🪸☢️ Toxic Green Acropora cerealis – WYSIWYG
Premium SPS Collector Coral
🔹 Quick Stats
Care Level: Advanced
Temperament: Peaceful
Colour Form: Intensely fluorescent toxic-green branches with vivid emerald axial corallites and contrasting lighter growth tips. Under actinic lighting, the colony develops exceptional neon fluorescence, creating an electric-green glow that makes this Acropora cerealis an unmistakable centrepiece in any SPS reef.
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 Toxic Green Acropora cerealis is a premium SPS coral admired for its brilliant fluorescent green colouration, elegant branching architecture, and outstanding polyp extension. Its vivid pigmentation and naturally refined growth form make it a spectacular addition to dedicated SPS aquariums.
As the colony matures, it develops slender, evenly spaced branches with vibrant axial growth tips, creating a delicate yet striking three-dimensional structure. Under blue-spectrum lighting, the intense green fluorescence becomes even more pronounced, producing exceptional visual impact throughout the aquarium.
Maintained under stable reef conditions, this collector Acropora cerealis rewards experienced reef keepers with excellent growth, strong colour stability, and an impressive display colony over time.
Selected for:
- • Intense toxic-green colouration
- • Exceptional actinic fluorescence
- • Elegant branching growth structure
- • Excellent polyp extension
- • Premium WYSIWYG collector specimen
🍽️ Care & Feeding
Although primarily photosynthetic, Acropora cerealis benefits from regular feeding of fine suspended foods and amino acid supplementation, promoting enhanced colouration, polyp extension, and skeletal growth.
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 consistent nutrient levels is essential for long-term success.
📈 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, random water movement. Stable water chemistry is essential to preserve its vivid fluorescence, compact branching, and healthy long-term growth.
🪸☢️ Toxic Green Acropora cerealis – WYSIWYG
A premium WYSIWYG Acropora cerealis showcasing intensely fluorescent toxic-green branches, exceptional polyp extension, and striking actinic fluorescence. Its elegant branching structure and vibrant colouration make it a superb collector SPS and a standout centrepiece for any high-end reef aquarium.