Dr. Karine Marangon
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Antipathes arborea reaches a maximum height of 100cm according to scientific literature.
The natural scientist Dr. Karine Marangon gave us a size of about 200cm for the main picture of the coral she took.
Since the black coral has no symbiosis with endogenous zooxanthellae, it must cover its energy needs by catching usable plankton,
For this it needs exposed reef areas with a continuous and sufficiently high current, which flushes the permanently fresh food to it.
The distribution of the black coral should be much larger than indicated.
Keeping azooxanthellate corals works quite well with manageably large species like Tubastraea, if the aquarist takes the necessary time to feed the polyps regularly.
With species as large as Antipathes arborea we consider a permanent and species-appropriate keeping in a very large aquarium extremely unlikely.
Antipathes arborea should definitely remain in the sea.
Synonym: Antipathes dichotoma arborea Dana
The natural scientist Dr. Karine Marangon gave us a size of about 200cm for the main picture of the coral she took.
Since the black coral has no symbiosis with endogenous zooxanthellae, it must cover its energy needs by catching usable plankton,
For this it needs exposed reef areas with a continuous and sufficiently high current, which flushes the permanently fresh food to it.
The distribution of the black coral should be much larger than indicated.
Keeping azooxanthellate corals works quite well with manageably large species like Tubastraea, if the aquarist takes the necessary time to feed the polyps regularly.
With species as large as Antipathes arborea we consider a permanent and species-appropriate keeping in a very large aquarium extremely unlikely.
Antipathes arborea should definitely remain in the sea.
Synonym: Antipathes dichotoma arborea Dana
