Scoly coral
Homophyllia australis
CoralsSaltwater
- Care level
- Moderate
- Maximum size
- 10 cm
- Temperature
- 24–27 °C
- pH
- 8–8.4
- Light
- Low
- Flow
- Low
- Diet
- Photosynthetic
Care at a glance
The scoly is a single, large polyp that lies on the bottom like a fleshy disc, often with spectacular colour rings of red, green and orange. It does not form colonies: it remains one animal, slowly growing in diameter.
It comes from deeper, shaded water and therefore needs little light and gentle flow; too much light actually washes out its colours. Place it on sand or a flat piece of rock and feed it a small piece of meaty or fish food in the evening now and then.
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