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ACROPORA SP.
Family - Acroporidae / Genus - Acropora / Species - Unknown ( 170 known species )

Photo by Charles Raabe

    Always a favorite and if you are going with a tropical reef theme, something would be missing without a few representatives of this genus group. Just as the monitpora, it is all but impossible for anyone to make a species identification. While having 170 species makes things hard enough, the fact that they can interbreed and create hybrids then makes identifications without any doubt, all but impossible.

Just prior to a reef wall at 20 feet as well as on the reef wall at depths of 50 feet. 

Due to their normaly very small polyp size, feeding requires the use of very fine food particles.

Photo by Charles Raabe   Photo by Charles Raabe

Has no defense against other encroaching corals other than speed of growth, will tolerate any other species as they have no choice in the matter other than trying to out grow any nearby competition.

For a coral, fast. Good lighting conditions and being fed the correctly sized foods will ensure their growth.

    Temperature is maintained between 82 to 86 degrees. pH range maintains at 8.0 to 8.2. I never use any Supplements, ever.