I'd recommend these to intermediate to advanced hobbyists. Its very easy to bleach by overexposure to light or cause permanent/very slow to heal damage by mistreatment. They are very easily stung by other corals, leading to tissue recession and death.
I also could not find any reference other than live aquaria's comment that they are found in association with tridacna clams. Odd since they both like very different conditions in reef aquariums.
Its also a little funny to me that live aquaria cannot identify S. vitensis from S. australis. Its pretty obvious... vitensis are bumpy and australis are fairly smooth.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/images/categories/large/lg-83691-button-coral.jpg (Upper right is the vitensis)
I also could not find any reference other than live aquaria's comment that they are found in association with tridacna clams. Odd since they both like very different conditions in reef aquariums.
Its also a little funny to me that live aquaria cannot identify S. vitensis from S. australis. Its pretty obvious... vitensis are bumpy and australis are fairly smooth.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/images/categories/large/lg-83691-button-coral.jpg (Upper right is the vitensis)
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