Coral Elysée
My tank
Every coral in the shop grows up in this tank. Here you can see, unedited, what it looks like: mother colonies, frags on the grow-out racks and the plankton that keeps it all alive.
Videos
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Photos
What grows here
These groups appear in the videos and photos. The dots show how much light, flow and care they need.
SPS · stony coral
The branching little trees in pink, green and purple. They grow fast and build the great reefs in nature, but don't forgive swings in water parameters.
💡 Stable alkalinity (7–8 °dKH) and plankton as extra food for strong colours.
SPS · stony coral
The neon-green plates. Montipora spreads quickly and is a good first step into stony corals.
💡 Plates need room above and to the sides, or they shade their neighbours.
LPS · large polyp
Hammer and torch corals with their long, swaying tentacles. Fully open during the day and among the most beautiful corals in the flow.
💡 Extends sweeper tentacles at night: leave at least 10 cm to other corals.
Colonial polyps
The small, colourful carpets of polyps. Hardy, fast-growing and in countless colour variants – ideal for beginners.
⚠️ Contain palytoxin: always wear gloves and safety glasses when moving them.
LPS · large polyp
The large dome with the maze pattern and the orange honeycomb coral in front. Slow-growing, but over the years it becomes the centrepiece of the tank.
💡 Feeding tentacles come out in the evening: the best time for zooplankton.
Fish · wrasse
The yellow fish in the videos (Halichoeres chrysus). It searches rocks and corals all day and eats pests such as flatworms along the way.
💡 Buries itself in the sand at night: needs a sand bed a few centimetres deep.