🌈✨ Acropora tenuis “Walt Disney”
WYSIWYG Specimen – Legendary Rainbow Tenuis
🔹 Quick Stats
Care Level: Advanced
Temperament: Peaceful (requires spacing from neighbouring SPS colonies)
Colour Form: The Walt Disney Acropora is famous for its full-spectrum rainbow coloration, combining vibrant pinks, neon greens, golden yellows and electric blue growth tips. Under actinic lighting the coral explodes with fluorescence as the green and yellow pigments glow intensely while the tips develop bright sapphire-blue highlights. Under balanced white lighting the colony reveals a complex gradient of hot pink bases, lime-green highlights and golden transitions leading into blue axial tips — creating one of the most iconic colour patterns in the SPS hobby.
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 250–350)
Water Flow: Strong, random and turbulent
Placement: Upper rockwork
Type: WYSIWYG
🧬 Overview
The Acropora tenuis “Walt Disney” is one of the most legendary SPS corals ever introduced to the reef aquarium hobby. Known for its unmistakable rainbow colour palette and strong polyp extension, it has become a centerpiece coral in high-end SPS collections worldwide.
This tenuis develops a layered colour structure where bright pink bases blend into neon green and golden tones before finishing in glowing blue growth tips. As the colony matures under strong lighting and stable reef conditions, the colour intensity increases and the branches develop dense clusters that amplify the coral’s full rainbow appearance.
Few Acropora have achieved the same iconic status — making the Walt Disney a true collector’s coral for serious SPS reef keepers.
WYSIWYG:
You will receive the exact coral shown in the photo. Each specimen is individually photographed and selected for colour intensity, polyp extension and overall coral health.
Selected for:
• Strong rainbow colour expression
• Pink base with neon green and gold highlights
• Electric blue growth tips
• Excellent polyp extension
• Proven colour response under reef LED lighting
🍽️ Care & Feeding
Like most Acropora tenuis, Walt Disney performs best in nutrient-balanced SPS systems with regular feeding.
Recommended feeding 2–3× weekly:
• Amino acids
• Fine planktonic coral foods
• Reef snow / SPS blends
• Broadcast feeding in mature reef systems
Stable alkalinity and consistent nutrient availability are essential to maintain the coral’s full rainbow colour spectrum.
📈 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 high light and strong chaotic flow to maintain strong colour separation and compact branch formation. Avoid shading and allow open vertical space for colony growth.
Pairs exceptionally well with:
• Homewrecker-style tenuis
• Gold-tip tenuis
• Smooth-skin Acropora
• Deepwater Acropora for texture contrast
• SPS-dominant minimalist aquascapes
🌈 Acropora tenuis “Walt Disney”
The rainbow icon of the SPS world — explosive colour, electric blue tips and legendary collector status.