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