PAR for Red Dragon Acro

[oscar14]

What would you guys recommend as far as PAR, placement and flow. I’ve hear that they do bette in low light but how much is low light? Thanks in advance

 

[Retired Reefer]

Mine grows like a weed in 325 par, moderate flow

 

[PicassoClown04]

I put mine on the floor. About 24” away from an AI Prime HD on 100%. Same par as I keep my zoas at :) It grows faster in higher par but it goes whitish. I prefer slow growth in lower par so its a nice deep magenta color instead of baby pink

 

[oscar14]

Mine grows like a weed in 325 par, moderate flow

I placed mine under 250 par but it’s starting to turn a soft red.

 

[oscar14]

I put mine on the floor. About 24” away from an AI Prime HD on 100%. Same par as I keep my zoas at :) It grows faster in higher par but it goes whitish. I prefer slow growth in lower par so its a nice deep magenta color instead of baby pink

That’s what I have noticed. Mine started to turna bit white, but corallites are still yellow. What would you recommend?

 

[PicassoClown04]

That’s what I have noticed. Mine started to turna bit white, but corallites are still yellow. What would you recommend?

Put it in lower lighting, here’s a pic of a red dragon in my other tank under higher par ( 6” ish under hydra at 70% intensity). It’s the exact same as my magenta frag (magenta frag came from this mother. Now I use the high par one as a mother, make frags, and put the frags in low par so they color up really nice :) you can see it’s up there in this pic with a Walt Disney, red planet, and forest fire digi

 

[PicassoClown04]

Has anybody else noticed that red planet never seems to encrust? Mine has been there for at least 4 months now and has not encrusted at all, just a lot of growth out. I can still pick it right up off the rocks. Neither of my frags have encrusted, is this just a red dragon thing?

 

[oscar14]

Put it in lower lighting, here’s a pic of a red dragon in my other tank under higher par ( 6” ish under hydra at 70% intensity). It’s the exact same as my magenta frag (magenta frag came from this mother. Now I use the high par one as a mother, make frags, and put the frags in low par so they color up really nice :) you can see it’s up there in this pic with a Walt Disney, red planet, and forest fire digi

Awesome colony man, how much par would low light be for you?

 

[Retired Reefer]

I agree...the new growth on mine is definitely much lighter in color and as stated mine is in higher par

 

[PicassoClown04]

Awesome colony man, how much par would low light be for you?

Sorry :(. Don’t know the actual par, I’ve never rented a par meter. It’s at the same level as scolies, zoas, rhodactis shrooms. About 2’ under an AI Prime HD.

 

[Softhammer]

High flow and high light for mine, lit with Hydra 52HDs cranked to 11. Started as a 1/4” toothpick sized frag. Now about cantaloupe sized. Major trimming coming up if anyone needs a chunk.