TIA Strawberry Fields Millepora: A Solid Strawberry-Pink Acropora
The TIA Strawberry Fields Millepora mother colony — the coral your frag is cut from. Colors shift under different lighting; each piece is cut to order.
What is TIA Strawberry Fields Millepora?
TIA Strawberry Fields is an Acropora millepora known for solid strawberry-pink color. Where many milleporas rely on contrasting colors, this one is admired for a clean, uniform tone. It is grown in TIA's legacy display reef and hand-fragged, cut to order.
The story
What makes this one worth keeping is restraint. The rich rose-pink body reads as one clean color rather than a scatter of contrasts, and it gives the coral a warm presence in the reef — especially once the polyps extend fully in strong flow.
Care requirements
| Parameter | Target |
|---|---|
| Lighting (PAR) | Moderate to High, 250–400. Strong blue-spectrum reef lighting helps maintain the vivid pink |
| Flow | Moderate to strong, turbulent. Randomized circulation encourages the strong polyp extension typical of Millepora |
| Placement | Upper half of a mature reef with stable parameters and strong lighting |
| 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.
These are standard Acropora targets, not values measured on this specific colony. Stable parameters matter more than exact numbers.
Buying a Strawberry Fields 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 color is TIA Strawberry Fields Millepora?
A solid, clean strawberry-pink. Where many milleporas rely on multiple contrasting colors, this one is admired for its uniform rose-pink tone, which gives it a warm presence — especially when the polyps extend fully in strong flow.
How much light does it need?
Moderate to high PAR, roughly 250–400. Strong blue-spectrum reef lighting helps maintain the vivid pink. Place it in the upper half of a mature reef.
What flow does a Millepora like this want?
Moderate to strong, turbulent flow. Randomized circulation encourages the strong polyp extension typical of Millepora and brings out the rose-pink color.
Do I get the colony in the photo?
No — the photo is the mother colony. Your frag is cut to order from it, so your piece will be similar in color and character but is its own cutting.