Frogspawn Coral

 

One of the most classic example of frogspawn, the purple tip green frogspawn from Indonesia 

Common Name: Frogspawn Coral
Latin Name: Euphyllia divisa
Class: Cnidaria
Family: Euphyllia
Origin: Australia, Vietnam, Indonesia
Category: LPS
Care Level: Beginner
Temperament: Aggressive
Lighting: Medium
Waterflow: Medium
Placement: Low – Medium
Colors: Various
Growth Speed: Slow – Medium

 

Frogpsawn coral is super popular in home reef aquarium and a must have species of coral. They come in a variety of colors and add lots of life and movement to your tank. Some of the nicest varieties and unique corals are found in Indonesia.

A beautiful orange variety of branching frogspawn .

Frogspawn corals like hammer corals come in branching and wall verities. They are fairly aggressive corals and should be given room away from other corals to avoid stinging and killing them. They are find next to other frogspawn and other Euphyllia corals.  Their tentacles will hurt or kill other corals they come into contact to. If the the tentacles lightly touch its fine, you want to avoid having the skeletons touch.

An amazing yellow variety

Frogspawn corals do well in medium flow and medium light. You want enough flow to keep them dancing in the current and keep them clean but not so much that they can’t open. Too little low flow and they are unable to clean themselves and will become prone to bacterial infections. Angel fish in your aquarium are likely to pick on frogspawns corals and would not be wise to keep in the same aquarium. Their ain predators are a large flat worm that live on the base and slowly eat them. Luckily, they are slow to move, reproduce are quite large so they are easy to spot and kill with a light coral dip. The eggs are very visible and easily destroyed with some coral glue. Wrasses in your aquarium will help to eradicate euphyllia eating flatworms.

Frogspawn corals ship well and we have sent many across the country. When buying a Frogspawn coral locally to ensure they are healthy look for plump full heads. Avoid specimens that show ANY sign of exposed skeleton and it can be very difficult to recover from what is affecting them.  These corals grow relatively slowly with the branching type being the fastest growing variety. Handle them with care as the tentacles can easily fall off. For best results feed your frogspawn corals fauna LPS pellets

Frogspawn corals get their name from their tentacles which closely resemble frogspawn. Similar to how hammer coral get their names because their tentacles resemble small hammers.