💙🔥 Icefire Echinata Acropora
Acropora echinata – Electric Blue & White Fiji SPS (Cut-to-Order Colony)
🔹 Quick Stats
Care Level: Advanced
Temperament: Peaceful (requires distance from aggressive SPS)
Colour Form: A legendary Fiji Acropora echinata morph showcasing icy white branch bases that transition into intense electric-blue tips and turquoise polyps. Under actinic and hybrid lighting, it glows like frozen lightning — the perfect balance between frost and flame. Each frag develops sharp, smooth branches with refined texture and unparalleled fluorescence.
Water Conditions: 24–27 °C, dKH 8–10, pH 8.0–8.4, sg 1.024–1.026
Family: Acroporidae
Lighting: High – essential to preserve blue and white contrast
Water Flow: Strong, multidirectional, turbulent
Placement: Upper reef shelf or high-exposure zones
🧬 Overview
The Icefire Echinata Acropora is among the most coveted SPS in the reefing world — a true collector-grade specimen sourced from the crystal-clear reefs of Fiji. Its vibrant electric-blue branch tips against a bleached-white base create a visual intensity that few corals can match.
Each cut-to-order colony is hand-grown and acclimated to artificial reef conditions, ensuring maximum colour retention and encrusting stability. When placed under intense blue or hybrid LED lighting, the coral transforms into a glowing beacon — a living shard of ice ignited by fire.
🍽️ Care & Feeding
This coral is fully photosynthetic, requiring no direct feeding, though supplemental dosing with amino acids, iron, and potassium will enhance tip intensity and polyp fluorescence.
Maintain ultra-stable water parameters and avoid nutrient spikes — Acropora echinata is sensitive to phosphate accumulation and rapid alkalinity swings.
Occasional microfeeding with coral foods (Reef Energy AB+, Coral Vitaliser) may promote polyp extension.
📈 Optimal Parameters
| Parameter | Ideal Range |
|---|---|
| Alkalinity (dKH) | 8–10 |
| Calcium (Ca) | 420–460 ppm |
| Magnesium (Mg) | 1250–1350 ppm |
| Nitrate (NO₃) | 1–8 ppm |
| Phosphate (PO₄) | 0.01–0.05 ppm |
📍 Placement
Place in upper reef zones with high PAR (350–500) and strong, turbulent flow.
Ensure clear water and stable chemistry for optimal pigment formation — insufficient light or excess nutrients will cause the white base to fade into beige tones.
Avoid shadowing; the Icefire’s unique colour zoning depends on even illumination across all branches.
💙🔥 Icefire Echinata Acropora – Cut-to-Order Colony
Frozen brilliance forged in tropical fire — a living shard of Fiji’s purest light.