Gray-tip Bushy Acropora

Scientific Name: Acropora   (ID Unknown)
Classification
: SPS 

Description:
Grows in an upright bushy or plating fashion.  Coloration light brown with grayish-blue tips.  Axial and radial corallites continuously range in shape and size.  Polyps are small, light brown in color.

Natural Environment:
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Care:

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

Water Current: Does well with medium to high water current levels.  

Temperature: Does well within a range of at least 75º 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, growth and optimum coloration.  Low alkalinity levels can cause lose of gray-blue tips as can insufficient lighting.

Tank Positioning: Best if kept in the middle to upper portion of the tank where it can get maximum light and good 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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