Yellow Mustard Speciosa Acropora

💛🌿 Yellow Mustard Speciosa Acropora

Acropora speciosa – Golden Velvet Plate SPS

🔹 Quick Stats

Care Level: Advanced
Temperament: Peaceful
Colour Form: A luminous mustard-yellow to golden-green base with soft cream undertones, forming wide, delicate plates with raised ridges and rich texture. Under actinic lighting, the coral glows with radiant amber fluorescence, while in daylight spectrum, its warm yellow hues deepen into a refined, matte gold tone.
Water Conditions: 24–27 °C, dKH 8–11, pH 8.0–8.4, sg 1.024–1.026
Family: Acroporidae
Lighting: High (intense PAR for colour definition)
Water Flow: Moderate to strong, non-laminar
Placement: Mid to upper reef zones

🧬 Overview

The Yellow Mustard Speciosa Acropora is a collector’s coral of rare sophistication, known for its unique plating architecture and luxurious golden tones.
Its Acropora speciosa lineage gives it thick, flattened plates with sculpted ridges and fine surface detail — glowing with mustard-yellow luminosity that radiates even under white light.

This coral adds elegance and warmth to SPS-dominated systems, standing out through both its colour and structure. Its balanced tone complements vivid reds, blues, and greens, making it ideal for visual harmony within high-end reef layouts.

🍽️ Care & Feeding

Completely photosynthetic but benefits from amino acid supplementation and occasional coral feeding (Reef Roids, Coral Vitaliser, or similar) to maintain rich pigmentation and growth definition.

Ensure stable alkalinity, calcium, and magnesium, and moderate nutrient levels to prevent fading or browning of yellow chromoproteins.

📈 Optimal Parameters

📍 Placement

Position in mid-to-upper reef zones where it receives strong, even lighting and broad turbulent flow. Avoid direct laminar jets to prevent edge stress. Allow open horizontal space for plating expansion and ensure good visibility of its golden glow.

💛🌿 Yellow Mustard Speciosa Acropora

A living sculpture of gold and light — refined, radiant, and rare. The essence of coral elegance for true SPS collectors.