ORA Red Planet Acropora
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ORA Red Planet has been orbiting reef tanks since 2008, but ORA’s story with it started two years earlier. They received the original piece from a hobbyist in Europe in 2006, grew it out for more than two years, and finally released it to the hobby in August 2008. It went on to become one of the most recognizable and widely grown Acropora ORA ever released.
The color tells you exactly where the light is hitting. Branches receiving the strongest light turn bright red to pink, while the undersides and shaded areas hold onto a metallic green. As it matures it develops the classic flat, tabling growth that made Red Planet so easy to recognize.
Care LevelAdvanced
GrowthBushy
SpeciesAcropora
Lighting / PAR — 200–350
200–350
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We recommend starting the ORA Red Planet Acropora in the 200 - 350 PAR range.
Flow — Moderate to High
Moderate to High
Provide Moderate to High variable flow that keeps detritus from settling on the Acropora. Avoid constant direct current from the same direction in favor of random chaotic water movement.
Placement — Mid to Upper level
Placement of your ORA Red Planet Acropora is one of the most important decisions.
This is where you’ll have to take lighting, flow, future growth and nearby corals into consideration.
Since it prefers 200 - 350 PAR range it will need to be mounted Mid to Upper level on your rock work depending on your light intensity.
Allow room for its Bushy growth form, and consider neighboring coral colors and shape. When possible, use contrasting corals such as red next to green, blue next to orange, or yellow next to purple, and mix growth forms such as tall branching corals next to plating or encrusting corals.