- Phylum: Cnidaria
- Class: Anthozoa
- Order: Scleractinia
- Family: Merulinidae
Aggressiveness: Highly aggressive toward almost all corals upon contact. Growth: Moderate / fast Difficulty level: Moderate Color: Cream, yellow, or green Water flow: Strong Lighting: Intense Placement in the aquarium: Upper area of the aquarium. Captive propagation: By fragmentation.
Feeding: Primarily based on the compounds it obtains from its zooxanthellae.
Required parameters:- Temperature: Between 24–26°C.
- Salinity: Between 1.024–1.026
- pH: Between 8–8.4
- Ammonia: 0 ppm
- Nitrite: 0 ppm
- Nitrate: Below 20 ppm
- Phosphate: Below 0.05 ppm
- Calcium: Above 400 ppm
- Magnesium: Above 1200 ppm
- KH: Around 8 dKH
