TIA Twilight Forest Acropora: Deep Purple, Fluorescent Green, and Sky-Blue SPS
The TIA Twilight Forest Acropora 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 Twilight Forest Acropora?
TIA Twilight Forest is an Acropora colony with a color combination rarely seen in SPS: deep purple tones blend with bright fluorescent green and soft sky-blue highlights. Under reef lighting the colors layer together to evoke a twilight forest — mysterious and quietly beautiful. It is grown in TIA's legacy display reef and hand-fragged, cut to order.
The story
TIA Twilight Forest displays a color combination rarely seen in SPS corals. Deep purple tones blend with bright fluorescent green and soft sky-blue highlights. Under reef lighting the layered colors evoke the twilight forest the name comes from.
Care requirements
| Parameter | Target |
|---|---|
| Lighting (PAR) | Moderate to High (250–400); strong blue-spectrum reef lighting enhances the fluorescent green and cool blue tones |
| Flow | Moderate to strong, turbulent; randomized circulation encourages healthy tissue and natural polyp extension |
| Placement | Upper half of a mature reef where stable parameters and strong lighting support SPS growth |
| 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 Twilight Forest 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 colors does TIA Twilight Forest show? TIA Twilight Forest blends deep purple tones with bright fluorescent green and soft sky-blue highlights. Under reef lighting the tones layer together into a twilight-forest palette — mysterious and quietly beautiful. Strong blue-spectrum lighting brings out the fluorescent green and cool blue.
How much light does TIA Twilight Forest need? Moderate to high PAR, roughly 250–400. Strong blue-spectrum reef lighting enhances the fluorescent green and cool blue tones. Place it in the upper half of a mature reef where lighting is strong and parameters stay stable.
What water parameters does it want? Temperature 76–79 °F, salinity 1.025–1.026, alkalinity 8–9 dKH, calcium 400–450 ppm, and magnesium 1300–1400 ppm. It is reef safe and recommended for aquarists experienced with SPS husbandry.
What flow does TIA Twilight Forest prefer? Moderate to strong, turbulent flow. Randomized circulation encourages healthy tissue and natural polyp extension.