Neon Green Funghia (55)

Neon Green Fungia Coral Care | The Happy Reef

Neon Green Fungia is an intensely fluorescent green plate coral that really comes alive under blue-spectrum reef lighting. Its bright green colour follows the radiating ridges of the plate, while the extended tentacles give it additional texture and movement on the sandbed.

Fungia-type plate corals are particularly interesting because adults are free-living rather than permanently attached to the reef. They can inflate their tissue and slowly move themselves across the substrate. They also have remarkable regenerative abilities ? even an apparently lost plate coral can sometimes produce multiple new juveniles from the remaining skeleton, creating what reef keepers often call a "Fungia farm".

Scientific Name: Fungiidae ? commonly sold as Fungia sp. Exact genus and species cannot reliably be determined from the trade name alone.

PAR: 100?250

Flow: Moderate. Varied water movement helps keep the coral clean while allowing its tentacles to extend naturally.

Placement: Sandbed

Feeding: Beneficial. Plate corals are photosynthetic but are also excellent feeders. They readily capture mysis, finely chopped seafood and suitable LPS foods, using their tentacles to move food towards the central mouth. Occasional target feeding can support strong growth and condition.

Care Notes: Fungia-type plate corals can tolerate and often thrive under considerably stronger lighting than many fleshy LPS corals when properly acclimated. Neon green specimens can develop exceptional fluorescence under good reef lighting, while stable alkalinity, calcium and magnesium combined with occasional feeding can produce impressive growth.