- Name:
Setting Sun Montipora
(View AKA's) - Family: Capricornis
- Species: Montipora
- Scientific Name: Montipora capricornis
General info about Setting Sun 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 Setting Sun Montipora, they are predominantly colored orange with yellow polyps. This are the water parameters in cultivating Setting Sun Montipora:
- 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
Setting Sun Montipora Diet & Nutrition
The Setting Sun Montipora 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 Setting Sun Montipora
A mature tank is highly recommended in propagating Setting Sun Montipora. They should be set on the middle or bottom part of the tank.
Flow / Lighting Requirements for Setting Sun Montipora
The Setting Sun Montipora requires moderate lighting and moderate waterflow.
Setting Sun Montipora Origin
The Setting Sun Montipora 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 Setting Sun Montipora
The Setting Sun Montipora are purely marine, therefore, salinity must be maintained thoroughly at 1.023 to 1.025 specific gravity.
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Setting Sun 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 Setting Sun Montipora, they are predominantly colored orange with yellow polyps. This are the water parameters in cultivating Setting Sun Montipora:
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