SPS Spotlight: Red Dragon

revhtree · Nov 15, 2012

Share your pictures and any helpful info you may have pertaining to the care of this coral.

images via swannyson7

sexycorals · Nov 15, 2012

Low light deeper red... High light pinkish... Too much light dead.

swannyson7 · Nov 15, 2012

It's been a very fast grower for me... here it is 7 weeks later with 3 frags cut off of it.

Geo_85 · Nov 15, 2012

What type of lighting do you have giving you that growth. Amazing photos.

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swannyson7 · Nov 15, 2012

Geo_85 said:
What type of lighting do you have giving you that growth. Amazing photos.

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Thanks! I'm running three 150w LED fixtures from Reef Filtration along with a 12 bulb T5 fixture (NEP) with ATI bulbs.

dknuckles · Nov 15, 2012

sexycorals said:
Low light deeper red... High light pinkish... Too much light dead.

+1 So true on that!!!

Joe Knows Reefs · Nov 15, 2012

This is still one of my favorite acros of all time. I'll get a colony pic this weekend. I have found that it does not do very well at forming a wide base like most acros. Mine can withstand moderate light and flow, but like mike mentioned too much light and its a goner for sure. Nice colony swannyson!

darryl_v · Nov 15, 2012

Nice colony Scott.....here is mine. I have mine on the bottom and it still is pretty light.

Pkunk35 · Nov 15, 2012

swannyson7 said:
It's been a very fast grower for me... here it is 7 weeks later with 3 frags cut off of it.

Gorgeous colony, Swannyson!

The Candy Shop · Nov 15, 2012

That's a gorgeous piece!

swannyson7 · Nov 15, 2012

That's beautiful Darryl! How long have your had it?

watchguy123 · Nov 15, 2012

Started mine with high flow and lots of light and very pink color. Moved it down to lower light and it is very happy and much darker reddish pink color. Tips are blueish when it is happy and growing.

darryl_v · Nov 15, 2012

swannyson7 said:
That's beautiful Darryl! How long have your had it?

Thanks.....probably 1.5 - 2yrs.

Nice one too Mark....

rossco · Nov 16, 2012

Started as a one inch non-branched frag January of 2010. Placement is near the bottom under 400 watts (10 x 72" bulbs) of Sunbrite LED. Flow is moderately strong, driven by an MP60.

PolandSpring · Nov 16, 2012

wow! no words for that colony! So jealous

Have you ever cut it?

swannyson7 · Nov 16, 2012

Beautiful colonies Mark & Scott! Can't wait until mine gets to be that size! 1smile1

darryl_v · Nov 16, 2012

rossco said:
Started as a one inch non-branched frag January of 2010. Placement is near the bottom under 400 watts (10 x 72" bulbs) of Sunbrite LED. Flow is moderately strong, driven by an MP60.

Holy crap.....biggest one I've seen. :tongue:

Tankguy001 · Nov 17, 2012

First time Ive seen this acro , may add this to my list.

rossco · Nov 17, 2012

PolandSpring said:
wow! no words for that colony! So jealous

Have you ever cut it?

Thank you! I hadn't cut the colony at the time that picture was taken last month. I took that picture right before I trimmed it back a bit and moved it as it was getting tough to clean the glass. Unfortunately also I lost a couple of the lower branches recently due to a still unknown reason. I am thinking a combination of an alk dip when my CO2 bottle ran out and too little available nutrients due to my oversized chaeto mass.