{"product_id":"monitpora-sp-aa016-montipora-sp","title":"Montipora Sp AA016 | Montipora sp.","description":"\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecimen AA016 is a Montipora sp., widely regarded as the most beginner-friendly SPS coral in the hobby. It builds itself into plates, branches, and encrusting sheets, growing quickly and tolerating a broad range of tank conditions while still producing vivid colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAppearance\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eMontipora is famously variable in form, taking shape as flat encrusting sheets, rising plates, or branching 'digitate' growths, each surface dotted with tiny polyps. Colours span bright green, orange, red, purple and blue, frequently with polyps or rims that contrast against the base colour. A thriving colony will noticeably encrust and spread across the rock as it establishes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eNatural Habitat\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the wild, Montipora colonises Indo-Pacific reefs from shallow flats down to deeper slopes. Compared with Acropora, it copes with a much wider spread of water conditions, which is exactly why it's recommended as a first SPS. That said, AA016 will still reward good lighting, strong water movement and stable chemistry — place it in moderate-to-high light with turbulent flow, ideally in the mid-to-upper reaches of the aquascape.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nick's Aquarium Oceanarium Terrarium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55232720208163,"sku":"AA1946","price":75.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/nicksaquariumoceanariumterrarium.com.au\/products\/monitpora-sp-aa016-montipora-sp","provider":"Nicks Aquarium Oceanarium Terrarium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}