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Darth Maul Porites

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The Darth Maul Porites has a seriously bright hot pink base and nicely contrasting white polyps. This is an encrusting variety of Porites. Frags are roughly 3/4″+ in diameter.

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 PORITES CARE

Porites are a Genus of small polyp stony corals (SPS) that are somewhat uncommon to the reef aquarium hobby. Most of the time they grow finger-like structures from a massive encrusting base and come in a variety of colors. Porites are rarely known by their common name “jewel coral.” For some corals, their scientific name tends to stick. Please see below for additional care tips for Porites.

 LOCATION

Indo-Pacific – Islands of the Indo-Pacific including Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Islands, and the Great Barrier Reef.

 LIGHTING

Porites are commonly found in very shallow water and enjoy intense lighting. Use either Metal Halide lighting or a large bank of high output fluorescent or full-spectrum LED’s. We keep ours in about 200-PAR however it is not out of the realm of possibility that the shallow water varieties receive over 1000-PAR.

Low Light

Low light translates to about 30-50 PAR

Medium Light

Medium Light is between 50-150 PAR

High Light

High Light is anything over 150 PAR

Lighting is a loaded topic, so for a more in-depth discussion of lighting.

 WATER FLOW

Strong water movement is recommended. Porites tend to grow in shallow, high wave activity locations on the reef.

 FEEDING

Porites are not well known for their appetite however large colonies frequently house Christmas tree worms that are beautiful filter feeders. Regular addition of phytoplankton and smaller zooplankton may be beneficial to both these worms and the coral.

Feeding

 PROPAGATION

This genus for the most part has been propagated extensively in captivity and is an excellent candidate for aquaculture.

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