🌞 Solar Flare Acropora

Acropora sp. (Ultra Orange Colony with Yellow Tips)

🔹 Quick Stats

• Care Level: Moderate to Advanced

• Temperament: Peaceful

• Colour Form: Brilliant orange branches accented with glowing yellow tips. Under actinic or blue-dominant lighting, the tips fluoresce intensely, creating a fiery halo effect along the colony’s edges, making it a stunning centerpiece.

• 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 ultra coloration)

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

• Water Flow: Moderate — enough for full polyp extension without tissue damage

• Placement: Upper to mid reef levels for optimal light exposure

🧬 Overview

The Solar Flare Acropora is an ultra morph prized for its fiery orange coloration and vivid yellow tips. Each branch forms a dynamic gradient, resembling flames radiating across the colony. The polyp extension adds movement and depth, making this coral a living, glowing sculpture in any reef.

Ultra Acroporas like this are highly sought after for their visual impact and vibrant fluorescence, making them perfect for dedicated reef collectors and showcase tanks.

🍽️ Feeding & Care

Acropora are photosynthetic but benefit from 1–2 weekly supplemental feedings of fine particulate foods, phytoplankton, or amino acid blends. Targeted feeding promotes rapid growth, fuller polyp extension, and long-lasting ultra coloration. Maintaining stable water parameters is essential for colony health and vibrancy.

📈 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

Position in areas with moderate to high light and steady, moderate flow to allow polyp extension. Avoid placing near aggressive corals. Under blue-rich spectrum lighting, the yellow tips glow intensely, enhancing the fiery ultra effect of the orange branches.