The Blue Dragon Acro, a variant ofAcropora walindii, has been available in the reef aquarium hobby infrequently ever since Bali first started shipping mariculturedAcropora.With all those cool Mariculture Acros coming out of Bali these days, recently the Blue Dragon Acro has been a more regular sighting and it’s super cool to see what kind of potential beauty this strain ofAcropora walindiican develop in aquaria. If you think theRed Dragon Acrois a strain to be collected, follow the break to see it next to the Blue Dragon Acro, as well as a couple other color morphs ofAcropora walindii.
在南加州a month ago, we spied a nice little propagation setup atOculus Aquaticswhich had a healthy standing crop of Blue Dragon Acros, as well as several other colors ofAcropora walindii. In addition to the mostly all blue/purple Blue Dragon Acro, there was also an all minty greenAcropora walindiiand couple specimens of a Blue Dragon Acro with a greenish body and blue/purple tips.
When we got our first look at the巴厘岛Mariculture Acroporaat Oculus and Route 66 we spotted a fair number of Blue Dragon Acros and other colors ofAcropora walindiibut at first, these did not catch our attention the way that the real dealAcropora speciosadid. What really surprised us is how well the Blue Dragon Acro had setled in to aquarium life, with beautiful color, beautiful branching pattern, and interesting little polyps which give theAcropora walindiia unique “spiny” appearance.
