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Green Apple Cap Coral, Aquacultured (Montipora capricornis)
Green Apple Cap Coral, Aquacultured
Please Note: Due to variations within species, your item may not look identical to the image provided. Approximate size range may also vary between individual specimen.
Please Note: Due to variations within species, your item may not look identical to the image provided. Approximate size range may also vary between individual specimen.
Captive Grown
Green Apple Cap Coral, Aquacultured (Montipora capricornis)
Additional locales and sizes may be available!
Additional locales and sizes may be available!

Quick Stats

Care Level Moderate
Temperament Peaceful
Color Form Green
Water Conditions 72-78° F, dKH 8-12, pH 8.1-8.4, sg 1.023-1.025
Family Acroporidae
Lighting Moderate
Supplements Calcium, Strontium, Iodine, Trace Elements
Waterflow Medium
Placement Bottom to Middle
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Care Level Moderate
Temperament Peaceful
Color Form Green
Water Conditions 72-78° F, dKH 8-12, pH 8.1-8.4, sg 1.023-1.025
Family Acroporidae
Lighting Moderate
Supplements Calcium, Strontium, Iodine, Trace Elements
Waterflow Medium
Placement Bottom to Middle
What do these Quick Stats mean? Click here for more information

Overview

The Green Apple Cap is a small polyp stony (SPS) coral often referred to as Vase Coral. Montipora Corals come in a vast variety of forms and colors, but this variety is a nice vivid green. The Montipora Capricornis coral's usual growth form is either plating or vase-like. This is highly dependent on the water flow and lighting in the aquarium.

Montipora Corals can live in a variety of lighting conditions, ranging from power compacts, VHO, T-5's up to the more intense metal halides. Alter their position in the aquarium depending on the lighting. In an aquarium lit by metal halides, Montipora Corals should be kept in a mid to low position, and under other lighting they should be kept in a mid to high position. To bring out the most intense coloration of this coral, we recommend metal halide lighting. For continued good health, they will require the addition of a two part calcium and buffer supplement in order to maintain a calcium level of 400-450 ppm and dKH of 8-12. They will benefit from the addition of zooplankton.

LiveAquaria® Aquacultured Coral frags are mounted to a fired ceramic plug that can be affixed to live rock anywhere in the aquarium with gel super glue or epoxy.

Approximate Purchase Size: 1" to 1-1/2"

Certificate of Authenticity This LiveAquaria Certified Captive Grown Coral arrives with a Certificate of Authenticity & a 30-Day Arrive Alive, Stay Alive®, Risk-Free Guarantee. Learn more here >

Unlike most clip and ship coral frags, all of our Certified Captive Grown Corals are fully encrusted onto their plugs and are fully adjusted to artificial lighting and synthetic seawater, propagated and grown in our state-of-the-art facility in Rhinelander, Wisconsin.

Customer Testimonials

Phyllis M Bronx , NY
I purchased and I first had it to the bottom and it opened up a little after a few days. When I moved it up to middle of the tank for a medium flow it opened up even more.
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