🪸💚🌿 Two Shades of Green Acropora millepora – WYSIWYG
Premium SPS Collector Coral
🔹 Quick Stats
Care Level: Advanced
Temperament: Peaceful
Colour Form: A stunning blend of two contrasting shades of fluorescent green, featuring vibrant emerald branches accented by lighter lime-green polyps and growth tips. Under actinic lighting, the dual-green colouration produces exceptional depth and an intense neon glow, giving this Millepora a fresh, vibrant appearance.
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 Two Shades of Green Acropora millepora is a striking SPS coral distinguished by its beautiful combination of emerald and lime-green pigmentation. Rather than relying on contrasting colours, this variety showcases subtle tonal variation that creates remarkable depth and texture throughout the colony.
As it matures, the colony develops dense branching covered in long, flowing polyps, giving it the characteristic soft, velvety appearance for which Millepora corals are renowned. Under blue-spectrum lighting, both shades of green become intensely fluorescent, producing a vibrant display that immediately catches the eye.
Highly prized by SPS enthusiasts, this coral combines excellent growth, outstanding polyp extension, and brilliant fluorescence, making it a superb addition to any premium reef aquarium.
Selected for:
- • Beautiful dual-green colouration
- • Outstanding daytime polyp extension
- • Dense Millepora branching structure
- • 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, promoting stronger growth, improved colouration, and excellent 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 optimal colour 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
Place in the upper regions of the aquarium where it receives high-intensity lighting and strong, turbulent water movement. Stable water chemistry will maximise fluorescence, maintain the contrasting green tones, and encourage compact, healthy branching.
🪸💚🌿 Two Shades of Green Acropora millepora – WYSIWYG
A premium WYSIWYG Acropora millepora featuring two contrasting shades of vibrant fluorescent green, exceptional daytime polyp extension, and a dense branching growth form. Its striking monochromatic colour palette and outstanding actinic glow make it a refined collector SPS for any high-end reef aquarium.