Nuclear Psamacora – Multiples Available
Price range: $5.00 through $15.00
Multiples available: contact us for price and availability.
- Packed to order with heat or cold packs for the season
- Eating and settled in our systems before it ships
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About this coral
About this coral
Nuclear Psamacora – Multiples Available is an LPS coral selection from your local aquarium shop, offered as multiple live frags so you can add a bold, display-forward piece to your reef. In practice, corals in the Psammocora/“Psamacora” group are appreciated for their fleshy LPS texture and distinctive polyp form, making them a great choice for aquarists who want contrast and character alongside their SPS and other LPS corals. Use this coral as a focal point in a compatible reef layout—place it where lighting and water movement are suitable, and provide enough room for natural growth so neighboring corals don’t get irritated.
Features:
- LPS-style presence with a textured, fleshy look that stands out in mixed reefs
- Typically benefits from moderate to high reef lighting for best color expression
- Prefers moderate to high, turbulent flow to keep detritus from settling while avoiding direct “blast”
- Hand-selected live frags (exact shape and size can vary naturally from piece to piece)
- Works well as a focal coral when given adequate spacing from neighboring corals
- Generally considered a moderate-care reef coral when basic stability is maintained (temperature, salinity, and key ions)
Specifications:
- Product type: Live LPS coral (multiple frags available)
- Care level: Moderate (general LPS coral husbandry)
- Lighting (general guidance): Moderate to high reef lighting
- Water flow (general guidance): Moderate to high turbulent flow; avoid strong direct blasting
- Placement (general guidance): Provide open space around the frag and monitor for common LPS contact/allelopathy
- Temperature (general guidance): About 75–80°F
- Salinity (general guidance): Around 1.025–1.026
- Calcium (general guidance): ~400–450 ppm
- Alkalinity (general guidance): ~7.5–9 dKH
- Magnesium (general guidance): ~1250–1350 ppm
- Feeding (general guidance): Many aquarists use stable reef husbandry; occasional fine coral foods may be offered if your system supports them




