Acropora spathulata

[PNWReefer21]

Is this a spath?

 

[Sams reef]

Is this a spath?

Yes I think so looks fat enough to me…

 

[Sams reef]

This is two of mine
This Coral can get Wonderful colors

 

[LOVEROCK]

I got this one about 8-9 month ago. It was a skinny frag about to where the arrow was pointed. It has grown OK, but it went from orange/blue/green/purple colored to just green. It is just now starting to get some orange/red corallites under the polyps and the new growth is starting to get blue.

All-in-all, I consider this a HUGE success with a A. Spath and about as good as I have ever done.

I took this just now... sorry for the horribleness of it:


Slightly easier are A. Prostata. They have kinda fallen out of favor since they do not do well under LED, but they are somewhere between a A. Millepora and A. Spath in terms of color and easiness. There are some stunning A. Prostata.

What lighting and par does prostrta do well at ?

 

[Kasrift]

What lighting and par does prostrta do well at ?

High and high. I have mine in 450 par and high flow and had it two years, they are slow growers, but not as difficult as this thread seems to imply, at least for me.

 

[Acroguy]

They are not that hard at all, just give them a ton of light and flow.

 

[Acroguy]

Under 400W MH

Under LED.

It loves life, colors getting better day by day :)

 

[GCL]

I’ve had this one I was told was a spath when I bought it. I’ve had it a few years and grown from a small frag. I’ve noticed that if I put frags in lower light they will bleach so I guess it prefers a lot of light

 

[MIKE NY]

I got this the minute it came in so luckily it’s holding color( about six months now) ….it went right under 400+ par and strong flow. It’s hard to capture its true color even with a gel filter. Teal blue with purple tips….