Acropora millepora “Orange Millepora” – WYSIWYG
🔥🧡🪸 Acropora millepora “Orange Millepora” – WYSIWYG
Vibrant Orange Millepora – High-Impact SPS
🔹 Quick Stats
Care Level: Advanced
Temperament: Peaceful
Colour Form: Vibrant orange to fiery orange coloration, with lighter growth areas and contrasting corallites. Under actinic lighting, the orange pigmentation becomes particularly intense, while a more balanced spectrum reveals warmer golden-orange, peach and subtle pinkish tones.
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, random and turbulent
Placement: Upper reef
Type: WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)
🧬 Overview
The Orange Millepora is a striking Acropora millepora selected for its intense warm coloration and the characteristic appearance that makes milleporas such desirable SPS corals.
Its branches develop rich orange pigmentation, ranging from fiery orange to warmer golden and peach tones depending on lighting spectrum, nutrient availability and overall aquarium conditions.
One of the defining characteristics of Acropora millepora is its excellent polyp extension. When fully extended, the numerous polyps give the coral a soft, almost furry appearance while adding additional movement and texture to the colony.
Under strong reef lighting, the combination of intense orange tissue, lighter growth areas and contrasting polyps can create exceptional visual depth.
This particular piece is WYSIWYG, making it an excellent choice for SPS collectors looking for an individually selected specimen rather than a generic frag.
🧾 WYSIWYG – Exact Specimen
You will receive the exact specimen shown in the photographs.
Selected for:
• Intense orange coloration
• Fiery golden-orange highlights
• Excellent fluorescence under blues
• Characteristic Millepora polyp extension
• Beautiful branching growth structure
• Strong warm colour presence
• High-impact SPS coloration
• Exact WYSIWYG specimen
🍽️ Care & Feeding
Acropora millepora is primarily photosynthetic and performs best with strong lighting, powerful random flow and extremely stable water chemistry.
Recommended support:
• Stable nitrate and phosphate availability
• Amino acid supplementation
• Fine particulate SPS foods
• Consistent alkalinity, calcium and magnesium
• Strong multidirectional water movement
Acropora are best suited to established reef systems; stability, particularly alkalinity stability, is one of the most important factors for maintaining long-term growth, coloration and tissue health.
📈 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 areas of the reef under strong, stable lighting and powerful turbulent flow.
Avoid directing a constant concentrated jet directly at the coral. Random, multidirectional circulation around and through the branches is preferable and helps maintain excellent polyp extension while preventing detritus accumulation.
Gradual light acclimation is recommended before exposing a new specimen to maximum PAR. Once established, strong lighting and stable nutrient availability will help maintain the intense orange pigmentation.
🔥🧡 Orange Millepora – WYSIWYG
Fiery orange coloration, beautiful polyp extension and classic Millepora structure — a standout warm-coloured SPS selected one piece at a time.