🪸 Coral Care Centre

Torch corals are stunning flowing LPS corals, but they need stable water, gentle indirect flow and plenty of space from other corals.

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Hammer corals are popular LPS corals with colourful fleshy polyps. They are usually easier than Torch corals but still need stable parameters.

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Frogspawn corals are attractive Euphyllia with branching or wall forms and flowing tentacles. They like stable water and gentle movement.

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Octospawn corals are closely related to Frogspawn and need stable LPS conditions with gentle movement and room to expand.

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Duncan corals are hardy LPS corals with large flower-like polyps and are one of the best beginner LPS choices.

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Goniopora are beautiful flower-like corals that reward stable tanks, gentle flow and patient care.

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Alveopora are flower-like LPS corals similar to Goniopora, usually with a slightly softer appearance and a need for stable conditions.

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Micromussa, often called Acans, are colourful fleshy LPS corals that do well with stable water, gentle flow and occasional feeding.

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Blastomussa are colourful, fleshy LPS corals that prefer gentle flow, lower light and stable water.

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Favia corals are hardy brain-style LPS corals that need stable water and space because they can send out sweeper tentacles at night.

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Favites are brain-style LPS corals that are generally hardy but can be aggressive towards neighbouring corals.

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Chalice corals are colourful encrusting LPS corals that often prefer lower light and need room from neighbouring corals.

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Lobophyllia are large fleshy LPS corals that prefer stable, gentle conditions and plenty of space on the sand bed or lower rockwork.

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Trachyphyllia are fleshy open brain corals that usually do best on the sand bed with gentle flow and moderate lighting.

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Elegance corals are impressive LPS corals with long tentacles, but they can be sensitive and need careful placement and stable conditions.

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Acropora are demanding SPS corals for mature reef tanks with strong lighting, strong flow and very stable parameters.

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Montipora are popular SPS corals that can grow quickly when lighting, flow and parameters remain stable.

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Birdsnest corals are branching SPS corals that can grow quickly in stable systems with good light and flow.

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Stylophora are hardy SPS corals compared with many Acropora and can be a good step into branching SPS.

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Pocillopora are hardy branching SPS corals that can grow quickly and may reproduce by polyp bailout in some tanks.

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Cyphastrea are hardy encrusting corals that often do well in lower light areas where many SPS would struggle.

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Leptastrea are hardy encrusting corals with attractive patterns and are usually forgiving in stable mixed reefs.

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Zoanthids are colourful, hardy soft corals that are great for beginners and can grow into bright colonies.

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Palythoa are hardy colonial polyps similar to Zoanthids, but should be handled with extra care and respect.

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Rhodactis mushrooms are hardy, colourful corals that suit lower light areas and are ideal for mixed reefs.

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Ricordea Florida are colourful mushroom corals that generally prefer moderate light, gentle flow and stable conditions.

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Ricordea Yuma are beautiful mushroom corals but can be more sensitive than Florida Ricordea, especially after shipping.

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Green Star Polyps are hardy, fast-growing soft corals that create a bright waving mat, but they can spread quickly.

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Kenya Tree corals are hardy soft corals that grow quickly and can drop branches to spread around the tank.

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Toadstool Leather corals are hardy soft corals that can become impressive centrepieces in mixed reef tanks.

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Xenia are fast-growing pulsing soft corals that can be very rewarding but may spread quickly in nutrient-rich systems.

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Clove Polyps are attractive soft corals with waving polyps that can spread across rockwork in stable tanks.

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Bubble Tip Anemones are popular host anemones that need mature stable tanks, good lighting and space because they can move and sting corals.

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Rock Flower Anemones are colourful, generally hardy anemones that stay smaller and are usually easier than Bubble Tips.

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Maxi Mini Carpet Anemones are colourful small carpet anemones with a strong sting, best kept with space from corals and small livestock.

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Chaeto is a popular refugium macro algae used for nutrient export and pod habitat in marine aquariums.

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Dragon's Breath is a decorative red macro algae that can look stunning in displays or refugiums when given good light and nutrients.

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Sawtooth Algae is a decorative macro algae that can add natural movement and texture while helping use excess nutrients.

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Halimeda is a calcifying green macro algae that uses calcium and alkalinity as it grows, making stability important.

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Ulva, also called Sea Lettuce, is a fast-growing green macro algae often used for nutrient export or herbivore feeding.

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Caulerpa is a fast-growing macro algae that can be useful for nutrient export but must be pruned and controlled carefully.

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Turbo snails are strong algae grazers that help clean rockwork and glass, especially in tanks with film and hair algae.

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Trochus snails are excellent reef-safe grazers that clean glass and rock and can often right themselves if they fall.

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Nassarius snails live in the sand and help stir the surface while scavenging leftover food.

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Hermit crabs are active cleanup crew members that pick at algae and leftover food, but they may compete with snails for shells.

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Cleaner shrimp are popular reef-safe shrimp known for scavenging and sometimes cleaning fish.

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Blood Fire Shrimp are striking red reef-safe shrimp that prefer caves and shaded areas and need stable salinity.

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Emerald crabs can help with some algae, including bubble algae, but behaviour varies and they should be observed in reef tanks.

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