The Highlighter Smooth Skin Acropora (Acropora suharsonoi / Acropora loripes) is an elite, high-light SPS coral prized by advanced hobbyists for its glass-like, untextured skeleton and piercing coloration. Unlike rough, bushy Acroporas, “smooth skin” species feature sleek, glossy corallite branches that lack prominent radial structures.
This particular morph exhibits a blinding, high-contrast palette: a solid, fluorescent neon-yellow to bright lime base that fades into icy cyan or pastel blue growth tips, accented by short, delicate, pale green or yellow polyps that give it a clean, illuminated look under actinic LEDs.
Coloration: Fluorescent neon highlighter-yellow to lime-green sleek skeleton, shifting to icy cyan or porcelain-blue tips with delicate pale yellow/green polyps.
Growth Pattern: Strikethrough / Open-Branching (forms slender, smooth, curving branches with widely spaced corallites that spread outward into a delicate tree-like structure). WYSIWYG.
Lighting: High (PAR 300–450).
Water Flow: High (Strong, turbulent, indirect current).
Feeding: Photosynthetic, but captures micro-plankton, fine particulate foods, and amino acids.
Aggressiveness: Semi-aggressive (can sting adjacent corals via sweeper filaments if touched).
Care Level: Expert (Requires an established, ultra-stable system; highly sensitive to parameter swings and pests).
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