🔹 Solar Pulse Acropora

Acropora tenuis (Blue Tips with Metallic Orange Colony)

🔹 Quick Stats

• Care Level: Moderate to Advanced

• Temperament: Peaceful

• Colour Form: Metallic orange base with vivid blue tips. Under actinic or blue-dominant lighting, the tips fluoresce sharply while the metallic orange reflects light, creating a dynamic, high-contrast ultra effect.

• Water Conditions: 24–27 °C, dKH 8–12, pH 8.0–8.4, sg 1.024–1.026

• Family: Acroporidae

• Lighting: Moderate to high (to enhance tip fluorescence and metallic sheen)

• Supplements: Calcium, Magnesium, Trace Elements, Amino Acids

• Water Flow: Moderate — ensures full polyp extension and healthy growth

• Placement: Mid to upper reef levels

🧬 Overview

The Solar Pulse Acropora is an ultra morph of Acropora tenuis featuring a shimmering metallic orange base with contrasting blue tips. The combination of colors produces a visually striking display, perfect for collectors seeking a centerpiece with bold, ultra coloration. Its branching structure allows excellent polyp extension, enhancing fluorescence and creating movement in the tank.

🍽️ Feeding & Care

Although photosynthetic, this Acropora thrives with 1–2 weekly supplemental feedings of fine particulate foods, coral amino acid blends, or phytoplankton. Feeding promotes brighter tip fluorescence, fuller polyp extension, and steady growth. Stable water parameters are essential for maintaining ultra metallic coloration.

📈 Optimal Parameters

• Alkalinity (dKH): 8–12

• Calcium (Ca): 420–460 ppm

• Magnesium (Mg): 1250–1350 ppm

• Nitrate (NO₃): 0–10 ppm

• Phosphate (PO₄): 0–0.05 ppm

📍 Placement

Place in moderate to high lighting with steady, moderate flow. Allow space around the colony for polyp expansion and avoid aggressive neighbours. Under blue-dominant lighting, the blue tips fluoresce intensely while the metallic orange base shimmers, creating a dramatic ultra effect.