Icy Pipe Organ

About this coral

Icy Pipe Organ is a pipe organ coral. This is a common trade name for corals in the genus Tubipora, which is usually sold as Tubipora musica. This listing does not confirm the exact species of this color morph. Pipe organ corals are soft corals (octocorals). Unlike most soft corals, they build a red, chalky skeleton made of upright tubes, and a feathery polyp grows from each tube. This skeleton is why they are sometimes mistaken for hard corals. They come from the Indo-Pacific and are well suited to peaceful reef aquariums. The care details below are general guidance for pipe organ corals as a group and are not specific to this color morph.

Features:

• Soft coral that builds a red, chalky skeleton of vertical tubes, each with its own feathery polyp
• Has no sweeper tentacles, so it is considered peaceful and can usually be placed near other corals
• Does not spread over the rockwork or crowd out neighboring corals
• Grows slowly, which makes it easy to manage in a mixed reef
• Its tube skeleton adds unusual texture and structure to the aquascape
• Often confused with star polyps or flower polyps because they look similar

Specifications:

• Group: Pipe organ coral (Tubipora), soft coral
• Care level: Moderate (general guidance)
• Temperament: Peaceful
• Lighting: Moderate to high
• Water flow: Medium
• Placement: Any level of the tank
• Temperature: 72–78°F
• pH: 8.1–8.4
• Specific gravity: 1.023–1.025
• Alkalinity: 8–12 dKH
• Supplements: Calcium, magnesium, strontium, iodine and trace elements