💜🪸 Acropora horrida “Purple Long Polyp” – Cut to Order
Premium Purple SPS Coral – Exceptional Long Polyp Extension – Collector's Acropora
🔹 Quick Stats
Care Level: Moderate to Advanced
Temperament: Semi-aggressive (may compete with neighbouring corals)
Colour Form: A spectacular Acropora horrida displaying rich purple to violet pigmentation with beautiful lavender and deep amethyst highlights. Its most distinctive feature is its exceptionally long, extended polyps, creating a remarkable fuzzy appearance that adds texture and natural movement to the colony. The contrast between the purple skeletal structure and delicate extended polyps produces an elegant three-dimensional effect. Under actinic lighting, the violet tones become particularly striking, while balanced white lighting reveals the depth and richness of its purple pigmentation.
Water Conditions: 24–26 °C, dKH 7.5–8.5, pH 8.0–8.4, sg 1.024–1.026
Family: Acroporidae
Lighting: Moderate to High (PAR 200–350)
Flow: Moderate to Strong, random and turbulent
Placement: Middle to Upper rockwork
Availability: Cut to Order – Prepared from the Mother Colony
🔹 Overview
The Acropora horrida “Purple Long Polyp” is an exceptional SPS coral admired for its beautiful purple coloration and remarkably elongated polyps.
Unlike many Acropora species with relatively short or less visible polyps, Acropora horrida is particularly appreciated for its distinctive long polyp extension, creating a spectacular fuzzy appearance throughout the branches.
Its rich violet and lavender pigmentation combines beautifully with the delicate movement of its extended polyps, giving the colony a unique sense of depth and texture.
As the coral matures, it develops an elegant branching structure with pronounced corallites and abundant polyp extension, making it a stunning addition to premium SPS collections.
Each frag is prepared directly from the selected mother colony, allowing reef enthusiasts to acquire a piece of this beautiful and distinctive Acropora.
🔹 Selected For
✔ Beautiful deep purple, violet and lavender pigmentation
✔ Exceptionally long and extended polyps
✔ Spectacular fuzzy appearance with natural movement
✔ Distinctive Acropora horrida branching structure
✔ Beautiful colour contrast under reef LED lighting
✔ Outstanding texture and visual depth
✔ Premium SPS coral for dedicated collectors
✔ Cut to Order – Frag prepared from the mother colony
🔹 Care & Feeding
Acropora horrida thrives in mature, stable reef aquariums with moderate to high lighting and strong, variable water movement.
Provide turbulent, indirect water flow to encourage healthy polyp extension and maintain good circulation throughout the colony.
Avoid excessively concentrated direct currents, which may cause the long polyps to remain retracted.
Maintain consistent alkalinity, calcium and magnesium levels, avoiding sudden fluctuations that may stress delicate SPS tissue.
Gradually acclimate new frags to stronger lighting to preserve their rich purple pigmentation and prevent light stress.
Although primarily photosynthetic, occasional feeding with fine particulate coral foods, amino acids and plankton-based nutrition may support healthy tissue development, polyp extension and growth.
Balanced nitrate and phosphate levels are important for maintaining vibrant coloration and overall coral health.
Important: As a Cut to Order coral, freshly prepared frags require an appropriate healing and recovery period before shipping. Dispatch will be arranged once the frag demonstrates suitable tissue condition and stability.
🔹 Recommended Parameters
Temperature: 24–26 °C
Salinity: 1.024–1.026 SG
Alkalinity: 7.5–8.5 dKH
Calcium: 400–450 ppm
Magnesium: 1250–1400 ppm
Nitrate: 2–10 ppm
Phosphate: 0.03–0.10 ppm
🔹 Placement & Compatibility
Ideally positioned in the middle to upper sections of the reef aquarium, where it receives moderate to high lighting and strong, multidirectional water movement.
Allow sufficient space for future branching growth and avoid direct contact with neighbouring corals.
Under stable aquarium conditions, this Acropora can develop impressive polyp extension, rich purple pigmentation and a beautifully textured branching structure.
The intensity of its purple coloration and degree of polyp extension may vary depending on lighting, water flow, nutrient availability and aquarium conditions.
🔹 Cut to Order Information
This coral is sold as a Cut to Order frag, prepared directly from the mother colony displayed in the product photographs.
The photographs represent the mother colony and its colour characteristics. The frag supplied will be a portion of this colony, and its exact size, shape and branching structure may vary.
Freshly cut frags are allowed an appropriate recovery period before dispatch to help ensure safe transport and successful acclimation.
💜🪸 The Purple Long Polyp Acropora horrida is a breathtaking SPS coral combining rich violet pigmentation, exceptionally elongated polyps and a spectacular fuzzy texture. A premium Cut to Order collector's Acropora that brings extraordinary movement, colour and elegance to any established reef aquarium!