Discover the secrets of non-photosynthetic corals (NPS), which survive in the least lit corners of reefs by getting essential nutrients directly from the water! Our latest article offers practical tips and advice to help any aquarist optimally care for non-photosynthetic corals.
Setting up an aquarium with non-photosynthetic corals (NPS) is more demanding than maintaining photosynthetic corals because NPS require active feeding instead of using photosynthesis. To ensure their healthy growth, frequent feeding, even multiple times a day, effective filtration, and well-planned water circulation are necessary to properly supply and remove food. Lighting in such an aquarium mainly serves an aesthetic function and is not crucial for the corals’ nourishment.
Beginner reef keepers or people who plan to have a first reef tank are generally recommended to start with soft corals, and then try to move on to keeping LPS corals. Advanced aquarists breed SPS, among which the largest group is formed by Acropora. But what are corals really and how do these groups differ from one another?
What coral growth in general is and what factors are crucial for this process. Useful tips to help you care for your coral growth properly.
This article teaches how to cultivate SPS corals and what special care they need for optimal living conditions.
Well-nourished corals have thick tissue, lots of zooxanthellae and grow well. In poorly nourished ones, we have the opposite.
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Acropora corals are among the most difficult corals to maintain. So why are they so popular in marine aquariums?