Heliopora coerulea (Blue Ridge)
(Aquacultured at Reef Systems Coral Farm, Inc.)

Size: 1.5 - 2"
- animal comes mounted and attached to our concrete discs.
Lighting: Moderate to High
WaterFlow: Moderate to High
Color: Brown with large polyps
Origin: jakarta /Indo Pacific
Aquacultured: Reef Systems Coral Farm, Inc. (Farm Raised since 1996)
Family: Helioporidae

Notes: Helipora is one of two soft corals that resembles a stoney coral.
           The other being Tubipora Musica or Organ Pipe.
           Many people consider Blue Ridge Coral or Helipora to be of the SPS
           variety but actually it is a soft coral.  Each polyp has 8 pinules that
           identifys it as an Octocoral.  Octocorals are Soft corals.  Very easy
           coral to grow.  Can grow very quickly and tends to "shed" a lot, much
           like other soft corals.  Give it lots of flow and light and it will become
           very hairy and one of your favorite corals. The hard skeleton is blue
           which gives it its common name.