Where to buy Makassar Button Coral
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About Makassar Button Coral
Cynarina macassarensis is a solitary, disc-shaped large polyp stony coral with a rounded mouth opening in the center. Coloration ranges from tan, brown, and green to vibrant red or orange, often with contrasting striped or radial patterns. The polyp extends during feeding and retracts into a compact, button-like form when stressed.
Key facts
- Coral Type
- LPS
- Growth Rate
- Moderate
- Appearance Description
- Cynarina macassarensis is a solitary, disc-shaped large polyp stony coral with a rounded mouth opening in the center. Coloration ranges from tan, brown, and green to vibrant red or orange, often with contrasting striped or radial patterns. The polyp extends during feeding and retracts into a compact, button-like form when stressed.
- Lighting Requirement
- Medium (150–300 PAR)
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region, including Indonesia (Makassar Strait area), Philippines, and surrounding reef systems.
- Care Requirements
- • Place in moderate indirect light (PAR 150–250) • Moderate water flow; avoid strong direct currents • Feed 2–3× weekly with small meaty foods (copepods, mysis, zooplankton) • Maintain stable parameters: pH 8.0–8.3, salinity 1.023–1.025, temp 24–26°C • Keep away from aggressive corals; retract tentacles when stressed
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
- Min tank size
- 20 gallons
- Placement Recommendation
- Middle
- Coloration
- Brown to green with button-like polyps
- Family
- Caryophylliidae
- Additional Notes
- Button corals are somewhat delicate and sensitive to rapid water-parameter swings. Place in open sand or rubble away from direct surge; they're passive hunters and depend heavily on fed nutrition.
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