🧡🔥🪸 Acropora millepora “Metallic Orange” – Frag – Similar to Photo
Ultra Vibrant Metallic Orange SPS Coral – Premium Aquacultured Millepora
🔹 Quick Stats
Care Level: Moderate to Advanced
Temperament: Semi-aggressive (may compete with neighbouring corals)
Colour Form: A spectacular Acropora millepora displaying intense metallic orange pigmentation with brilliant copper, amber and fiery orange highlights. Its densely packed, elongated polyps create the characteristic fuzzy appearance of Millepora corals, adding exceptional texture and movement. Under actinic lighting, the metallic orange tones develop a vivid fluorescent glow, while balanced white lighting reveals rich golden-copper reflections and warm tangerine shades.
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: Strong, random and turbulent
Placement: Middle to Upper rockwork
🔹 Overview
The Acropora millepora “Metallic Orange” is an exceptional SPS coral prized for its brilliant metallic orange coloration and distinctive, densely extended polyps.
Its vibrant combination of fiery orange, copper and golden highlights creates a spectacular appearance, particularly under modern reef LED lighting.
Unlike smoother branching Acropora species, Millepora corals develop a characteristic fuzzy texture due to their abundant, elongated polyps, giving the colony a beautiful sense of movement.
As the frag matures, it develops an attractive branching structure, becoming a stunning centrepiece in any dedicated SPS reef aquarium.
🔹 Selected For
✔ Exceptional metallic orange pigmentation
✔ Brilliant copper, amber and golden highlights
✔ Beautiful fluorescence under actinic lighting
✔ Dense, elongated polyps creating the iconic fuzzy Millepora appearance
✔ Attractive branching growth and outstanding visual texture
✔ Premium aquacultured SPS coral – Similar to Photo
🔹 Care & Feeding
Acropora millepora thrives in mature, stable reef aquariums with moderate to high lighting and strong, variable water movement.
Provide turbulent, indirect flow to keep the colony free from detritus and encourage healthy polyp extension.
Maintain consistent alkalinity, calcium and magnesium levels, avoiding sudden changes that may cause stress or tissue recession.
Gradually acclimate new frags to stronger lighting to preserve their metallic orange 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 nutrient levels are important for maintaining intense coloration. Avoid excessively nutrient-poor conditions.
🔹 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, random water movement.
Allow sufficient space for future branching growth and avoid direct contact with neighbouring corals.
Under stable conditions, this Millepora develops impressive polyp extension and increasingly rich metallic orange pigmentation, creating a spectacular display of colour and movement.
🧡🔥 The Metallic Orange Millepora is a breathtaking SPS coral combining brilliant metallic orange pigmentation, glowing copper highlights and exceptionally dense, fuzzy polyps. A stunning premium Acropora that brings fiery colour, texture and elegance to any established reef aquarium!