Where to buy Strawberry Coral
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About Strawberry Coral
Dendronephthya rubeola exhibits bright red to strawberry-colored polyps arranged on a branching, tree-like skeletal structure. The colony displays characteristic lobed tentacles and a distinctive bushy morphology with prominent feeding polyps.
Key facts
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region, including reefs from Indonesia to the Great Barrier Reef and parts of the Philippine archipelago.
- Flow Requirement
- Medium
- Feeding Needs
- Non-photosynthetic; requires regular meaty foods such as copepods, fine frozen foods, phytoplankton, and zooplankton additions 2-3 times weekly.
- Lighting Requirement
- Low to Moderate (75-150 PAR)
- Coral Type
- Soft
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.023-1.025
- Family
- Nephtheidae
- Min tank size
- 50 gallons
- Growth Rate
- Easy
- Appearance Description
- Dendronephthya rubeola exhibits bright red to strawberry-colored polyps arranged on a branching, tree-like skeletal structure. The colony displays characteristic lobed tentacles and a distinctive bushy morphology with prominent feeding polyps.
- Placement Recommendation
- Middle
- Care difficulty
- Hard
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