WYSIWYG Bleeding Apple Wilsoni Brain Coral (Showpiece)
$400.00
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$400.00
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WYSIWYG Bleeding Apple Wilsoni Brain Coral (Showpiece)
$400.00
Sale price
$400.00
Regular price
The Holy Grail of Western Australian LPS
Crown the floor of your reef tank with an elite collector's masterpiece: the Bleeding Apple Wilsoni Brain Coral! Known to veteran hobbyists as the "Aussie Meat Coral," this genuine Australophyllia wilsoni is a rare, slow-growing treasure sourced from the unique, nutrient-rich waters of Western Australia. This exact-specimen (WYSIWYG) showpiece exhibits a perfectly circular, heavy maze-like matrix of ridges and valleys. It features a heavily striated outer structure of ice-mint and metallic teal, sharply contrasting with deep, volcanic crimson center walls.
Crown the floor of your reef tank with an elite collector's masterpiece: the Bleeding Apple Wilsoni Brain Coral! Known to veteran hobbyists as the "Aussie Meat Coral," this genuine Australophyllia wilsoni is a rare, slow-growing treasure sourced from the unique, nutrient-rich waters of Western Australia. This exact-specimen (WYSIWYG) showpiece exhibits a perfectly circular, heavy maze-like matrix of ridges and valleys. It features a heavily striated outer structure of ice-mint and metallic teal, sharply contrasting with deep, volcanic crimson center walls.
Why It Deserves a Spot in Your Tank:
- True Exotic Rarity: Unlike mainstream brain corals, genuine Australophyllia are uncommon in the wild and hard to secure, serving as an immediate high-status focal point for your aquascape.
- Dense, Meaty Coral Tissue: Features exceptionally thick, heavy tissue walls that puff up beautifully during day cycles, giving the colony an ultra-plush, texturized 3D profile.
- Blinding Actinic Fluorescence: Under actinic blue or LED night channels, the mint-green ridges glow like neon fiber-optics, framing the rich crimson eyes with incredible color depth.
- Peaceful Sandbed Showpiece: Lacks long, aggressive stinging sweeper tentacles, making it perfectly safe to place at the base of your aquascape near zoanthids or mushrooms.
Quick Care Parameters:
- Lighting: Low to Moderate (PAR 80 - 150). Crucial: Avoid high-intensity zones or direct LED hotspots, which can cause its specialized pigments to bleach or shrink.
- Water Flow: Low to Medium gentle, indirect flow. Lazy current ensures the meaty polyps expand fully without pushing the delicate tissue hard against its heavy skeletal walls.
- Placement: Sandbed substrate or flat, low-lying bottom rock shelves. Never wedge between sharp rockwork, as its heavy tissue expansion can tear against the stone.
- Diet: Photosynthetic, but highly responsive to regular supplemental feeding. Spot-feed minced mysis shrimp, calanus, or liquid organic coral foods twice a week when its feeding tentacles emerge to maximize color retention and overall tissue thickness.