examples of pigment grafting in my tank

[tnyr5]

It took me HOURS to photograph these with a broken camera ( the viewing screen shows up blank, you can't tell if your pic is in focus until after you load it to the computer). First is a setosa that has taken on a light green pigment in between the branches. These parts were not in the shade. I fragged it off to see if i can grow it out and brighten the green graft.

[/IMG] second pic with the orange reduced to show the graft better

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second is my orenji monti which has taken on a burnt orange swirl in some spots. note how much brighter the orenji is than the setosa.

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They might not be bright or clear enough to be LE material but I think it's still pretty cool.

 

[rigleautomotive]

Thats interesting.never saw that before,well maybe once,lol

 

[Sanjay]

Very Nice, Tony. Do you see it more clearly when it florescences under blue light. ?

 

[tnyr5]

Honestly, no, I held the setosa frag under a blue led strip at work ( I decided to give it to brent to put in his new 200g cube). I expected it to brighten up but instead it totally lost all fluorescence. I guess the blue leds weren't emitting the right wavelength.

 

[Sanjay]

That is odd !! If it is GFP is has to flourescence under high frequency light. Makes me wonder if it is in fact GFP.

 

[disturbed]

thats cool.i never seen anything like it

 

[tnyr5]

I would get a weird one ...

 

[tnyr5]

I suppose it could be some sort of non-fluorescent protein that transferred from cyanobacteria during an outbreak I had in December-January after the reef crystals debacle.

 

[rigleautomotive]

That is odd !! If it is GFP is has to flourescence under high frequency light. Makes me wonder if it is in fact GFP.

This setosa has a branch on the far right of this pic that glows yellow/green under actinics and is also quite noticeable with halides on also.Tough to capture with a camera but very apparent in person.The colored branch is in close proximity to a green tabling acropora