Loading ...I know it has been a while since my last real entry, but that is what happens when you have a new kid. (No no no, I didn’t get more fish or a dog and a cat, I actually had a baby).
So what prompted this blog entry was a sudden discovery of a grafted coral. Well, not by shape, rather than by color. You see there is enough documentation to suggest that corals can allow their zooxanthellae to ‘jump ship’ and board another coral. It is rarely seen, but plausible.
This is what happened to a A. tenuis and a A. suharsonoi. The yellow suharsono was touching the tips of the tenuis. I assume over time, the pignments were trasfered from the tenuis into the suharsonoi. The suharsonoi developed random blue spots which are clearly visible.
The problem when trying this out with your own corals is that often than not it does not work. Corals will sting each other and will leave a dead parts behind. I know this, as I have tried it with A. milleporas and without any success.
Yes, pics are forthcoming, so patience will be your new virtue!
Trained by the thirteenth ring master of the Sian Xiuang Coral Temple. Currently is apprenticing the art of Acropora shaping in the ancient tradition of Ninja Fragging. Known as the SPS hero!
Those corals are crazy looking.