Common Names

Anchor Coral, Bubble Coral, Elegance Coral, Fox Coral, Frogspawn Coral, Grape Coral, Hammer Coral, Pearl Bubble Coral, Pearl Coral, Torch Coral

Origin

Australia, Fiji, Indonesia, Philippines.

Description

Euphyllidae are colorful corals feature flowing tentacles.  Care is easy to moderate and Euphyllidae will be the first to warn you of subpar water conditions.

Care Level: Easy to Moderate

Placement: All

Lighting: Moderate to Strong

Flow: Medium

Conditions: 74°-83°, s.g. 1.023-1.025, Phosphates 0, Cal 400-450, dKH 8-11, Mag 1200-1350, Sr 8-10

Conditions & Placement

For Euphyllidae to thrive sufficient lighting is necessary combined with good water flow.  Some trial and error as to placement may be needed to find the corals sweet spot as evident by full polyp extension.Euphyllidae prefer indirect bright light.  While good flow is crucial too much will cause polyps to not fully extend.

Feeding

When feeding Euphyllidae the tentacles can elongate to trap the food.  The availability of food passing over the coral will contribute to its success.  Feeding Euphyllidae can be greatly beneficial for their well-being and growth.  Foods such as mysis, krill, brine shrimp can be used as supplement feeding to photosynthesis.

Maintenance

Monthly water changes of 20% or bi-weekly water changes of at least 10% are suggested.

Warnings

As Euphyllidae are often collected from parent colonies it is important to check for damage such as soft tissue damage or skeleton stress.