Grafted Corals
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NuclearReefs
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Pic of this? what do you mean, Grafted like a plant?
clkwrk
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The Tyree grafted simplex comes to mine . Not common IMO
Also I have a coral that stole some pigment from another now I get different colord polyps and inside the branches I get some green which is not part of the coral orginally.
Hard to photgraph but I will see if I can get one.
Also I have a coral that stole some pigment from another now I get different colord polyps and inside the branches I get some green which is not part of the coral orginally.
Hard to photgraph but I will see if I can get one.
trueblackpercula
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This is very uncommon and has been treid in the past. Most times one will over take the other and it does not work out. I would love to see a picture of the coral at Hand.
Michael
Michael
Stoney Mahony
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Yeah you tease!!! 
ViPeR_930
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naka, that's not a grafted coral. Many SPS have multiple colors like that. Here's info on the grafted simplex.
http://www.reeffarmers.com/limitedgraftedsimplex.htm
http://www.reeffarmers.com/limitedgraftedsimplex.htm
cubuffs
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The one that I was referring to is a montipora confusa. I originally thought that it had an electric green base with ugly brown polyps. When I went to move the coral, the polyps were not extended, revealing the wonderful green and brown graft all across the body of the coral. Thus, I thought that this could be unusual, but I wanted to see who else has this.
Stoney Mahony
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I don't think anyone can say they have a grafted pigment coral unless it's the Tyree, or you do all those tests to prove that the pigment is foreign and came from a different species. JMO but there was significant scientific research that went into determining that the pigment actually "drifted".
clkwrk
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I can because I had 2 corals growing on the same base...... Both RTN'd almost completely . I then broke of the one that was almost 100% gone and let the other be . The on I left is now 100% tissue and got some pigment from the base of the other coral . Now its one piece and even my frags carry the same traits.
NuclearReefs
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overlapping maybe,,, grafted,, hmm,, not so sure
clkwrk
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Yes it is one coral that now has extra pigments it never had or should have. I will get pictures.
The simplex wasn't graffted by hand it was by chance that it happend as is mine . Although it would have been 100% better if it wasn't such an ugly coral to start with .
It is also a purple brown coral which picked up some green from the other coral.
The simplex wasn't graffted by hand it was by chance that it happend as is mine . Although it would have been 100% better if it wasn't such an ugly coral to start with .
It is also a purple brown coral which picked up some green from the other coral.
Over lapping is very obvious
NuclearReefs
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alot of corals dif color at base too,, i have several sps that did that
But it did not come this way and its color extends well beyond the base. Even to a point where polyps on that side of the coral are green when they should be brown or white.
clkwrk
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Okay that was a total PITA. Hope you like my ugly coral ;-)
Okay here goes hopefully I can get these in order . Also sorry I do not have a recent shot in the last 6 months as it is buried back in my reef cause its ugly and I its impossible to get a pic of it now.
Okay this is the oldest I can find. @ this point the acro had been recovering for 4 months or so . It was almost all skeleton . During that time a few polyps that were left from the donating coral turned into small lil encrusted areas. Bottom left of coral see the green polyps
This is a tad bit latter
Here you can see the coral is coloring up a bit but those 2 spots with green polyps are still there.
Close up of the spots
Those 2 spots are now 1
Another view
another view
to be Continued.........
Okay here goes hopefully I can get these in order . Also sorry I do not have a recent shot in the last 6 months as it is buried back in my reef cause its ugly and I its impossible to get a pic of it now.
Okay this is the oldest I can find. @ this point the acro had been recovering for 4 months or so . It was almost all skeleton . During that time a few polyps that were left from the donating coral turned into small lil encrusted areas. Bottom left of coral see the green polyps
This is a tad bit latter
Here you can see the coral is coloring up a bit but those 2 spots with green polyps are still there.
Close up of the spots
Those 2 spots are now 1
Another view
another view
to be Continued.........
