Selectively bredUncommon in the tradeIntermediate to keep

Green Velvet

A variant of Acropora coral (Acropora sp.)

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Representative Acropora coral image. A confirmed image of this exact morph isn't available yet.

A stubby, thick-bodied Acropora whose dark green skin has a metallic shine that can look iridescent. Polyps stay pulled in by day, so the surface reads as smooth as cloth.

This page covers the Green Velvet variant. For full husbandry, water params, diet and health —General care: Acropora coral →

Other SPS Corals variants

Staghorn / Table Acropora (growth forms)Green Slimer (Acropora yongei)Tricolor / Tricolor Valida (Acropora valida)Pink/Purple Stylophora-tip 'Strawberry Shortcake' (Acropora microclados)Walt Disney (Acropora tenuis)Strawberry Shortcake (SSC) Acropora Oregon Tort (Oregon Blue Tortuosa)Rainbow Tenuis Red Dragon Acropora Pink Lemonade Acropora Cali Tort (California Blue Tortuosa)Tierra del Fuego (TDF) Acropora Pikachu Acropora Jason Fox Homewrecker / Miyagi Tort Pink Cadillac Acropora Walt Disney Strawberry Shortcake WWC Red Shortcake Oregon Tort Jason Fox Homewrecker Tyree Pink Lemonade Jackson's Rainbow Tenuis Red Planet Miyagi Tort Hawkins Echinata GARF Bonsai ORA Pearlberry Cotton Candy Tenuis Vivid's Bali Shortcake JF Fox Flame CC Pink Highlighter Tenuis Miami Orchid Plum Crazy Blue Iris Ethereal Acro Green Planet Ice Tort Laura's Purple Polyp Yellow Tip Stag Phil's Granulosa Purple Nana Purple Plasma Rose Millepora Stuber Stag Solitaryensis Lavender Stag Joe the Coral Frogskin Blue Voodoo Borealis Roscoe's Blue Purple Monster Sunset Millepora Sapphire Millepora Super Blue Tenuis Ponape Rainbow Toxic Green Florida Rainbow Splice Fruity Splice Raspberry Splice Bubbleyum Forbidden Fruit Speciosa Rocky Balboa Cherry Bomb Mai Tai Confetti Acropora Doctor Manhattan Kermit the Frog Glow Stick Fire Dragon PC Rainbow