🪸💚💙 Green & Blue Seriatopora hystrix – Frag (Similar to Photo)

Premium SPS Collector Coral

🔹 Quick Stats

Care Level: Moderate Temperament: Peaceful Colour Form: Beautiful green and blue pigmentation, combining vibrant green tissue with contrasting blue tones across its delicate branching structure. The intricate arrangement of thin, pointed branches creates an elegant and highly textured appearance, while the combination of green and blue colours provides exceptional visual contrast. Under blue-spectrum reef lighting, the vibrant pigmentation becomes particularly attractive, highlighting the coral's characteristic Birdsnest growth formation. Water Conditions: 24–26 °C, dKH 7.5–8.5, pH 8.0–8.4, sg 1.024–1.026 Family: Pocilloporidae Lighting: Moderate to High (PAR 150–300) Water Flow: Moderate to Strong, Random Placement: Mid to Upper Reef Type: Frag – Similar to Photo

🧬 Overview

The Green & Blue Seriatopora hystrix, commonly known as the Birdsnest Coral, is a beautiful SPS coral admired for its delicate branching structure, vibrant two-tone colouration, and distinctive growth pattern. Combining attractive green and blue pigmentation with an intricate network of thin, pointed branches, this variety offers exceptional visual appeal in established reef aquariums.

Unlike many thicker-branched SPS corals, Seriatopora hystrix is particularly renowned for its slender, delicate branches that develop into dense, interwoven colonies resembling a bird's nest.

Its distinctive green and blue colouration creates a beautiful contrast against pink, orange, purple, and yellow SPS varieties, making it an excellent choice for aquarists looking to introduce additional colour and structural diversity into their reef displays.

As the colony matures, the Green & Blue Seriatopora hystrix develops an increasingly complex network of fine branches, forming a compact, bushy structure with exceptional depth and natural texture.

The small polyps arranged along its branches contribute to its characteristic appearance, while the contrasting pigmentation enhances the visual complexity of the colony.

Under appropriate lighting and stable water conditions, its green and blue tones can become particularly attractive, making this coral a beautiful addition to mixed reefs and SPS-dominated aquariums alike.

Compared with some more demanding Acropora varieties, Seriatopora hystrix is generally considered relatively forgiving, making it a suitable choice for aquarists beginning to explore SPS corals, provided stable aquarium conditions are maintained.

Selected for:

• • Beautiful green and blue colouration

• • Delicate, thin branching structure

• • Distinctive Birdsnest growth formation

• • Attractive polyp extension and intricate coral texture

• • Premium collector frag – Similar to Photo

🍽️ Care & Feeding

Although primarily photosynthetic, Seriatopora hystrix can benefit from access to fine suspended foods and naturally occurring plankton, supporting healthy tissue development, pigmentation, and consistent skeletal growth.

Recommended feeding:

• • Reef Roids and fine powdered SPS coral foods

• • Zooplankton-based coral foods

• • Amino acid supplements when appropriate

• • Naturally occurring plankton and suspended organic particles

Maintaining stable alkalinity, calcium, and magnesium concentrations is essential for healthy skeletal development and consistent growth.

Balanced nitrate and phosphate levels are equally important, as excessively low nutrient concentrations may negatively affect tissue health and colouration.

Due to its delicate branching structure, Seriatopora hystrix benefits from consistent, indirect water movement that helps prevent detritus accumulation without placing excessive physical stress on its branches.

Avoid sudden changes in lighting intensity, temperature, or water chemistry, as SPS corals can be sensitive to rapid environmental fluctuations.

📈 Optimal Parameters

📍 Placement

Position the Green & Blue Seriatopora hystrix in the middle to upper regions of an established reef aquarium, where it receives moderate to high lighting and consistent, random water movement.

Moderate to strong, indirect flow is particularly important for Birdsnest corals, helping to prevent detritus accumulation between their densely arranged branches while promoting efficient nutrient exchange and healthy polyp extension.

Avoid placing the frag directly in front of concentrated water jets, as the delicate branches of Seriatopora hystrix can be susceptible to physical damage.

Allow sufficient space around the frag for future colony development, as mature Birdsnest corals can form dense, rounded structures with numerous interwoven branches.

Gradual light acclimatisation is recommended, particularly when introducing the coral into aquariums with powerful LED lighting systems.

Stable water chemistry, balanced nutrient availability, and appropriate lighting will help maintain its attractive green and blue pigmentation while encouraging healthy branching growth.

🪸💚💙 Green & Blue Seriatopora hystrix – Frag (Similar to Photo)

A beautiful Green & Blue Seriatopora hystrix frag featuring vibrant green and blue pigmentation, delicate pointed branches, and the distinctive Birdsnest growth formation. With its elegant two-tone colouration, intricate skeletal structure, and exceptional visual appeal, this premium SPS coral is an outstanding addition to established reef aquariums and carefully curated SPS collections.

Please note: The photograph is for reference purposes only. The frag you receive will be similar to the one pictured, although slight variations in size, shape, and colouration may occur.