💚⚡🪸 Acropora sp. “Metal Green Staghorn”
Frag / WYSIWYG Specimen – Metallic Green Branching SPS
🔹 Quick Stats
Care Level: Advanced
Temperament: Peaceful (requires spacing from neighbouring SPS)
Colour Form: The “Metal Green Staghorn” Acropora displays intense metallic green pigmentation across its branching structure. Under actinic lighting, the coral glows with powerful neon-green fluorescence, especially along the growth tips. Under balanced white lighting, the colony reveals rich emerald, jade and chrome-like green tones with subtle lighter tips during active growth.
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: High, turbulent flow
Placement: Upper reef
Type: Frag / WYSIWYG Specimen
🧬 Overview
The Acropora “Metal Green Staghorn” is a high-energy SPS coral known for its vibrant colour and fast branching growth. Its staghorn structure creates vertical expansion and intricate branch networks, adding both height and dynamic architecture to the reef.
The metallic green tone gives this coral a clean yet striking presence, especially under blue spectrum lighting where it becomes intensely fluorescent. Growth tips often appear lighter or more vibrant, signalling active calcification and healthy development.
Ideal for SPS-dominated systems, this coral thrives in stable, high-flow environments and rewards experienced aquarists with rapid growth and strong colour expression.
🧾 Frag / WYSIWYG Note
You will receive either the exact frag shown (WYSIWYG) or a carefully selected piece similar in colour and structure, chosen for health and growth potential.
Selected for:
• Intense metallic green pigmentation
• Strong fluorescent glow under actinic lighting
• Classic staghorn branching growth
• Fast growth potential in stable systems
• High-impact SPS colour for reef contrast
🍽️ Care & Feeding
Acropora rely primarily on photosynthesis but benefit from nutrient-rich stability.
Recommended support:
• Stable nitrate and phosphate levels
• Amino acids and trace element supplementation
• Occasional broadcast feeding of fine plankton
📈 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) | 0.02–0.08 ppm
📍 Placement
Place in the upper reef with strong lighting and high, turbulent flow. Allow space for upward and outward branch development.
💚 Acropora “Metal Green Staghorn”
Liquid green energy in branching form — a fast-growing SPS that brings structure, fluorescence and pure reef vitality to advanced systems.