🪸 Acropora microclados “Emerald Venom”
Black-Green with Light Green Tips – Australian Shopgrown Microclados (WYSIWYG)
🔹 Quick Stats
Care Level: Advanced
Temperament: Peaceful (requires spacing from neighbouring SPS colonies)
Colour Form: The Emerald Venom Microclados features a dark black-green base coloration contrasted by glowing light-green growth tips. Under actinic lighting the tips ignite with bright neon-green fluorescence while the deeper branches remain dark forest-green to almost black, creating a dramatic high-contrast appearance. Under balanced white lighting the coral reveals rich emerald tones layered over darker green skeletal shading with bright lime-green axial tips.
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 and turbulent
Placement: Upper rockwork or high-energy reef zones
🧬 Overview
The Acropora microclados “Emerald Venom” is a striking Australian shopgrown SPS coral prized for its dark green base and glowing light-green tips. Microclados species naturally develop compact branching structures with excellent polyp extension, creating elegant colonies with refined SPS architecture.
The contrast between the deep black-green body and luminous green tips gives this coral a powerful visual presence in SPS aquariums. As the colony grows, the glowing tips highlight each new branch extension, creating a vibrant crown effect under strong reef lighting.
Being shopgrown from an established Australian lineage, this coral is already adapted to aquarium conditions and typically shows strong stability and coloration under modern reef LED systems.
WYSIWYG:
You will receive the exact coral shown in the photo. Each specimen is individually photographed and selected for colour intensity, growth structure and coral health.
Selected for:
• Deep black-green base coloration
• Bright neon light-green tips
• Strong Microclados branching structure
• Healthy tissue and active growth tips
• Excellent colour response under LED lighting
🍽️ Care & Feeding
Like most Acropora, Emerald Venom Microclados relies primarily on photosynthesis but benefits from nutrient-balanced reef environments and occasional coral feeding.
Recommended feeding:
• Fine plankton blends or powdered coral foods
• Amino acid supplements for SPS systems
• Broadcast feeding 1–2× weekly
📈 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) | 0.02–0.08 ppm
📍 Placement
Place in the upper aquascape where strong lighting and turbulent water flow are present. Stable alkalinity and nutrient levels are essential to maintain the coral’s dark base coloration and glowing green growth tips.
Allow adequate spacing between neighbouring SPS colonies to prevent shading and encourage natural branching development.
☣️ Acropora microclados “Emerald Venom”
Dark emerald branches crowned with glowing toxic-green tips — a powerful Australian Microclados that brings contrast, intensity and serious SPS character to any reef.