The Crater Coral Looks like a Plate

There are more corals that you can place in your saltwater tank than I can even think of. While some of you have jobs that you go to, I spend the majority of my time finding out about new corals and hanging out at the pet stores. I am defininately your obsessed saltwater enthusiast. I love the ocean and since I'm not close to it, I love to rearrange my saltwater tank to add new corals and find out about new ones as well. I am in the process of purchasing a very large saltwater tank which will be over 250 gallons. I want to purchase all the corals which are hard to find, soft or hard corals. The hard corals are relatively easy to take care of if you buy the right ones. One coral which is well known is the Crater Coral.

Like most other types of hard corals, this coral will require a good amount of water movement and a good amount of light. If you have a good light you will want to keep the coral in the middle of the tank to save some room for your other hard corals. You will also need to place this coral next to your filter where it can get a good amount of water movement. You will want to space out the coral so that it is at least about 3 or 4 inches apart to give all the coral a good amount of room to grow to the appropriate and full size.

In order to keep this coral alive and healthy you will probably want to keep your salinity around 1.023 to 1.025. You will need to purchase a hydrometer so that you can check the salinity in your tank frequently to make sure that the salt does not start to evaporate before you do a water change. You will also want to keep the temperature at around 72 to 76 degrees, not varying more than 2 degrees per day. You will need to purchase a heater to make sure that the water doesn't get too cold. Coral doesn't do good in water that is under 72 degrees and it will not survive in water that is over 78 degrees as well. You will need to make sure that the fish tank is not located next to windows or heating vents. Set up your light on a timer and leave the light on for around 5 or 6 hours while you are home.