Acropora Red Dragon ?

[Marc Pardon]

Hi,

I have swapped a few frags for these two. The owner called them "Red Devil". I think they are called "Red Dragon". Can somebody confirm these? Thanx!

 

[Marc Pardon]

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[joseserrano]

They’ll have to get bigger to tell for sure, but I’m thinking no.

 

[Twistedpro]

Doesn't look like red dragon to me, sustainable reefs in Aussie have a coral called red devil

 

[Marc Pardon]

Doesn't look like red dragon to me, sustainable reefs in Aussie have a coral called red devil

you mean this one :
https://reefbuilders.com/2014/03/28/red-devil-acropora-tenella-kwajalein-atoll/

 

[jda]

That does not look like A. Carduus which was the original Coral in the Reef (CITR) Red Dragon. It is much more brittle and has smaller branches, but similar color. CITR Red Dragon is a wonderful coral that not everybody can keep, but if you can, it grows like crazy.

That looks more like A. Lorpies or A. Granulosa or one of those smooth skinned acropora... hard to tell. It is really nice.

That one from Sustainable Reefs looks like A. Simplex and is amazing to me. I would buy/trade a frag of that in a heartbeat.

 

[Backreefing]

Here is a red dragon frag . The difference in the way it grows is easy to see

 

[Marc Pardon]

Thanx everybody for the info and pictures! I asked for a picture of the mother colony. It confuses me more and more :

 

[Marc Pardon]

If you are confused you need to search for a solution .... I have sent Vincent Chalias a message with pictures and he confirmed : Acropora Carduus Red Dragon :)