Coral:
Plate coral
Cycloseris cyclolites
Marine
Tank100 L or more
Care levelIntermediate
Will it fit your tank?
Compare it with your tank's species, size, water tests and country.
Water
Temperature23.9–25.6 °C
5 °C35 °C
pH8.0–8.4
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Carbonate hardness8–12 dKH
0 dKH20 dKH
Salinity29.3–34.5 ppt
0 ppt40 ppt
- Comfortable
- Acceptable, less ideal
- Tolerated, not comfortable
Space
Tank volume100 L
- The space it needs, from the least to the most generous
- Recommended
Character and care
- Where to placeLow in the tank
- Water flowLow
Legal rules
The least the law allows, by country: the water and space above are what the species needs. A tank is checked against its own country's rules.
International trade (CITES)
1 rule
- Trade restricted
Austria
3 rules
- Nitrite: up to 0.05 mg/L NO₂
- Nitrate: up to 5 mg/L NO₃
- Carbonate hardness: 7–14 dKH
Note from the rules
With invertebrates that carry zooxanthellae, light of high quantity and quality is required, for example 10,000 lux at the corals and a colour temperature of 5000 K or more.