MEQ/L
  • Phosphates: 0
  • Magnesium: 1350 - 1500
  • Strontium: 10
  • Temperature: 72° - 78° F (22° - 26° C)
  • Salinity / Specific Gravity: 1.024 - 1.025
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