🪸🍋 Lemon Drop Acropora millepora – WYSIWYG
Premium SPS Collector Coral
🔹 Quick Stats
Care Level: Advanced
Temperament: Peaceful
Colour Form: Brilliant lemon-yellow branches highlighted by vibrant fluorescent lime-green polyps and contrasting lighter growth tips. Under actinic lighting, the colony develops an intense citrus-yellow glow, creating the unmistakable vibrant appearance that gives the Lemon Drop Millepora its name.
Water Conditions: 24–26 °C, dKH 7.5–8.5, pH 8.0–8.4, sg 1.024–1.026
Family: Acroporidae
Lighting: High (PAR 250–400)
Water Flow: Strong, Turbulent
Placement: Upper Reef
Type: WYSIWYG
🧬 Overview
The Lemon Drop Acropora millepora is a spectacular collector SPS coral renowned for its vivid lemon-yellow colouration, exceptional polyp extension, and compact branching growth. Its bright citrus tones are rarely seen in SPS corals, making it an eye-catching addition to any reef aquarium.
As the colony matures, it develops thick, densely branched growth covered in long, flowing polyps that give the coral its characteristic soft, velvety appearance. Under blue-spectrum lighting, the brilliant yellow tissue intensifies while the fluorescent green polyps create striking depth and contrast throughout the colony.
With stable reef conditions and strong water movement, the Lemon Drop Millepora grows into a vibrant showpiece, combining rapid growth with outstanding colour retention and exceptional visual impact.
Selected for:
- • Brilliant lemon-yellow colouration
- • Fluorescent lime-green polyps
- • Outstanding daytime polyp extension
- • Exceptional actinic fluorescence
- • Premium WYSIWYG collector specimen
🍽️ Care & Feeding
Although primarily photosynthetic, Acropora millepora benefits from regular feeding of fine suspended foods and amino acid supplementation, helping to maximise colour intensity, skeletal growth, and polyp extension.
Recommended feeding:
- • Reef Roids and fine powdered coral foods
- • Zooplankton-based SPS foods
- • Amino acid supplements
- • Live or preserved phytoplankton as part of a balanced feeding regime
Maintaining stable alkalinity and low but measurable nutrient levels is essential for achieving the brightest colouration and sustained healthy growth.
📈 Optimal Parameters
| Parameter | Ideal Range |
|---|---|
| Alkalinity (dKH) | 7.5–8.5 |
| Calcium (Ca) | 420–450 ppm |
| Magnesium (Mg) | 1300–1400 ppm |
| Nitrate (NO₃) | 2–10 ppm |
| Phosphate (PO₄) | 0.03–0.08 ppm |
📍 Placement
Position in the upper regions of the aquarium where it receives high-intensity lighting and strong, turbulent water movement. Stable water chemistry and consistent flow will promote vibrant colouration, excellent polyp extension, and compact branching growth.
🪸🍋 Lemon Drop Acropora millepora – WYSIWYG
A premium WYSIWYG Acropora millepora featuring brilliant lemon-yellow branches, fluorescent lime-green polyps, and exceptional daytime polyp extension. Its vibrant citrus colouration and outstanding actinic fluorescence make it a spectacular collector SPS and a true highlight in any reef aquarium.