🪸🫐💙 Blueberry Montipora – Frag (Similar to Photo)

Premium SPS Collector Coral

🔹 Quick Stats

Care Level: Moderate Temperament: Peaceful Colour Form: Beautiful blue and purple pigmentation featuring rich blueberry-inspired tones, ranging from soft lavender-blue to deeper violet and electric blue highlights. Its distinctive textured surface and closely arranged polyps create an intricate appearance, while the interplay of cool colours adds exceptional depth and visual interest. Under blue-spectrum reef lighting, the blue and purple pigmentation becomes particularly attractive, making this Montipora a striking addition to established reef aquariums. Water Conditions: 24–26 °C, dKH 7.5–8.5, pH 8.0–8.4, sg 1.024–1.026 Family: Acroporidae Lighting: Moderate to High (PAR 150–300) Water Flow: Moderate to Strong, Random Placement: Mid to Upper Reef Type: Frag – Similar to Photo

🧬 Overview

The Blueberry Montipora is an attractive SPS collector coral admired for its distinctive blue and purple colouration, intricate surface texture, and beautiful growth characteristics. Combining cool blueberry-inspired tones with the natural complexity of Montipora corals, this variety brings a refined and unusual colour palette to established reef aquariums.

Its most distinctive feature is its combination of blue, lavender, and violet pigmentation, creating an elegant appearance that contrasts beautifully with the warmer colours commonly found in SPS collections.

The coral's finely detailed surface and numerous small polyps contribute to its distinctive texture, adding visual depth and complexity as the colony develops.

Depending on the particular growth form, Montipora corals may develop encrusting, plating, or branching structures, making them highly versatile additions to reef aquascapes.

The Blueberry Montipora is particularly attractive when positioned alongside orange, yellow, green, and red SPS varieties, where its cool pigmentation creates a beautiful contrast.

Under appropriate lighting and stable water chemistry, its blue and purple colouration can become especially appealing, highlighting the intricate details of its growing structure.

Its combination of distinctive pigmentation, attractive texture, and collector appeal makes it an excellent addition to carefully curated SPS collections and established mixed reef aquariums.

Selected for:

• Beautiful blueberry-blue and purple pigmentation

• Elegant lavender, violet, and electric blue tones

• Intricate surface texture and delicate polyp detail

• Exceptional contrast against brightly coloured SPS corals

• Premium collector frag – Similar to Photo

🍽️ Care & Feeding

Although primarily photosynthetic, Blueberry Montipora can benefit from access to fine suspended foods and naturally occurring plankton, supporting healthy tissue development, vibrant pigmentation, and consistent skeletal growth.

Recommended feeding:

• Reef Roids and fine powdered SPS coral foods

• Zooplankton-based coral foods

• Amino acid supplements when appropriate

• Naturally occurring plankton and suspended organic particles

Supplementary feeding is optional in established aquariums with balanced nutrient availability.

Maintaining stable alkalinity, calcium, and magnesium concentrations is essential for healthy skeletal development and consistent growth.

Balanced nitrate and phosphate levels are equally important, as excessively low nutrient concentrations may negatively affect tissue health and colouration.

Avoid sudden changes in lighting intensity, temperature, or water chemistry, as these fluctuations can cause stress and reduce the intensity of its distinctive pigmentation.

📈 Optimal Parameters

📍 Placement

Position the Blueberry Montipora in the middle to upper regions of an established reef aquarium, where it receives moderate to high lighting and consistent, alternating water movement.

Moderate to strong, random flow helps prevent detritus accumulation across the coral's surface while supporting efficient nutrient exchange and healthy polyp extension.

Avoid placing the frag directly in front of concentrated water jets, as excessive flow may cause tissue stress or polyp retraction.

Its attractive growth characteristics make it particularly suitable for placement on exposed rockwork, where the colony can gradually develop and display its distinctive pigmentation.

Allow sufficient space between the coral and neighbouring specimens to accommodate future growth and prevent unwanted contact or overgrowth.

Gradual light acclimatisation is recommended, particularly when introducing the coral into aquariums with powerful LED lighting systems.

Montipora Coral Care

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Stable water chemistry, balanced nutrient availability, and appropriate lighting will help maintain its beautiful blueberry-inspired colouration while encouraging healthy colony development.

🪸🫐💙 Blueberry Montipora – Frag (Similar to Photo)

A beautiful Blueberry Montipora frag featuring distinctive blue and purple pigmentation, delicate polyp detail, and an intricate surface texture. With its elegant cool-toned colouration, attractive growth characteristics, and exceptional visual appeal, this premium SPS coral is a stunning addition to established reef aquariums and exclusive Montipora collections.

Please note: The photograph is for reference purposes only. The frag you receive will be similar to the one pictured, although slight variations in size, shape, growth structure, and colouration may occur.