Forest Fire Stylocoeniella
Stylocoeniella sp
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About Forest Fire Stylocoeniella
General information
In general, corals comng from the genus Stylocoeniella usually has an encrusting or massive type of coral growth. They colony often forms a mound where you can easily distinguished their highly developed corallite with a well developed and raise corallite wall.
As for the Forest Fire Stylocoeniella, they are predominantly colored light green with violet margin, violet tentacles and red mouth. This are the water parameters for cultivating Forest Fire Stylocoeniella:
- Calcium: 400 – 450 ppm
- Alkalinity: 2.86 – 4.29 MEQ/L (8 – 12 dKH)
- Phosphates: 0
- Magnesium: 1200 – 1350
- Strontium: 8 – 10
- Temperature: 72° – 78° F (22° – 26° C)
- Salinity / Specific Gravity: 1.023 – 1.025
- pH: 8.1 – 8.4
Diet & nutrition
The Forest Fire Stylocoeniella get its primary nutrition from a symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae that is living within their tissues. However, we still rcommend you do supplemental feeding by adding mysis and brine shrimp in the water.
Determining sex
A mature tank is highly recommended in propagating Forest Fire Stylocoeniella. They must be set at the middle or bottom part of the tank to simulate their natural wild environment.
Breeding & spawning
The Forest Fire Stylocoeniella requires moderate lighting and moderate waterflow.
Origination
The Forest Fire Stylocoeniella can be found in the waters of the Indo-Pacific Ocean, particularly in Japan to Australia and Egypt to Tahiti. They are now listed as a threatened species under Appendix II of the CITES list.
Cautions
The Forest Fire Stylocoeniella has a aggressive behaviour. So proper spacing in relation to other corals must be observed.
Acclimation process
The Forest Fire Stylocoeniella is a marine species. Therefore, salinity must be maintained thoroughly at 1.023 to 1.025 specific gravity.
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