✨ Solar Apex Acropora

Acropora sp. (Golden Tip, Vibrant Colony)

🔹 Quick Stats

• Care Level: Moderate to Advanced

• Temperament: Peaceful

• Colour Form: Vibrant base colour accented with radiant golden tips. Under actinic or blue-dominant lighting, the tips fluoresce brilliantly, creating a striking, high-contrast ultra effect across the colony.

• 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 maximise fluorescence and tip intensity)

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

• Water Flow: Moderate — sufficient for healthy polyp extension

• Placement: Upper to mid reef levels, with good light exposure

🧬 Overview

The Solar Apex Acropora is an ultra morph prized for its radiant golden tips that glow against a vibrant base colour. Each branch creates a dramatic visual contrast, giving the colony a fiery, apex-like appearance. Its dynamic polyp extension adds movement and life, making this coral a true centerpiece for any reef tank.

This ultra morph is highly sought after by collectors for its bold, eye-catching colouration and fluorescence under blue or actinic lighting.

🍽️ Feeding & Care

Although photosynthetic, this Acropora thrives with 1–2 weekly feedings of fine particulate foods, coral amino acid blends, or phytoplankton. Targeted feeding promotes brighter tip fluorescence, fuller polyp extension, and steady growth. Maintaining stable water parameters is essential for ultra coloration and long-term health.

📈 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 areas with moderate to high light and gentle, steady flow. Allow enough space for polyp expansion and avoid aggressive neighbouring corals. Under blue-dominant lighting, the golden tips glow intensely, creating a radiant, ultra effect that highlights the colony’s vibrant structure.