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Acropora aculeus


Common Names

None


Lighting

High. Metal Halide required.


Aggressiveness

semi-agressive


Current

Strong


Hardiness

Moderate


Color

Usually grey or bright blue-green or yellow. Tips of branches may be yellow, lime green, pale blue or brown.


Feeding

Day: Light

Night: Assorted Frozen Foods including blood worms, ocean plankton, mega-marine, mega-marine algae, mega-marine angel, rotifers.


Water parameters

72-78F; sg 1.023-1.025; pH 8.1-8.4; dKH 8-12


Origin

western Pacific, eastern Africa


Propagation

By cutting


Additional information

Colonies are corymbose clumps. Horizontal branches are thin and spreading. Upward-projecting branchlets are fine. Axial and radial corallites are not clearly differentiated at branchlet tips. Radial corallites on branch sides are nariform, with slightly flaring lips.


Acroporas require very specific conditions to survive and flourish. They need strong light and good water flow. The water quality should be carefully monitored for Calcium and alkalinity, in addition to the normal parameters of a reef aquarium.


Source: Aquarium Live -Your aquarium database

Source: http://www.ArticlePros.com/author.php?Patrice Lapointe

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