Coral of the Week: Red dragon Acropora

[Aquaph8]

Nice job Rossco, I would have broke that 6 times by now :tongue:

 

[CUNAReefer]

Nothing compared to Roscoes, but mine has been in my tank for 9 months. 5 of those months it was starving in an unhealthy ULNS and experienced almost no growth.

August 5th (Raw image with Grey Card)

May 1st (Before I learned about white balance)

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Great pics everyone!!! This coral is beautiful. I just wish I had better luck with SPS.

 

[Rick]

So are you guys keeping this one mid level or lower 1/3?

 

[rossco]

Thanks for the compliments everyone!

I keep mine in the lower third of my 72L x 25H x 27 W 210 gallon tank. The rock it is on is on the bottom and is about 4 inches tall, which puts the top of the colony at about 10 inches from the bottom. Lighting is 10 x 72 inch Sunbrite LED tubes. The main photoperiod is 8 hours, but all 10 are only on for 5 hours. For flow I have 2 MP 40's on the back and a MP 60 on one end.

 

[Ian]

I've always loved 250G's photo of it...

 

[Chameleon]

Everything seems to grow fast for you!

I purchased mine from Coral in the Reef late December 2010. It has been a fast grower for me under LEDs.

 

[Braves Fan]

I am new to sps, so is it just me or does this coral not encrust very much?

 

[rossco]

Hardly at all. If you get it to encrust the frag plug you are lucky.

 

[nvfishman]

The Red Dragon is a nice coral. I believe it to be the A. Walindi, or a A. rambleri

I have a

A. Walindii which had a pink color with small eractic branch structure. when I got it as it is growing out it has bright blue tips

A. Cardus has a much thicker branch structure

i will have to get some better pics

 

[Rick]

finally got my frag......and now we play the waiting game....

 

[OurReef]

I break everything off frag plugs that I can. I don't like the way they look in the tank.

 

[Rick]

me too im avoiding touching / irritating this coral for at least 2 weeks ive seen too many of these RD frags get ****** and RTN

 

[BAUCE]

bump

 

[Jakef150]

Sweet! mines growing faster too. It has nice color with VERY light blue tips.

I have AI sol blue LEDs.

I kept accident break it argh , it's so fragile (sp?)

Will upload picture tomorrow

 

[WhoKnew]

I am having difficulty finding a LFS to purchase my corals. Is there a good website or dealer here that is trusted.

 

[Aquaph8]

 

[brocstrongo]

Drooling so hard.

 

[brocstrongo]

Drooling so hard.

 

[Jakef150]