Anacropora forbesi
| Care Level | Moderate |
| Lighting | Moderate to high |
| Water Flow | Moderate to strong |
| Placement | Mid to high rock |
| Aggression | Peaceful |
| Coloration | Green, purple or tan with fluorescent tips |
Overview
Anacropora is a delicate, fast-growing SPS coral forming thin, smooth, tapering branches that lack the axial corallites of true Acropora. Its slender branches and bright fluorescent tips make it a graceful, less-common alternative to Acropora and Montipora.
Care & Placement
Like most small-polyp stony corals it wants stable water chemistry, moderate-to-high light and moderate-to-strong flow to keep detritus off its fine branches. Mount it firmly mid-to-high on the rockwork. The brittle branches snap easily, so handle gently.
Feeding
Photosynthetic; benefits from occasional broadcast feeding of fine plankton foods, and from stable calcium, alkalinity and magnesium for skeletal growth.
Propagation
Very easy — snap or cut a branch tip and glue it to a plug; it grows quickly under good conditions.
Cautions
Demands stable SPS-level water parameters and is sensitive to swings in alkalinity, nutrients and light. Branches are brittle.