(Blushing)
Star Coral (Common Name) [On Plug Left]
Stephanocoenia
Michilini
Suborder:
Astrocoeniina
Family:
Astrocoeniinae
Size: ½:-2’ colonies, (Published Data + Personal Observation)
Known Depth Ranges: 10-130 Feet (Published data)
Known Temperature Range: 52-92 F (Range Observed)
Known Current Range: 0-5 knots (Personal Observation)
Known Silt Tolerance: Moderate to good tolerance (From site conditions/observations)
Known Salinity Range: 1.019-1.026 (Estimated)
Transplant Documentation:
90% Overall Success Rate. Hardy, most difficult part is obtaining a suitable cutting. Wounds heal slowly, but don’t seem to be likely to get. Grows ¼”-1/2” per year—one of the most rapid growing of brainlike corals but still very slow. Slow attachment to plugs…sometimes 6 months or more in tanks. Be sure to have an edge touching the plug to insure growth and attachment.
Propagation Documentation:
Will break at edges with sharp cutters often forming “teardrops” or other overhang features which can be propogated.
Other Notes:
First RDBG transplanting in 2001, Tank Conditions
5 Transplants by RBDG
0% Deaths to Transplants (One did not attach and needed to be re-tranplanted with edge in concrete)
0% Deaths to Mother Corals.