Where to buy Cat's Paw Coral
Best known price right now: $13.30 at World Wide Corals. Prices are checked periodically and may change.
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About Cat's Paw Coral
Psammocora contigua forms small, encrusting to mounding colonies with a bumpy, textured surface resembling a cat's paw. Coloration ranges from tan, brown, or greenish-brown, often with contrasting polyp mouths or ridge edges.
Key facts
- Coloration
- Tan, brown, or greenish-brown with contrasting polyp mouths
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region, including the Red Sea, East Africa, and extending to the western Pacific islands.
- Lighting Requirement
- 150-250 PAR
- Family
- Siderastreidae
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
- Flow Requirement
- Medium to High
- Min tank size
- 20 gallons
- Appearance Description
- Psammocora contigua forms small, encrusting to mounding colonies with a bumpy, textured surface resembling a cat's paw. Coloration ranges from tan, brown, or greenish-brown, often with contrasting polyp mouths or ridge edges.
- Feeding Needs
- Light supplemental feeding
- Coral Type
- SPS
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 75-80°F pH: 8-8.3 Salinity: 1.023-1.026
- Growth Rate
- Moderate
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