Big R Walt Disney Tenuis: Original Big R Lineage, Two Years in the Making
The Big R Walt Disney Tenuis mother colony — the coral your frag is cut from — under Actinic Radion Mobius lighting. Colors shift under different lighting; each piece is cut to order.
What is Big R Walt Disney Tenuis?
Big R Walt Disney Tenuis is a true Walt Disney Acropora from the original Big R lineage. This colony was grown from a single small branch frag and healed, encrusted, and matured over two years into a piece with strong structure, dense polyp texture, and the signature layered Walt Disney palette — a multi-tone rainbow body of vivid green, gold, pink, and soft pastel highlights.
The story
This piece is a true Walt Disney Acropora from the original Big R lineage. It started as a tiny one-branch frag and was not rushed — it was given the time to build its base, strengthen its form, and slowly push into its best look over the past two years. Now fully settled and developed, it shows confident growth, dense polyp texture, and the signature layered Walt Disney contrast that only appears when the coral is fully comfortable. Instead of imagining what a frag could become, you are looking at a specimen that has already done the hard part: healthy, established, and at peak presentation.
Care requirements
Big R Walt Disney Tenuis is an SPS Acropora. The live team copy states lighting and flow but does not publish a full water-parameter block. | Parameter | Target | |---|---| | Lighting | Strong reef lighting for best color and structure | | Flow | Consistent, turbulent flow for best color and structure |
General SPS husbandry (not colony-specific): the team has not published measured parameters for this colony. The ranges below are standard Acropora targets, not values measured on this piece — PAR 250–400 under blue-heavy reef lighting · 76–79 °F · salinity 1.025–1.026 · alkalinity 8–9 dKH · calcium 400–450 ppm · magnesium 1300–1400 ppm. Stable parameters matter more than exact numbers.
Buying a Big R Walt Disney frag
Every piece is cut to order from the mother colony. After we cut your frag, we send you a video of it, and we recommend allowing about 14 days of heal time before expecting full recovery. Every order is covered by TIA's 3-day live-arrival guarantee, and TIA has grown and named collector corals since 2008.
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Frequently asked questions
What makes the Big R Walt Disney special? It is a true Walt Disney Acropora from the original Big R lineage. This colony was grown from a single small branch frag and matured over two years, so you get a fully settled, established piece with strong structure, dense polyp texture, and the full layered Walt Disney palette rather than a young frag still developing its look.
What colors does it show? A multi-tone rainbow body with strong Walt Disney-style contrast, blending vivid green, gold, pink, and soft pastel highlights. That signature layered palette shows best once the coral is fully comfortable and established.
What lighting and flow does it want? It thrives under strong reef lighting and consistent turbulent flow for its best color and structure, as stated in the live listing.
Is this a young frag or an established piece? An established piece. It was grown from a single small branch frag and healed, encrusted, and matured over two years into a fully developed colony at peak presentation.