Thursday, November 8, 2012

Lobophyllia - LPS CORAL

This is the  Lobophyllia  - a LPS coral.
Its a very nice Coral but you must be careful   as if other corals get to close it will defend its self and sting them .

It prefers to be on rocky substrate, and is irritated by sand granules. In this image, you can see part of it is feeding on Formula One pellet food. It extends short tentacles to assist in retrieving morsels of food. I was told this is another easy coral to care for. It is under MH lighting in my 55g reef. You are looking at only two polyps! Recently I have been target feeding meaty foods such as Cyclop-Eeze and pieces of krill, which can take up to 1 hour to injest.



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