Sps help pleaseplease

[Naiad]

I have an easy to care for white dragon for sale! This bad boy is one that needs almost no attention at all! In fact, you don't even need water!!!! Just a light dusting now and then. First $1200 takes this one of a kind coral!!!

LOL very far from one of a kind [emoji44]. Many a red dragon frag has become a white dragon ghost.

 

[Flipside]

You did well in documenting this and keeping your head up til the end. If it's any consolation (not that you need it), I've lost many-o-dragon's in the past. I learned about how delicate this species is (naked's) after I destroyed them. That was a big frag that you bleached, and I hope it didn't cost too much (dragon's have come down in price a "LOT" in the past couple years).

When I buy naked's (and most delicate SPS), I try to buy locally or from a reputable source (like Battle). That way the coral has a very strong chance of flourishing in it's new home. I also hope that you don't give up on the Red Dragon. It's one of my favorite pieces! When it grows out, "no one" that walks in the room will ignore it.

Thanks again for logging your experience. I wish more folks would do this. :)

 

[DLuce510]

Feel your pain, it appears to have RTN. I apologize in advance if I'm repeating some one else I don't have the patience to go through all 3 pages. I had this happen to my Orange Passion, major bummer. For me what it turned out to be was my Alk was lower than usual, 7.5ish, and at the store it was 9.5ish. Even though I drip acclimated it was still too much. When you acclimated where you able to keep stable temp?

 

[Lonny]

Ya I acclimate by floating the bag in my sump. I just clip it to the side so it doesn't move around. Then drip acclimate. I think it was heat on the trip home and then I dipped it in coral rx which I now know is very harsh on acro's. I'll be using Bayer from here on out.