Description

This Turbinaria species grows bright green in a conical bowl shape structure. Even a square shaped fragment will end up 100% of the time the same shape once it starts to mature. We live using this coral in many of our monster custom aquarium builds to fill in areas. During aquarium maintenance we allow the coral to just keep growing as it will grow to the size of a large serving bowl giving an awesome appearance. Be sure to keep the inside dusted off from settling detritus. The coral is easy to cut back by clipping off the edges as it grows.

Lighting: medium -high lighting 100-250+ PAR

Flow: medium – high

Care Level: intermediate- advanced

Original Location Range: Indonesia, Coral Triangle, South Pacific

Grown in our California coral farm where we provide zero impact corals

Water chemistry Calcium 400-450, Magnesium 1350, KH 7-9.5, pH 8.1-8.4, Nitrates .01-10, Phosphates .01-.1 salinity 1.026

Temperature Range: 74- 81 Fahrenheit

Dosing: Doc highly recommends automated dosing of Ca, Kh and other elements to provide ultimate stable water chemistry throughout the day. It is important there are no large fluctuation swings especially with Kh/alkalinity. For more information on dosing and products click here.

Placement recommendations: Turbinaria corals will do best in the upper 2/3 of the aquarium where light and flow is good. Best to have alternating flow in a back and forth motion.

Attachment: Use epoxy and reef glue or just reef glue for smaller fragments. Clip off as much of the plug or disc possible. Add a small amount of coral glue to the underside of the disk. Mix up enough two part epoxy to create a small mound and dab it a few times into the glue to get it tacky then press and mold a conical shape. Add a few small daps to the tip of the cone dabbing the glue so it really sticks to the epoxy. Press the coral disk onto the desired location and press the epoxy flat around the disk. Be sure the coral is fully secure, the coral should never fall off the reef. The epoxy part can be skipped using only the extra thick reef glue gel. Be sure to rub a little reef glue onto the reef section and there is enough reef glue on the coral plug to set it securely.

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