{"id":187,"count":0,"description":"Acropora coral care\r\n\r\nAcropora corals are part of a group of corals called SPS, which stands for \"small polyp stony.\" \r\nThese corals are a little harder to care for than other corals because they only thrive and show their candy-like colours when they are kept in pristine water and blasted with powerful lighting. \r\nHowever, rookie reefers can still find some Acropora corals that are easy to care for. \r\nThey can be found on reefs throughout the Indo-Pacific region and in areas like Fiji, Tonga, and the Great Barrier Reef.\r\n\r\nWater chemistry\r\nIn order to thrive, Acropora prefer stable water conditions that replicate those of the ocean.\r\nBoth nitrate and phosphate levels must be closely monitored.\r\nBasicly this means you need a filtration system with a strong protein skimmer. \r\nThe coral's color and health will improve at lower levels.\r\nAcropora will grow rapidly and show its true colours under ideal conditions (such as intense lighting and stable water parameters).\r\nThe consumption of both major and trace elements increases rapidly as Acropora frags grow.\r\nKeeping your Calcium, Kh, and magnesium levels steady may be challenging. \r\nTo keep up with optimal levels you need to add a source of KH, calcium and trace elements. \r\nThis can be achived by a using calcium reactor or Balling method.\r\n\r\nFeeding\r\nMost of the nutritional needs of Acropora coral are met by the zooxanthellae, the symbiotic algae that live within their tissues.  \r\nIf you feel the need to feed your corals, Acropora can be spot-feeding small dried food, like Reef-Roids , or broadcast feeding your aquarium with live plankton. \r\nThis will trigger their feeding response by extending their feeding tentacles.\r\nWe have incredible success feeding the products of https:\/\/planctontech.com\/ \r\n\r\nWater flow\r\nAcropora thrive in aquariums with significant water movement since they live on reefs with strong currents.\r\nAlternating current helps prevent detritus settling in between their brances and helps in the bacterial feeding process .\r\nTo adapt to water flow, acropora grows in different shapes.\r\nIn aquariums with heavy flow, Acropora become thicker and denser.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nLighting\r\nAcropora are corals that, like many others, host the symbiotic dinoflagellates called zooxanthellae within their tissues.  \r\nDinoflagellates do photosynthesis, and the coral animal gets its nutrition from the waste products of this process.\r\nAcropora lighting should be very powerful, so reef hobbyists must spend some budget on lighting fixtures to keep them colourful. \r\nAn over-dimensioned T5 fixture, good old HQI or LED will do the job.\r\nPAR values from 300-500 par are often sufficient.\r\nGoing overkill on PAR without properly acclimating your coral will cause a bleaching effect, causing it to release its zooxanthellae and become a white coral. Often resulting in the death of the animal.\r\nGiving too much light is more harmful to coral than not providing enough light, so give the coral a few weeks to acclimatize to the lighting in your tank.\r\n\r\nWe grow our Acropora frags under the new Reef flare pro L from Reef-Factory, and since we switched from T5 to the Reef Flare pro, the growth and colouring have changed tremendously!","link":"https:\/\/reef-corner.com\/fr\/product-category\/coral-ids\/acropora-id\/","name":"Acropora ID","slug":"acropora-id","taxonomy":"product_cat","parent":177,"meta":[],"menu_order":4,"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reef-corner.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat\/187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reef-corner.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reef-corner.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/product_cat"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reef-corner.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat\/177"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/reef-corner.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?product_cat=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}