Has anyone seen this yet? Grafted millepora

[arioch]

Ok so how about the first pic? If you stick any random 3 acro/mille frags together odds are damned good they're going to burn the hell out of each other and cause all the tissue to slough off.

The only way you would have the situation in the first pic is if they ARE somehow compatible enough to not kill each other... and that's the exact kind of situation you'd need to have transfer, according to the reeffarmer and garrett's acropolis write-ups on this very subject! (now granted, those weren't about milles, just montis and acro. simplex..., but milles are acros as well)

 

[fijiblue]

I find it so entertaining when people on here seem to think they know more about other peoples' business and what they are doing...

I think the problem is everyone is expecting the now traditional pocciloporan graft (the green graft that has been successfully replicated in captivity) as opposed to any other chroma protein grafts. If the green color was from light, it would be uniform on the entire frag and would also be evident on the original piece it came from. Since they said it came from a green & orange, a blue and a pink milli, I doubt it is the light - I don't know. Perhaps a picture of the milleporas it came from would be helpful.

An older article, but talks about fusion/grafting if anyone is interested:
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/nftt/index.php

 

[Dustin1300]

Looks colorful and would agree on the firts frag that they don't look 'grafted'. I just want to see a colony picture!

 

[manix man]

I'd like to see a normal pic just under 12-14k lights and TBH I don't see it either at the moment.

 

[clowns101]

In all honesty,I dont think the coral is grafted like we would see in the Simplex,Grafed Montipora,Garrets Grafted Millipora,Garrets Garrets Green Jacket Acropora,etc.

When a coral is "grafted" we will see a distinct line normaly where the color "applied" to the coral will start to swirl through the base colored coral.The corals coloration when grafted is not combined together,it is swirled together and not combined like mixing paint would look like.It would be like taking a siringe and puting pink paint into white paint and swilirling the pink paint around in circles,that is what grafting should look like in a coral.

The coral above,is unique is no PS was used,and if this coral is the real deal,will have market value,but it is hard to belive that this isnt a photoshopped picture.But if you say it isnt,I will take your word for it.

Good luck!

 

[Lariviere]

This is a piece i kept last year, before my tank crash. Is this grafted monti ?

 

[clowns101]

Yes thats a grafted piece.You can see how the green is starting to go outwards from the original green splot and starting to show up in spots away from the original green splot.And how the red is growing in the green.

 

[Lariviere]

Yes thats a grafted piece.You can see how the green is starting to go outwards from the original green splot and starting to show up in spots away from the original green splot.And how the red is growing in the green.

I don't know how this his happened, but maybe the green cap was too close at a time, or just to be in the same tank, or something else. But sadly, i don't have this piece anymore.

 

[scrapz]

this is how a original graft looks like, notice the swirling on the left side. The graft seems to grow only parallel from the original spot

 

[Bulldog0407]

Everyone has their opinions on here. From personal expirence with the company I can vouche for the colors of the corals being exactly as they were on the site. I have bought everything from SPS to palys from them without ever having an issue with the coral not being what it is stated on the site or it color enhanced. I buy from Madfrags all the time and I will continue to buy from them. Seeing this thread and how some people are bashing them made me want to step in and put in my two cents. Madfrags is a great company to do business with, and they have a knowledgable and helpful staff. I would recommend them to anyone and this coming from a reefer who has real expirence with the company instead of some random person bashing them by looking at a picture.

 

[arioch]

Madfrags is acknowledged as a contributor of photography and information to a 3-part Advanced Aquarist series on coral pigmentation early last year, so I'm going to go ahead and guess that he is more of an authority in these matters than certain examples of personal opinion and (potentially erroneous) groupthink in this thread.

 

[Helter Skilter]

Sorry to burst the skeptisim bubble, but Madfrags is one of the most reputable/knowledgeable vendors I've bought from. I've gotten coral from Madfrags on four seperate occasions. Not once have I ever had ANY issues with the corals I've received, and all corals have looked identical to the photos shown. I've contacted Madfrags and asked to be put on the waiting list for this piece. There is no doubt in my mind that this is anything but legit.

There is documentation of a Pocillopora grafting with an Acropora. With two completely different species being able to graft, why is it implausible that with much trial and error, three specimens of the same species be compatible?

 

[250G]

Such poor photos make it difficult to tell what is going on, but I gotta agree, growing over and grafting is different. Appears most those from "IL" seem to support the claim, regardless, it is likely a nice little frag.

i dont see it either

all I see is a phtoshopped andor way over saturated pic under blue light with three little different millis on it. Give me two minutes with lightroom and I could make any of my millies show a bunch of unreal colors.

a while back I epoxied a several inch hunk of encrustment from a blue milli next to a colony of ORA blue milli. they looked the same, I figured they would just connect and be fine. I wasnt paying attention and when I finally noticed it the ora had all but grown completely over the top of the other one. No death or even irritation on the one getting plowed over, but not even did they consider connecting with each other, much less "grafting"

Im certainly not saying it couldnt be done, as I dont know and grafting HAS been done, but that pic proves and shows nothing

now if it is just a horrible representatiion of them actually grafting it.....like everyone else...sign me up