TIA Mirage Tenuis: Pink-Purple Body, Blue Tips, Yellow Corallites
The TIA Mirage 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 TIA Mirage Tenuis?
TIA Mirage Tenuis is an Acropora tenuis with a deep pink and purple body, bright blue growth tips, and vivid yellow corallites. The colors blend together almost like a mirage — especially viewed from different angles — which is exactly where the name comes from. It is colorful without looking overly busy.
The story
What sets Mirage apart is how its palette behaves: the deep pink-purple body, blue tips, and yellow corallites read differently depending on the viewing angle, blending into each other rather than sitting in fixed zones. It stands out easily in an SPS collection while staying clean-looking. Grown in TIA's established reef system and hand-fragged for limited release.
Care requirements
| Parameter | Target |
|---|---|
| Lighting (PAR) | Moderate to high, 250–400; blue-spectrum light brings out the blue tips, pink body, and yellow corallites |
| Flow | Moderate to strong, turbulent |
| Placement | Upper half of a mature reef aquarium with stable parameters and consistent flow |
| Temperature | 76–79 °F |
| Salinity | 1.025–1.026 |
| Alkalinity | 8–9 dKH |
| Calcium | 400–450 ppm |
| Magnesium | 1300–1400 ppm |
Reef safe. Recommended for aquarists experienced with SPS husbandry.
Buying a Mirage 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
Why is it called Mirage? Its deep pink-purple body, bright blue tips, and vivid yellow corallites blend together almost like a mirage, especially when viewed from different angles.
Is TIA Mirage Tenuis loud or subtle? Both, in a sense — it is genuinely multicolored yet reads clean rather than busy, so it stands out in an SPS collection without overwhelming it.
What lighting does it want? Moderate-to-high light around 250–400 PAR; blue-spectrum reef lighting brings out the blue tips, pink body, and yellow corallites.
Do I receive the exact colony in the photo? No — the photo shows the mother colony, and each piece is cut to order from it. After the cut TIA sends a video of your frag, with about 14 days of heal time recommended.