Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans
By Bob Goemans
Likely Reef Tank Suitable
Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable
Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and south to Australia.
Natural Environment: Inhabits turbid reef slopes and lagoons and usually seen at depths between 3 to 65 feet (1 - 20 m).
General Husbandry: See Acropora abrolhosensis for suggested aquarium husbandry, except for swifter water movement - WM 3.
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Acroporidae
Genus: Acropora
FYI: Has upward growing finger-like growth and usually creamy-brown, sometime with yellowish axial corallites in the wild.
If cultured specimens have intense colors/different than in the wild, ask under what PAR conditions it was grown in so you may continue to see it maintain its health/colors.
