Acropora millepora belongs to the absolute Acropora classics and is distributed in the western Indopacific from Africa to Australia and Japan. The species is mass propagated in Indonesia by mariculture as cultured coral and is probably the most common Acropora species in marine aquaristics, together with Acropora tenuis. It grows in clumps of corymbose branches, the uniformly sized radial corallites have a prominent lower lip, giving them a scale-like, grooved appearance. The exact identification is difficult, because there are several very similar species, which are difficult to distinguish in photos and living animals - possibly it would be more correct to talk about a species complex for the traded animals, because an exact and correct identification is rather a matter of luck. Similar species are for example Acropora hyacinthus, Acropora spathulata, Acropora convexa, and sometimes even Acropora tenuis. The species Acropora prostrata is now considered a synonym of Acropora millepora, but it can still be found under that name. Typical colors are green or pink, popular but rarer are also purple or blue color varieties, sometimes with different colored tips or multicolored iridescent as "Rainbow" millepora. Acropora millepora belongs to the easier Acropora and forgives even a few small blunders with the water parameters and sometimes tolerates a little more nutrients. In general, however, the water quality should be extremely low in nutrients, with high current and high light intensity. Especially with blue light and the use of a filter spectacular color impressions can be created.
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