Purple turbinaria Pagoda cup

Purple Turbinaria (Turbinaria reniformis) Care Guide 💜🌊

💡 Light: Moderate to high (100–250 PAR) – brighter light brings out richer purple hues

🌊 Flow: Moderate to strong – helps maintain health and prevent detritus buildup in folds

📏 Placement: Mid to upper tank – give room for plating or scroll-like growth

🌡️ Temp: 76–78°F

🧬 Type: LPS (though sometimes behaves like SPS in terms of lighting & flow)

🎨 Color: Deep purple base with contrasting polyps (yellow, green, or matching purple)

📦 WYSIWYG: No – shape and polyp color can vary

🧪 Parameters:

• Salinity: 1.025

• Alkalinity: 8–10 dKH

• Calcium: 420–450 ppm

• Magnesium: 1300–1400 ppm

• Nitrate: 2–10 ppm

• Phosphate: 0.03–0.08 ppm

🍽 Feeding: Mostly photosynthetic but responds well to occasional target feeding with microplankton or powdered coral food 🧫

🧼 Care Level: Moderate – hardy once established, but needs strong, stable conditions

⚠️ Notes:

• Watch for shading as it plates outward

• Will encrust rock beneath if given time

• Fragging is easy with a clean break or coral saw