What’s not to love about the ATL Forest Fire Digitata? It is a colorful and fast growing coral with a really cool name. In general, I am a big fan of SPS in the Montipora digitata family because they tend to be brightly colored and grow fast. I love to have solid, contrasting colors in my SPS dominant tanks and digis provide many options, with purple, pink, orange and green as the more common colors.
The fast growing digitatas can be aggressive and are capable of quickly overtaking a lot of real estate within a tank, choking out neighboring corals. I had a gorgeous Orange digi in my 225 gallon tank but it did require a lot of pruning. It grew so fast I had to sell colonies of the coral instead of frags!
Digitatas are essentially branching corals and the shape and thickness of the branches will vary depending on the amount of flow they receive. In terms of lighting, I have had success with digis in both low and high light areas of my tanks. Digitatas are generally hardy and are a good choice for folks who are just starting out with SPS.
Ok, getting back to the ATL Forest Fire Digitata, it is unique due to its bright orange polyps and green body, a designer digitatas for sure. Other designer digis include the Pink Smoothie and Superman Digi and all are typically in high demand, as they usually command a premium price versus standard color digis.
Typically, the Forest Fire Digitata will exhibit a deeper red color under lower light levels and they tend to do well with medium to high flow. Mine is a happy camper down near the bottom of my reef. So if you are in the market for an easy to keep SPS that is easy on the eyes, go with an ATL Forest Fire Digitata. It will add a spark to your tank 🙂
Additional Resources
If you would like some help with a new tank build, including help designing a custom aquarium, or help re-configuring your current setup then you can visit this page for more information. And if you are looking to add some equipment, I do sell GHL, Pax Bellum, Reef Octopus Calcium and Kalk Reactors and Royal Exclusiv products, including Dreamboxes, which is the equipment I use and recommend. I also sell Reef Brite metal halide and LED fixtures as well as Maxspect & IceCap Gyres.
As for additional insights and information, please explore my many other reef tank and SPS related articles as well as my YouTube channel. For an even deeper dive into reef tank care you can check out my Reef Keeping Master Class. This online course is an immersive and one of a kind educational tool designed to help reef aquarium hobbyists build and maintain a beautiful SPS reef tank. The course is a series of video presentations with some supplemental video from my YouTube channel. There are also quizzes to help students retain and understand the information presented in the course.
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