The most-hunted acros of 2026.

The Acropora corals that sell out in the first minute, and what they typically cost.

BUYING GUIDEUPDATED JUL 2026

A few Acropora names come up every year. They sell out in the first minute, and a lot of the hobby is looking for them at once. This is a short list, not all of them, with what each one costs at the vendors CoralTicker checks. These are collector pieces: expensive as colonies and gone in minutes as frags. Buy one after your tank has settled.

Under each coral, a free account shows the lowest price in stock now at the vendors CoralTicker checks. Without an account, you see what those vendors typically asked in the month shown. Walt Disney is a good one to watch.

The ones to wait for.

BigR Walt Disney Acropora

Mike Biggar bought a plain green tenuis frag at a Florida swap and hardly looked at it. Two years of nothing, then it turned — pink corallites, blue tips over green. By 2015 a frag ran $800 to $1,000.

For October 2026, CoralTicker has no typical asking price for this coral.

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JF Homewrecker

Jason Fox's tenuis — the one that kicked off the whole neon-rainbow-tenuis craze. Green base, blue-purple tips, neon-pink corallites. Sizable frags once cleared $2,500; it got copied so widely that the price came down, and the original's worth seeking out by maker.

In October 2026, the shops CoralTicker checks typically asked $100 to $250 for this coral. That isn’t today’s price or the lowest one, and a single piece can cost more or less.

ORA Red Planet Acropora

A red tabling acro, aquacultured by ORA since 2006 and the canonical "Red Planet" — a name other growers use too, so check the prefix to see whose you're getting.

In October 2026, the shops CoralTicker checks typically asked $50 to $100 for this coral. That isn’t today’s price or the lowest one, and a single piece can cost more or less.

PC Rainbow Acropora

Red stag, orange inner, blue-rimmed tips — the acro that put rainbow morphs on the map. And it nearly got overlooked. Its keeper found it in the sand tearing down a tank in 2006 — colored up like never before.

In October 2026, the shops CoralTicker checks typically asked $50 to $100 for this coral. That isn’t today’s price or the lowest one, and a single piece can cost more or less.

GARF Bonsai Acropora

Solid purple skin with bright green polyps, an Acropora valida grown out by Top Shelf. The lineage runs back to GARF — the Geothermal Aquaculture Research Foundation, one of the 1990s pioneers of captive coral propagation — which developed the Purple Bonsai strain it came from.

For October 2026, CoralTicker has no typical asking price for this coral.

Tyree Pink Lemonade

A classic Tyree limited edition and one of the old-guard named acros — lime-green branches under pink polyps.

In October 2026, the shops CoralTicker checks typically asked $50 to $100 for this coral. That isn’t today’s price or the lowest one, and a single piece can cost more or less.

Catching one before it's gone.

These sell fast. Know roughly what a coral costs before it lists, so you can decide in the seconds you get. The free morning email shows what's new at the shops CoralTicker checks, so you don't have to watch a dozen stock pages. For names with big price swings, the price history shows whether today's price is a good deal or a normal one.

And if you're newer to acros, don't start here. Start with a piece you can afford to lose while you dial in flow and light, then come back for the chase corals once the tank's stable. A Walt Disney is a heartbreak coral in a system that isn't ready for it.

What's missing.

Some names aren't on this list. Some were left off on purpose, and some may have been missed. If you think an acro belongs here, or you want one CoralTicker doesn't track yet, say so on one of the links below.