🌿🤎 Green & Brown Acropora
Acropora sp. – Earth Tone Branching SPS
🔹 Quick Stats
Care Level: Moderate to Advanced
Temperament: Peaceful
Colour Form: A classic dual-tone Acropora featuring a rich brown skeletal base overlaid with bright green tissue and contrasting polyp highlights. Under actinic lighting, the green glows vividly, creating a natural yet striking presence that blends beautifully with both high-colour and natural reef scapes.
Water Conditions: 24–27 °C, dKH 8–11, pH 8.0–8.4, sg 1.024–1.026
Family: Acroporidae
Lighting: Moderate to High (balanced blue-white spectrum)
Water Flow: Strong, multidirectional
Placement: Mid to upper reef zones
🧬 Overview
The Green & Brown Acropora is a robust and adaptable SPS coral, ideal for both developing and established reef systems. Its earthy brown tones provide depth and contrast, while the vibrant green fluorescence brings subtle radiance under actinic light.
Known for steady growth and resilience, this morph offers a natural aesthetic reminiscent of wild reef colonies — perfect for reefers seeking texture and realism in their SPS layout.
🍽️ Care & Feeding
Primarily photosynthetic but benefits from occasional amino acid supplementation and target feeding with fine coral foods such as Reef Roids or Coral Dust.
Stable parameters and moderate nutrient levels help maintain its green pigmentation without excessive browning.
📈 Optimal Parameters
| Parameter | Ideal Range |
|---|---|
| Alkalinity (dKH) | 8–11 |
| Calcium (Ca) | 420–460 ppm |
| Magnesium (Mg) | 1250–1350 ppm |
| Nitrate (NO₃) | 2–10 ppm |
| Phosphate (PO₄) | 0.01–0.05 ppm |
📍 Placement
Place in mid to upper reef zones with strong alternating flow and balanced lighting to enhance the green fluorescence while maintaining brown base depth. Ensure open space for vertical branching and avoid shading from faster-growing SPS.
🌿🤎 Green & Brown Acropora
Natural beauty refined — the perfect balance between wild reef tones and vivid green life, bringing texture and realism to your SPS display.