The Red Montipora Digitata (Montipora digitata) is a timeless, foundational Small Polyp Stony (SPS) coral celebrated for its vivid warm tones, rapid growth, and upright branching structure. One of the most classic pieces in the reef hobby, this iconic morph features smooth, finger-like branches in a saturated bright rust-red to fiery orange, heavily covered in fuzzy reddish-orange polyps that create a velvety, full texture under both daylight and blue actinic lighting.
Coloration: Fiery brick-red to bright reddish-orange coenosteum (tissue), densely covered in matching fuzzy orange-red polyps, often featuring lighter pinkish-white growth tips.
Growth Pattern: Upright Branching / Digitiform (forms smooth, thick, finger-like vertical branches that fork repeatedly to build a dense, tree-like bush). Sold as a frag on a 0.5 – 1 inch frag plug.
Lighting: Moderate to High (PAR 180–350).
Water Flow: Moderate to High (Strong, randomized current to keep the bushy inner branches free of detritus).
Feeding: Photosynthetic; extends polyps continuously during the day to capture liquid amino acids, micro-plankton, and fine particulate SPS feeds.
Aggressiveness: Peaceful / Defenseless (lacks stinging sweeper tentacles; relies on rapid growth to secure space, but easily stung by aggressive LPS or anemones).
Care Level: Easy to Moderate (One of the absolute best beginner SPS corals due to its extreme hardiness and fast skeletal calcification).
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