Red Dragon Placement?

sleeri · Mar 12, 2013

Bought a small frag of Red Dragon from a local reefer the other weekend. It's doing fine, but was I kind of guessing when I placed it towards the top of my tank. What's the recommended lighting and flow for this SPS?

Reef4reef · Mar 12, 2013

I place it high and strong flow , it grow like weed

dankreef · Mar 12, 2013

If you want it to look like a strong red and still grow go medium in tank. It will get lighter as it gets more light thats how you can tell.

sleeri · Mar 12, 2013

Thanks for the tips. I may move it down a bit. Want a stonger red. Not as concerned about growth. Any other opinions?

sleeri · Mar 12, 2013

Also, does Red Dragon get much polyp extension? Mine hasn't been all that great so far.

By the way, photos would be great!

bct15 · Mar 12, 2013

I have my frag five inches off the bottom straight under my 250w halide. It's getting some deep red not much PE though.

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Chameleon · Mar 12, 2013

I think it likes lower light compared to most a acros IME

seamonkey84 · Mar 12, 2013

+1 to lower light, but high flow. The polyps on my frag are very small and clear so very hard to see.

dankreef · Mar 12, 2013

I have every color the only one that shows real PE during the day is green/purple. They all come out at night but they are small.

sleeri · Mar 12, 2013

Thanks all. Looks like the PE isn't a concern then.

dell2go · Mar 13, 2013

It is a deep acro type. So best is low light.

kuansreef · Mar 13, 2013

It looks more pink than red if light is too strong.

andr3w · Mar 14, 2013

bct15 said:
I have my frag five inches off the bottom straight under my 250w halide. It's getting some deep red not much PE though.

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I also have mine %" off bottom but under L.E.D. It has a great red color and also not much PE

cymaster007 · Mar 14, 2013

Low light high flow- it will show a darker red and grow faster.

larangcon · Mar 14, 2013

Just following along, this will be my next target for my tank. Is the Red Dragon more picky than a a regular SPS, is it hard to take care of.

cymaster007 · Mar 14, 2013

larangcon said:
Just following along, this will be my next target for my tank. Is the Red Dragon more picky than a a regular SPS, is it hard to take care of.

I find it is pretty resilient and can take some water parameter abuse compared to other SPS. The branches are very fine so it is fragile and breaks easily

dknuckles · Mar 16, 2013

IME, it prefers lower light levels. I have placed it many different locations and have had the least success in higher light. Currently all my RDs are kept in aprox 50-75 PAR(LED)and grow well.
As for PE all I can say is feed RN Oyster feast, polyps pop out every time I feed w/ it