Where to buy Teardrop Button Coral
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About Teardrop Button Coral
Cynarina lacrymalis features a large, solitary polyp with a distinctive teardrop or heart-shaped skeleton. Coloration ranges from red, orange, brown, or green with contrasting lighter radial septa. The coral displays prominent wall structures and a characteristic "tear" notch at the polyp margin.
Key facts
- Care Requirements
- • Place in mid-water zone with gentle, indirect flow to avoid polyp retraction • Provide moderate lighting; not demanding but benefits from 12+ hour photoperiod • Feed 1-2x weekly with small meaty foods (copepods, mysis, brine shrimp) • Maintain stable salinity (1.024–1.026), pH 8.1–8.3, and calcium 400+ ppm • Keep away from aggressive corals; retract easily when stressed
- Additional Notes
- Cynarina lacrymalis is moderately hardy but shy—strong flow and aggressive neighbors trigger permanent withdrawal. Low-medium light zones work best.
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
- Coloration
- Red, orange, brown, or green with lighter radial septa; some specimens display bi-colored patterns.
- Growth Rate
- Moderate
- Placement Recommendation
- Middle
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.023-1.025
- Min tank size
- 30 gallons
- Appearance Description
- Cynarina lacrymalis features a large, solitary polyp with a distinctive teardrop or heart-shaped skeleton. Coloration ranges from red, orange, brown, or green with contrasting lighter radial septa. The coral displays prominent wall structures and a characteristic "tear" notch at the polyp margin.
- Lighting Requirement
- Medium
- Family
- Caryophylliidae
- Flow Requirement
- Low
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