The Bubble Gum Digitata Montipora (Montipora digitata, lineaged cultivars include World Wide Corals “WWC” and Top Shelf Aquatics “TSA” lines) is one of the most famous and highly sought-after branching Montipora cultivars in the entire reef hobby. Renowned for its iconic high-contrast tri-color palette, this designer SPS coral features a vibrant salmon-pink to hot bubblegum-red coenosteum (tissue base) densely studded with fluffy, radioactive neon-green polyps, finished with striking pale blue, silver, or light teal axial growth tips.
Coloration: Vibrant bubblegum-pink to salmon-red base tissue, densely covered in glowing neon-green or chartreuse polyps, topped with pale blue, cyan, or metallic lavender growth tips.
Growth Pattern: Arborescent / Finger-Like Branching (encrusts a thick base pad before sending up smooth, upright, digit-like branches that form a thick, bush-like canopy). Sold as a frag on a 0.5 – 1 inch frag plug.
Lighting: Moderate to High (PAR 200–300).
Water Flow: Moderate to High (Strong, randomized multi-directional flow to keep the interior branches free of detritus).
Feeding: Photosynthetic; extends micro-polyps continuously day and night to capture liquid amino acids, micro-plankton powders, and fine SPS particulate foods.
Aggressiveness: Peaceful / Defenseless (lacks stinging sweeper tentacles; relies on rapid calcification to outgrow neighbors, but easily stung by aggressive LPS or soft corals).
Care Level: Easy to Moderate (One of the hardiest, most forgiving branching SPS corals available, making it an ideal “gateway” stony coral for intermediate reefers).
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