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Acropora
Acropora sp.
Family: Acroporidae
📍 Indo-Pacific Reef Systems
Acropora is the largest and most diverse genus of stony corals on earth, encompassing hundreds of species forming branching, table, and bushy morphologies in nearly every colour imaginable. They are the primary reef-building corals and are the benchmark for advanced reef aquariums — demanding pristine, stable water chemistry, very high light, moderate to high flow, and expert-level nutrient management. In well-maintained SPS tanks they reward with breathtaking growth and colouration.
Keeping this species
- diet
- Photosynthetic (zooxanthellae); may benefit from amino acid and coral food supplementation
- flow
- High, random turbulent flow
- lifespan
- Decades in stable reef
- lighting
- Very high (200–400 PAR)
- placement
- Upper rockwork; open to light and flow
- tank size
- 75 gallons minimum SPS reef
- temperament
- Can overgrow neighbouring corals; space accordingly
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Water it likes
- ph
- 8.2–8.4
- calcium
- 420–450 ppm
- nitrate
- 1–5 ppm
- salinity
- 1.025–1.026 SG
- magnesium
- 1280–1380 ppm
- phosphate
- 0.03–0.07 ppm
- alkalinity
- 8–9 dKH
- temperature
- 73–79°F (23–26°C)
Natural Habitat Temperature
79°F — 81°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Feb high)