Where to buy Branching Frogspawn
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About Branching Frogspawn
Branching Frogspawn has a branching skeleton with tentacles that resemble tadpole heads (hence "frogspawn"). Polyps are typically tan, beige, or brown with contrasting tips in white, pink, or green. The colony grows in a tree-like structure.
Key facts
- Care Requirements
- • Moderate to strong water flow (not direct, use diffuse current) • Moderate to high lighting (PAR 150–250) • Feed small meaty foods 2–3× weekly (mysis, brine shrimp) • Stable salinity 1.024–1.026, pH 8.1–8.3, temp 75–79°F • Keep 6+ inches from aggressive corals; sweeper tentacles can sting neighbors
- Coral Type
- LPS
- Family
- Euphylliidae
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 74-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.023-1.026
- Feeding Needs
- Light supplemental feeding
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
- Min tank size
- 50 gallons
- Additional Notes
- Sweeper tentacles extend at night to catch food and defend territory. Avoid direct contact with competing corals to prevent aggression and tissue damage.
- Lighting Requirement
- Moderate (100-200 PAR)
- Appearance Description
- Branching Frogspawn has a branching skeleton with tentacles that resemble tadpole heads (hence "frogspawn"). Polyps are typically tan, beige, or brown with contrasting tips in white, pink, or green. The colony grows in a tree-like structure.
- Coloration
- Tan, beige, or brown body with white, pink, or green polyp tips.
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region from the Great Barrier Reef to Indonesia and the Philippines.
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