Red Dragon Acro coming to the trade in greater numbers as Bali maricultured Acropora carduus

Posted on January 20th, 2012 by 16

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The Red Dragon Acro is one of the newer strains of neato SPS corals to gain popularity in the reef aquarium hobby, first as a few singular colonies and soon to be a whole lot more through greater imports of Bali mariculture Acros. Unlike some captive strain names, Red Dragon Acro and Strawberry Shortcake refers less to a single strain of coral than a particular morph of SPS coral species, in this case believed to be a red thin-branching Acropora carduus. Hopefully with more imports of the Bali deepwater acros we’ll also soon see the ‘Blue Dragon Acro’, a blue-colored thin-branching Acropora carduus that is pictured after the break. 
blue dragon acro

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  • http://www.facebook.com/brice.castillo Brice Castillo

    And I know people that spent $200/frag on the red dragon. Now it will be just as cheap as any other….patience is a virtue in this hobby. 

  • Philip Root

    Does it come with what looks like AEFW eggs at the base?

  • Philip Root

    I see its a crab now.

  • http://twitter.com/AwItsLinnikins Linny

    I spent $250 and don’t regret it.  My Red Dragon’s branches (and COLOR) look better and it has been in captivity for a long time so no worries about dying.  Jealousy much? :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/wally.do Walle Do

    very few times its cool to have crabs.. :-P

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mathieu-Gagné/659241296 Mathieu Gagné

    I have a A. Carduus frag I got recently (I think) and it’s a fast grower!

  • http://twitter.com/clownfishman Hubert CLOWNFISHMAN

    $250 is alot cheaper than a LV bag – good purchase

  • Anonymous

    Lol too funny.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001443324671 Patrick Jewell

    Ew, looks bleached and unhealthy. Excuse me for not flipping out over the latest fad coral. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jon-Carvallo/551135810 Jon Carvallo

    I purchased a colony of the OG Red Dragon (Acropora halmaherae) directly from Reef Raft last year and it is much different than either of the photos posted above. Here’s a cell pic from the day I bought it… http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/687/reddragonu.jpg/

  • Anonymous

    who stole its polyps?

  • Anonymous

    What does it look like now?

  • Anonymous

    Just for the record, there is no such thing as Acropora halmaherae. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chad-Farmer/1782260796 Chad Farmer

    that is nothing compaired to the red dragon

  • Anonymous

    the first photo on top i dont think it a acro cardus i think it a  turaki  with thin branches and it isnt the red dragon acro thats my pink dragontale heres a pic  
     and the second picture the blue tip is the same as my snipersps blue lagoon its really pretty see the pic 
    and i think this is the red dragon 

  • Brian Chong

    I agree with sniper. the corals above look too smooth. the red dragon is a walindii sp. this is based on the pictures and description on the aims website, my frag of the red dragon which came from jose casas who bought it directly from tony, and my maricultured walindii acropora