- Phylum: Cnidaria
- Class: Anthozoa
- Order: Scleractinia
- Family: Pocilloporidae
Aggressiveness: It only harms certain corals, and only through direct contact. Most LPS corals, as well as soft corals, can harm it.
Growth: Moderate / fast
Difficulty level: Suitable only for aquarists with some experience and a stable aquarium with excellent water parameters.
Color: Pink or cream Water flow: Strong to very strong
Lighting: Strong to very strong
Aquarium placement: Upper part of the aquarium. Reproduction in captivity: By fragmentation.
Diet: Primarily relies on the compounds it obtains from its zooxanthellae. Required parameters:- Temperature: Between 24 – 26ºC.
- Salinity: Between 1.024 – 1.026
- pH: Between 8 – 8.4
- Ammonium: 0 ppm
- Nitrite: 0 ppm
- Nitrate: Below 20 ppm
- Phosphate: Below 0.05 ppm
- Calcium: Above 400 ppm
- Magnesium: Above 1200 ppm
- KH: Around 8º
