⚡💛🪸 Acropora sp. “Australian Pikachu” – Iconic Colony Type – Wild Colony – Cut to Order
Ultra Premium Australian Pikachu Acropora – Iconic Yellow SPS Collector's Coral
🔹 Quick Stats
Care Level: Moderate to Advanced
Temperament: Semi-aggressive (may compete with neighbouring corals)
Colour Form: An exceptional Australian Acropora displaying the iconic Pikachu colour pattern, characterised by brilliant yellow to golden-yellow pigmentation with contrasting warm orange to reddish highlights. Its vibrant yellow branches, delicate corallites and distinctive growth structure create a spectacular appearance reminiscent of the famous Pikachu colour morph. Under actinic lighting, the yellow pigmentation becomes especially luminous, while balanced white lighting reveals rich golden tones and subtle colour variations throughout the colony.
Origin: Australia – Wild Collected
Water Conditions: 24–26 °C, dKH 7.5–8.5, pH 8.0–8.4, sg 1.024–1.026
Family: Acroporidae
Lighting: Moderate to High (PAR 250–400)
Flow: Strong, random and turbulent
Placement: Middle to Upper rockwork
Availability: Cut to Order – Prepared from the Mother Colony
🔹 Overview
The Acropora sp. “Australian Pikachu” is an extraordinary wild-collected Australian SPS coral, admired for its iconic yellow coloration and distinctive colony appearance.
Recognised among reef enthusiasts for its brilliant golden-yellow pigmentation and characteristic branching structure, the Pikachu Acropora is one of the most visually striking yellow colour forms in premium SPS collections.
This particular Australian specimen represents the classic Pikachu colony type, combining vibrant yellow branches with warm contrasting highlights and beautifully defined corallites.
Its intense coloration and elegant growth habit make it a spectacular centrepiece for established SPS reef aquariums.
Each frag is prepared directly from the selected Australian wild mother colony, offering collectors the opportunity to acquire a piece of this exceptional coral.
🔹 Selected For
✔ Iconic Australian Pikachu colour form and colony type
✔ Brilliant yellow to golden-yellow pigmentation
✔ Beautiful warm orange and reddish highlights
✔ Premium wild-collected Australian Acropora
✔ Distinctive branching architecture and defined corallites
✔ Exceptional visual impact under reef LED lighting
✔ Highly desirable yellow SPS collector's coral
✔ Cut to Order – Frag prepared from the mother colony
✔ Mother colony shown in photos – frag size and shape may vary
🔹 Care & Feeding
Acropora corals thrive in mature, stable reef aquariums with moderate to high lighting and strong, variable water movement.
As this specimen originates from a wild-collected Australian colony, careful acclimation is particularly important to minimise stress and encourage successful adaptation to aquarium conditions.
Provide strong, indirect turbulent flow to maintain healthy tissue and prevent detritus accumulation between the branches.
Maintain consistent alkalinity, calcium and magnesium levels, avoiding sudden fluctuations that may compromise coral health.
Gradually acclimate new frags to stronger lighting, particularly when transferring them between aquariums with different LED lighting systems.
Although primarily photosynthetic, occasional feeding with fine particulate coral foods, amino acids and plankton-based nutrition may support tissue health and growth.
Balanced nitrate and phosphate concentrations are important for maintaining healthy pigmentation. Excessively nutrient-poor conditions or sudden changes in lighting may negatively affect its distinctive yellow coloration.
Important: As a Cut to Order coral, freshly prepared frags require an appropriate healing and recovery period before shipping. Dispatch will be arranged once the frag demonstrates suitable tissue condition and stability.
🔹 Recommended Parameters
Temperature: 24–26 °C
Salinity: 1.024–1.026 SG
Alkalinity: 7.5–8.5 dKH
Calcium: 400–450 ppm
Magnesium: 1250–1400 ppm
Nitrate: 2–10 ppm
Phosphate: 0.03–0.10 ppm
🔹 Placement & Compatibility
Ideally positioned in the middle to upper sections of the reef aquarium, where it receives moderate to high lighting and strong, multidirectional water movement.
Allow sufficient space for future branching growth and avoid direct contact with neighbouring corals.
Under stable aquarium conditions, this Acropora can develop beautiful golden-yellow pigmentation, attractive polyp extension and its characteristic branching structure.
The final intensity of its yellow coloration and contrasting highlights may vary depending on lighting spectrum, nutrient availability, acclimation and aquarium conditions.
🔹 Cut to Order Information
This coral is sold as a Cut to Order frag, prepared directly from the Australian wild mother colony displayed in the product photographs.
The photographs represent the mother colony and its colour characteristics. The frag supplied will be a portion of this colony, and its exact size, shape and branching structure may vary.
Freshly cut frags are allowed an appropriate recovery period before dispatch to help ensure safe transport and successful acclimation.
⚡💛 The Australian Pikachu Acropora is a spectacular wild-collected SPS coral featuring iconic golden-yellow pigmentation, distinctive branching architecture and exceptional collector appeal. A premium Cut to Order specimen that brings brilliant colour and classic Australian reef beauty to any established SPS aquarium!