Mystic Sunset Montipora

Bring sunset color to your reef with Mystic Sunset Montipora! Known for its reddish orange base and contrasting blue polyps, this encrusting SPS coral adds color and texture as it spreads across the rockwork.

Give it consistent water conditions, varied flow, and room to grow. Gradually acclimate it to your aquarium lighting to support healthy tissue and coloration.

Coral Care

• Care Level: Moderate

• PAR: Approximately 200–300 after gradual acclimation

• Flow: Moderate to strong, indirect and varied

• Placement: Middle to upper rockwork, based on measured PAR

• Aggression: Low, but can overgrow neighboring corals

• Feeding: Primarily photosynthetic; occasional small particle coral food is optional

• Growth Rate: Moderate to fast once established, depending on conditions

• Growth Form: Encrusting

Suggested Water Parameters

• Temperature: 76–80°F

• Salinity: 1.025–1.026 specific gravity

• Alkalinity: 8–9 dKH

• Calcium: 400–450 ppm

• Magnesium: 1,250–1,350 ppm

Keep parameters stable and leave space around the growing edges.