Red Dragon Acro, Looking for some advice on caring for it

[Bayliner]

Questions for : Baumgardner, RTBM, Joker295 , Ian , Abereefur, and anyone else that has this coral in their tank.

What kind of growth rate are you seeing from yours.
Would you say it’s a fast or slow grower ?

Thanks for all your advice,
Cam

 

[abereefur]

Depends on where I put it. If I put it high light high flow, I get decent growth, a 1" frag started growing branches in a week, but it lost the purplish color. Turned light pink. Mini colony grows slowly in mid level tank but keeps the best colors there in good random flow.

 

[joker295]

im getting ok growth.. have it in low light and medium flow

 

[Felixc]

Questions for : Baumgardner, RTBM, Joker295 , Ian , Abereefur, and anyone else that has this coral in their tank.

What kind of growth rate are you seeing from yours.
Would you say it's a fast or slow grower ?

Thanks for all your advice,
Cam

In my tank, this coral sits 10" from the water surface and another 6" from 250W 14K Pheonix. It grows fast, one of the faster sps in my tank, mind you I have a ton of current blasting at it. In this condition the coral became a pinkish color with blue tips and stubby growth pattern. I left it there for 3 months to put on some size and then I moved it back down to about 20" from the surface, still in direct sunlight. The color has gotten deeper, more reddish now, and the growth is still going well, but now as fast. The initial frag was about 1.5" and 6 montsh later it's bigger than a baseball. It's has to be one of the faster grower I've ever had. My plan is to let it grow another inch and then I will place it in the shade to try to achieve that deep red coloration. I was skeptical of the deep red color at first but as I experiment, I feel that it will be achieved.

 

[sweet ride]

In my tank, this coral sits 10" from the water surface and another 6" from 250W 14K Pheonix. It grows fast, one of the faster sps in my tank, mind you I have a ton of current blasting at it. In this condition the coral became a pinkish color with blue tips and stubby growth pattern. I left it there for 3 months to put on some size and then I moved it back down to about 20" from the surface, still in direct sunlight. The color has gotten deeper, more reddish now, and the growth is still going well, but now as fast. The initial frag was about 1.5" and 6 montsh later it's bigger than a baseball. It's has to be one of the faster grower I've ever had. My plan is to let it grow another inch and then I will place it in the shade to try to achieve that deep red coloration. I was skeptical of the deep red color at first but as I experiment, I feel that it will be achieved.

can you post a photo of your red dragon?

 

[dudley moray]

i knew i saw it at reefraft the other day ! they have it in moderate flow and high light

 

[Creetin]

fast growth is hit or miss, Mine will grow fast and then stop for a bit and change the sky blue to a pink red. then start growing again. So you could have a spurt, But then for a month or 2 it will slow down to almost mothing, Then start again.
Once you get a colony going its easy to bash the looks of this coral as a frag. I get lots of compliments and this coral gets picked out of the tank first.. I have a nice looking mini colony now and its one of my favs growth wise, and the blue tips when they are 2-3 inches long are sweet.

 

[250G]

Hey Cam. I owned this coral from 2005 to 2010, it likes moderate to low light (apx. mid-tank with 400W halides) and moderate flow. When it is happiest it will be fuscia in color, with blue tips and whitish polyps (I have posted a few pics over the years). Locally know as the "the fuscia" or the "Terry Firefighter Fuscia", it has been in captivity for a long time.

Hi,
I just picked up this frag that is called a Red Dragon.
I have been researching and so far I have found that it actually likes lower light and also lower flow.

Can anyone that has this coral in their tank confirm that this is correct ?
Can you share your experience with this coral ?

Thanks,
Cam

I would disagree, I would call it a $100 SPS frag. I have not seen anything like it in my 10 years of collecting, so I consider it pretty unique.

i agree this acro is way overpriced,but then again the site i have seen it on is overpriced on everything.it is a nice looking acro but certainly not worth more than $50/frag.

?

Idrather have a orange digi

 

[Flagswipe]

Dave - nice to see you are alive and well

The pics I posted were in fact your Pink Fuscia, still one of my favorites. I sell frags for $100.00 when they are available. Other people call it the Red Dragon but I still call it the Fuscia. I also have a purple version of the same piece that is almost as nice.

Send me a PM and Ill give you my number, I have some nice pieces to trade if and when your new system is up and going

Dwayne

 

[John_mcpherson]

I just bought a small frag of the Terry Firefighter Fuscia/Red Dragon at the Lansing, MI frag swap and I have to say I really like it. Dwayne, let me know if you would be open to selling/sending a frag of the purple version this way. PM sent.

 

[gabe145]

What other "dragon acros are there?