🔴🤍🔵 Acanthastrea echinata “Patriot Inferno” – Mastergrade
Acan Coral – Deep Blood Red Base with Electric Blue & Ice White Racing Stripes
🔹 Quick Stats
Care Level: Easy to Moderate
Temperament: Semi-aggressive (short feeder tentacles at night)
Colour Form: The “Patriot Inferno” Mastergrade displays an intense blood-red base cut by razor-sharp electric blue and ice-white striping across each polyp ridge. Under actinic lighting, the blue stripes explode into neon while the white lines glow with clean fluorescence, creating a high-definition racing-stripe effect. Under white light, the red deepens into rich crimson with bold contrast against the stark white and royal blue accents.
Water Conditions: 24–26 °C, dKH 7.5–9, pH 8.0–8.4, sg 1.024–1.026
Family: Lobophylliidae (Acanthastrea group)
Lighting: Low to Moderate (PAR 60–120)
Water Flow: Low to Moderate, indirect
Placement: Sandbed or lower rockwork
🧬 Overview
The Acanthastrea echinata “Patriot Inferno” – Mastergrade is a true elite-tier specimen, defined by its extreme colour contrast and ultra-clean striping pattern. This is not standard warpaint — this is precision colour separation, where red, white and blue remain sharply defined with no muddy blending.
Each polyp shows raised ridges with alternating stripe bands, creating a sculpted, armored look. As the colony expands, the striping pattern repeats across new growth, giving it that rare “engineered” appearance collectors chase.
Each WYSIWYG colony is hand-selected for:
• Deep, saturated blood-red base colour
• Clean, high-contrast white striping (not cream)
• Intense electric blue line definition
• Sharp pattern separation between all three colours
• Thick, inflated polyp structure
• Healthy mouths and strong feeding response
• Proven long-term colour stability
A mastergrade echinata reserved for serious collectors and competition reefs.
🍽️ Care & Feeding
Echinata responds extremely well to feeding and will reward you with faster growth, thicker tissue and sharper colour contrast.
Feed 1–2× weekly with:
• Finely chopped mysis, krill or prawn
• LPS pellets or coral blends
• Reef roids or powdered plankton
• Target-feed after lights out for maximum feeder extension
📈 Optimal Parameters
| Parameter | Ideal Range |
|---|---|
| Alkalinity (dKH) | 7.5–9 |
| Calcium (Ca) | 420–450 ppm |
| Magnesium (Mg) | 1300–1400 ppm |
| Nitrate (NO₃) | 5–15 ppm |
| Phosphate (PO₄) | 0.03–0.10 ppm |
📍 Placement
Place on sandbed or lower rockwork to avoid light shock.
Ensure gentle, indirect flow to keep tissue clean without tearing.
Allow 5–8 cm clearance from neighbours — echinata can extend feeder tentacles at night.
🔴🤍🔵 Acanthastrea echinata “Patriot Inferno” – Mastergrade
Blood red armor, ice-white lines and electric blue fire — aggressive contrast, razor-sharp detail and true collector status.
A coral that looks custom-built, not grown.