❤️🦌🔥 Acropora sp. “Red Staghorn” – WYSIWYG
Rare Crimson Staghorn Acropora with Striking Branching Structure
🔹 Quick Stats
Care Level: Advanced
Temperament: Peaceful
Colour Form: Deep crimson-red branches with contrasting lighter axial tips and subtle fluorescent undertones. Under strong actinic lighting, the coral develops glowing ruby and ember-red highlights, while balanced white lighting reveals additional scarlet, cherry-red and metallic burgundy tones throughout the colony.
Water Conditions: 24–26 °C, dKH 7.5–8.3, pH 8.0–8.4, sg 1.024–1.026
Family: Acroporidae
Lighting: High (PAR 250–450)
Water Flow: Strong, random and turbulent
Placement: Upper reef
Type: WYSIWYG Frag
🧬 Overview
The Acropora sp. “Red Staghorn” is a highly unusual and sought-after SPS coral prized for its exceptionally rare warm red coloration and elegant staghorn growth pattern. True red Acropora morphs are uncommon within the reef aquarium hobby, making this coral especially desirable among serious SPS collectors.
Under heavy blue-spectrum reef lighting, the colony develops glowing ruby-red fluorescence with fiery ember highlights across the branch structure and corallites. In balanced daylight systems, deeper scarlet, burgundy and metallic red tones emerge, producing remarkable depth and contrast rarely observed in staghorn Acropora varieties.
As the colony matures, it develops fast vertical branching growth, strong structural form and dramatic reef presence that makes it a standout centerpiece within SPS-dominated aquariums. In mature stable reef systems with intense lighting and powerful turbulent flow, Red Staghorn rewards reef keepers with rapid growth, rare coloration and striking collector appeal.
🧾 WYSIWYG Information
You will receive the exact coral shown in the photographs.
Selected for:
• Rare crimson-red SPS coloration
• Elegant staghorn branch structure
• Exceptional collector rarity
• Strong SPS growth potential
• Unique warm-toned reef presence
🍽️ Care & Feeding
Primarily photosynthetic but benefits greatly from stable nutrients and occasional SPS-targeted feeding.
Recommended:
• Amino acid supplementation
• Fine particulate SPS foods
• Stable nitrate and phosphate availability
• Strong turbulent random flow
• Mature reef systems with stable alkalinity
📈 Optimal Parameters
Parameter | Ideal Range
Alkalinity (dKH) | 7.5–8.3
Calcium (Ca) | 400–450 ppm
Magnesium (Mg) | 1250–1400 ppm
Nitrate (NO₃) | 2–10 ppm
Phosphate (PO₄) | 0.02–0.08 ppm
📍 Placement
Place in the upper regions of the aquarium under strong stable lighting and powerful random flow to maximise coloration, fluorescence and strong branching development.
❤️🦌🔥 Acropora sp. “Red Staghorn” – WYSIWYG
A rare SPS collector gem — deep crimson coloration, elegant staghorn growth and exceptional reef display impact.