🪸🔥 Euphyllia ancora “Bronze Glow” – XL Colony
WYSIWYG Specimen – Bronze Hammer with Electric Green Core
🔹 Quick Stats
Care Level: Moderate
Temperament: Semi-aggressive (sweeper tentacles)
Colour Form: This Euphyllia ancora showcases rich bronze tentacles with a striking luminous green interior. Under actinic lighting, the inner tissue ignites into intense neon green, contrasting beautifully with the warm metallic bronze tentacles. Under balanced white lighting, the coral reveals deep copper, golden-brown tones and vibrant green highlights that create a bold and elegant colour contrast.
Water Conditions: 24–26 °C, dKH 7.5–8.5, pH 8.0–8.4, sg 1.024–1.026
Family: Euphylliidae
Lighting: Moderate (PAR 80–150)
Water Flow: Low to Moderate, indirect
Placement: Mid to lower reef
Type: WYSIWYG XL Colony
🧬 Overview
The Euphyllia ancora “Bronze Glow” is a premium hammer coral that combines warm metallic tones with vivid fluorescent contrast. The thick hammer-shaped tentacles sway gracefully in the current, creating a dynamic and eye-catching movement within the aquarium.
This XL colony delivers immediate visual impact, with dense polyp structure and strong extension that fills space effortlessly. The glowing green core becomes especially intense under blue spectrum lighting, making it a standout piece in both daylight and actinic reef displays.
Highly sought after for its colour contrast and movement, this coral is ideal for aquarists looking to add depth and warmth to their reef scape.
🧾 WYSIWYG
You will receive the exact XL colony shown in the photo, selected for colour contrast, polyp extension and overall health.
Selected for:
• Deep bronze metallic tentacles
• Intense fluorescent green inner glow
• Large XL colony with strong presence
• Thick, fleshy hammer polyps
• Beautiful movement in low flow
🍽️ Care & Feeding
Euphyllia corals benefit from both photosynthesis and direct feeding.
Recommended feeding occasionally:
• Mysis shrimp or finely chopped marine foods
• LPS pellets
• Target feeding for enhanced growth and polyp expansion
📈 Optimal Parameters
Parameter | Ideal Range
Alkalinity (dKH) | 7.5–8.5
Calcium (Ca) | 420–450 ppm
Magnesium (Mg) | 1300–1400 ppm
Nitrate (NO₃) | 5–15 ppm
Phosphate (PO₄) | 0.03–0.10 ppm
📍 Placement
Place in an area with gentle, indirect flow to allow full polyp extension. Maintain space from other corals due to potential sweeper tentacles. Ideal for mid to lower zones where lighting is moderate.
🔥 Euphyllia ancora “Bronze Glow” – XL
Warm bronze elegance fused with a neon green core — a powerful statement hammer coral with movement, contrast and true reef presence.