The ORA Frogskin Acropora has yellowish green coloration and has a bumpy texture. The ORA Frogskin Acro has shown some polyps with a blue hue under certain lighting conditions.
This ORA coral has a similar growth pattern to the Oregon Tortuosa, but as the colony grows, multiple branches will merge together to form a large plate shape.
As with any Acropora, color intensity will vary with light intensity. As ORA uses natural sunlight, this coral has a light yellowish green due to the summer’s increased lighting conditions. Under the average sps-appropriate aquarium lighting, the ORA Frogskin Acro turns from a yellow to a very bright green, while shaded areas of this ORA coral may have an almost purplish tone.
Photo By: StephenInVa Aquarium: 40 gallon display - 30 gallon sump Aquarium Equipment: Current Nova Extreme Pro T5 Fixture (6x39 watts 2 blue plus, 1 super actinic, 1 6500k, 1 14000k aqua blue 75/25, 1 12000k aquablue)
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Display Equipment
1 Vortech MP20
Eshopps 300gph overflow
Reef Keeper Lite (L3) (controls lights, all pumps, skimmer, dosing pumps, heater, top off pump, kalk stirrer)
Sump Equipment
200 watt Stealth heater
Aqua Clear 50 (foam insert and live rock rubble)
Reef Octopus NW-150 Re-circulating Skimmer
Grey Sea Aquatics K1 Kalk Stirrer
Bulk Reef Supply Top Off Pump
(2) Bulk Reef Supply Dosing Pumps (for cal and alk)
1 Maxi-Jet 1800 utility pump (return)
1 Maxi-Jet 900 utility pump (skimmer and reactor feed)
1 Maxi-Jet 1200 power head (sump water movement)
1 PhosBan Reactor (carbon)
Coralife 96 watt PC fixture (6700k bulb)
Here is a picture of the ORA Frogskin Acropora frag. You can see the yellowish-green color starting to come out. This frag is being lit by 2 blue plus bulbs, 1 super actinic, a 6500, 14k aqua blue 75/25 and a 12k aquablue. Just more proof that beautiful SPS tanks can be maintained under T5 [...]
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