🌸 Jigglypuff Acropora

Acropora tenuis (Pink Colony with Blue Tips)

🔹 Quick Stats

• Care Level: Moderate to Advanced

• Temperament: Peaceful

• Colour Form: Soft pink branches accented with striking blue tips. Under actinic or blue-dominant lighting, the blue fluoresces vibrantly while the pink base adds a delicate pastel glow. The combination creates a visually dynamic ultra effect.

• 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 tip fluorescence and overall coloration)

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

• Water Flow: Moderate — sufficient for healthy polyp extension

• Placement: Mid to upper reef levels, with open space for light penetration

🧬 Overview

The Jigglypuff Acropora is a stunning morph of Acropora tenuis, prized for its soft pink base and contrasting neon-blue tips. Its delicate branching allows full polyp extension, highlighting the dynamic interplay between the pastel pink and fluorescent blue. This ultra colony is a perfect centerpiece for hobbyists seeking both elegance and visual impact in their reef.

🍽️ Feeding & Care

While photosynthetic, this Acropora thrives with 1–2 supplemental feedings per week using fine particulate foods, phytoplankton, or coral-specific amino acid blends. Feeding encourages brighter tip fluorescence, fuller polyp extension, and steady growth. Stable water parameters are essential to maintain health and ultra coloration.

📈 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

Place in areas with moderate to high lighting and gentle, steady water flow. Allow sufficient space around the colony for optimal polyp expansion. Under blue-dominant lighting, the tips fluoresce brilliantly, while the pink base adds a soft, elegant glow, creating a vibrant and balanced display.