Tubastraea
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Tubastraea sp. |
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| Lesson , 1829 |
The hard corals of the Tubastraea genus are called sun corals or cup corals in German . In contrast to most other hard corals, they do not live in symbiosis with zooxanthellae . They feed on catching plankton . The very voracious, large polyps can overwhelm quite large prey. With the exception of Tubastraea micrantha , the cup corals are not reef-forming (typical of aherma). They often live in the coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific in darker locations on cave ceilings.
The maintenance of Tubastraeen is very difficult for saltwater aquarists . Most imported colonies starve to death after a short time because they have no chance of getting food in an aquarium stocked with fish.
literature
- Julian Sprung: Korallen , Dähne Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-92168-487-0
- Hans A. Baensch / Robert A. Patzner: Mergus Sea Water Atlas Volumes 2 + 5, Mergus-Verlag, Melle
- Svein A. Fosså / Alf Jacob Nilsen: Coral Reef Aquarium , Volume 4, Birgit Schmettkamp Verlag, Bornheim, ISBN 3928819054
- Julian Sprung / J. Charles Delbeek: Das Riffaquarium Volume 1, 1994, ISBN 1-883693-17-9
Web links
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