Anders Poulsen, Dänemark
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In general experience Lobophyllia corals are somewhat more sensitive to water quality, light, nettling or mechanical injury than e.g. Platygyra, Montastrea, Favia etc..
Lobophyllia themselves usually do not nettle very vigorously, so that e.g. tube corals in the direct vicinity can still grow and even crowd them.
The lighting is to be seen somewhat differentiated, and can be depending upon animal medium or also strong(differentiated particularly also because of some intra-species deep water corals). It is therefore best to settle in the middle light range for the time being. Upwards or downwards you can still put them!
The current should, as with many LPS corals, not be too strong or in any case direct, otherwise the septa can cut or damage the tissue.
There are many aquarists who swear by supplemental feeding for this animal, although it should be noted that other aquarists have also had negative experiences with feeding. Too small food is slimed in, large food is often not held properly. One must test out, which kind of feed can be well utilized.Similar Species: Lobophyllia robusta, which does not have such a completely flabello-meandroid growth-form.
Systematik: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Lobophylliidae (Family) > Lobophyllia (Genus) >
Lobophyllia themselves usually do not nettle very vigorously, so that e.g. tube corals in the direct vicinity can still grow and even crowd them.
The lighting is to be seen somewhat differentiated, and can be depending upon animal medium or also strong(differentiated particularly also because of some intra-species deep water corals). It is therefore best to settle in the middle light range for the time being. Upwards or downwards you can still put them!
The current should, as with many LPS corals, not be too strong or in any case direct, otherwise the septa can cut or damage the tissue.
There are many aquarists who swear by supplemental feeding for this animal, although it should be noted that other aquarists have also had negative experiences with feeding. Too small food is slimed in, large food is often not held properly. One must test out, which kind of feed can be well utilized.Similar Species: Lobophyllia robusta, which does not have such a completely flabello-meandroid growth-form.
Systematik: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Lobophylliidae (Family) > Lobophyllia (Genus) >
