SERIATOPORA CALIENDRUM

Name: Seriatopora Caliendrum.

Origin: Mar Red, Indian Ocean, region indopacífica and Peaceful.

Habitat: Superficial zones of the reefs, although it treats of a little common species.

Morphology: The species is pobrament clear-cut, and possesses a wide geographic variability. The shape of growth is treelike and the branches are fine. Regarding the colour the branches are of colour burns or brown, sometimes with green iridescences, and the polyps can be of electrical green colour to blue.

Characteristic and Maintenance: Parameters required in the aquari of reef:

Temperature: 24 - 26ºC.
Salinity: 1.024 - 1.026
pH: 8 - 8.4
Ammonium: 0 ppm
Nitrites: 0 ppm
Nitrates: < 20 ppm
Phosphates: < 0,05 ppm
Shoe: > 400 ppm
Magnesium: > 1200 ppm
KH: surroundings of 10º.

How all the SPS (small polyp stony) are especially sensitive to the changes in these parameters, that can bring to the total death of a colony in only hours.
It recommends situate in the top of the Aquarium, with  very light and alternating currents.

Behaviour: It is not very aggressive, although it can impair some chorals and only in going in in contact. Nevertheless, the majority of the LPS (long polyp stony) as well as the soft corals can danyar-it to him.

Feeding:  Principally in the compounds that obtains of his zooxanthellas.

Reproduction: Attended that it can achieve an important tax of growth under the suitable conditions is an ideal coral for cuttings.

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