❄️ Ice Drift Acropora

Acropora sp. (Light Blue Colony)

🔹 Quick Stats

• Care Level: Moderate to Advanced

• Temperament: Peaceful

• Colour Form: Soft, light blue branches with subtle gradients along the tips. Under actinic or blue-dominant lighting, the colony exhibits a gentle, icy glow, creating a calm and serene visual effect in the reef.

• Water Conditions: 24–27 °C, dKH 8–12, pH 8.0–8.4, sg 1.024–1.026

• Family: Acroporidae

• Lighting: Moderate to high (to enhance colour intensity)

• Supplements: Calcium, Magnesium, Trace Elements, Amino Acids

• Water Flow: Moderate — sufficient to allow polyp extension without tissue damage

• Placement: Mid to upper reef levels for optimal light exposure

🧬 Overview

The Ice Drift Acropora is a serene light blue morph, prized for its soft coloration and elegant branch structure. Its subtle hues provide a soothing contrast to more vivid corals, making it an excellent choice for creating visual balance in any reef tank. The colony’s compact, healthy growth ensures excellent polyp extension and consistent coloration.

This light blue morph is ideal for collectors seeking a calming centerpiece that still delivers high visual appeal under blue or actinic lighting.

🍽️ Feeding & Care

Although photosynthetic, this Acropora thrives with occasional supplemental feeding 1–2 times per week. Provide fine particulate foods, coral amino acid blends, or phytoplankton to support growth, enhance colour, and promote full polyp extension. Stable water parameters are key to long-term health and vibrant colour retention.

📈 Optimal Parameters

• Alkalinity (dKH): 8–12

• Calcium (Ca): 420–460 ppm

• Magnesium (Mg): 1250–1350 ppm

• Nitrate (NO₃): 0–10 ppm

• Phosphate (PO₄): 0–0.05 ppm

📍 Placement

Position in moderate to high lighting with gentle, steady water flow. Give sufficient space for polyp extension and avoid aggressive neighbouring corals. Under blue-dominant lighting, the light blue tones glow softly, creating a tranquil, icy appearance that complements any reefscape.