Coral of the Week: Scolymia

[Acro76]

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)

 

[revhtree]

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.

Great advice from someone who knows! Thanks.

 

[BarbH]

BarbH... WOW!

Not mine posted by subdrive, I could only wish and dream

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[Steelerfan747]

Very nice pics everyone, thanks for sharing

 

[nonstopfish]

:tongue:Couple of my gems.

Sick assortment here! Wow! Love those first two, they are very unique!

 

[Chameleon]

Mine seem to love decently high light. I have them on the bottom of the tank but the tank is lit with some really bright leds and I have some monti cap and an acro growing right along side the scolly. For me the thing I have to watch is flow. My tank has 75x turnover and the scolly's seem to hate it so I place them whatever dead spots I can find.

 

[Hemmdog]

New scoly of mine. Not very fluffy yet.

 

[LisaAP]

I have read that these corals prefer cooler water temperatures. I keep my tank at 77F and my Scolymia seems to love it.

Regards

Lisa

 

[Hemmdog]

I have read that these corals prefer cooler water temperatures. I keep my tank at 77F and my Scolymia seems to love it.

Regards

Lisa

Beautiful! What do you feed yours and how often?

 

[LisaAP]

Beautiful! What do you feed yours and how often?

Thanks! I alternate between Krill Pacifica, PE Mysis and LPS pellets maybe once every 1-2 weeks or so. Sometimes it snags it’s own snack when I’m feeding the NPS corals. I’ve found it a really easy to care for coral. I wish I could afford to add more.

Regards

Lisa