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Colt Coral

 Common Name: Colt Coral

Scientific Name: Cladiella sp.

Order: Cnidaria

Range: Indo-Pacific

Diet: Photosynthetic single-celled organisms, zooxanthellae that provides some sugar; also eat planktonic organisms and absorbs dissolved organic matter

Facts: 1. Produce large amount of mucus 2. Live happily with a Blue Tang because the Tang will drop organic matter the Colt Coral can eat 3. If the coral shrinks, the coral is not receiving enough food 4. There are 61 species of Cladiella

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