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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

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