Purple Plasma Placement

[Snowsrfr]

Any recommendations?

When it comes to purple acros, I seem to have a hard time keeping their original hue.

Anybody got grown up pics of this coral, while we're on the subject?

 

[acroholicreefer]

Keep it in high light with high flow. One of the more picky ORA frags available.

 

[Reef Bass]

I like this coral. +1 for high lighting and high flow. When provided with the proper environment, it's a real beauty. It can be very thin and brittle when not excited about life, but the branches thicken nicely when it's enthusiastic. It gets very furry too with lots of daytime polyp extension, and the green polyps contrast beautifully with the purple body.

That said, maintaining the deep purple body color is the challenge, imho. Mine is very dull now as I battle aefw, unacceptably unstable parameters and basically work and kids (the real priorities) pulling me away from my tanks.

 

[Reef Bass]

Here's a not great pic of it I had taken before flatworms. The polyps here are being shy and rather puckered. It gets much furrier.

 

[Snowsrfr]

Great pic and thanks for the placement recommendations.

 

[Lynnmw1208]

nice coral! I have an unknown acro that has blue tips and I keep it up really high with high flow and the blue has stayed

 

[chessmanmark]

Mine did terrible under my brace. I agree, high light and high flow.

 

[acroholicreefer]

Is the purple plasma an acropora horrida?