Leaf Plate Montipora

Montipora capricornis, the Leaf Plate Montipora, grows in broad, overlapping horizontal plates that cascade down a rockscape like shelves — it's one of the most space-defining SPS you can keep. Mid-tank under high light with medium flow; orient plate frags so the edges face into the current and the upper surface gets maximum light, and the plates will grow outward in impressive horizontal sheets. Montipora-eating nudibranchs are the primary biological threat — they colonize the undersides of plates and graze the tissue outward from hidden pockets; dip all incoming frags and check the undersides of established plates monthly. No target feeding; rock-solid alk, calcium, and magnesium with high light intensity is the full care recipe — get those dialed and Montipora capricornis will be one of the faster-growing SPS in your system.