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Heliopora, while not a flashy coral, is an interesting one.

It's an Octocoral, yet is a calcifying coral. It's in a different Order than the soft corals we know well, growing a blue skeleton below the tan skin and polyps.

I got this frag in early 2005, it has encrusted and done well in the tank yet I realize it will be quite a while before this develops the many-ridged form of a mature colony.

It seems to do well with fairly high flow, and handles high light well. Takes a little time to get settled, best to leave where it does well and polyps regularly. For me, this will put out it's polyps a little more at night than during the day, but seems to put out it's polyps a good amount.