A. Chesterfieldensis

Scientific Name: Acropora chesterfieldensis
Classification
: SPS

Description:
Light green, knobby looking coral that grows in a bushy pattern.  Corallites are very prominent.

Veron: Colonies are digitate clumps, sometimes forming large stands.  Branches are not tapered and divide irregularly.  All corallites are rounded, with thick walls.  Axial and incipient axial corallites are large and dome-shaped.  Radial corallites are short and appressed.  Color is cream or yellow.

Natural Environment:

Veron: Reef slopes and lagoons.  

Care:

Lighting: Requires strong lighting. Recommend Metal halide or strong VHO/PC lighting. 

Water Current: Seems to do well with moderate to strong water currents.

Temperature: Does well within a range of at least 76º to 84º F

Aggressiveness: Low. All corals can sting adjacent corals, but it does not have elongated stinging tentacles, so they can live in fairly close proximity to other non-aggressive corals.

Feeding: Photosynthetic and requires no direct feeding. That is why it is important to provide the proper lighting.  It will presumably take small zooplankton type foods if provided.

Supplements: Correct Calcium (400 – 500) and Alkalinity (3.2 – 4.5ml/eq.) levels are important for health and growth.  

Tank Positioning: Best if kept in the middle to upper portion of the tank where it can get maximum light and moderate to high water flow.  If your tank has very high intensity lighting, it is best to place any new coral on the bottom of the tank for a week or two to acclimatize it to your tank lighting conditions before moving it to it’s final location.

Growth Info:  Go to Growth Sheet

Note:  Specimen identification and natural habitat Veron (2000)

 

 

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Close-up of Corallites

 

 


 

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