bk_market November 18, 2007 Share November 18, 2007 (edited) Just want to share one of my amazing recover montipora piece I bought this piece as a brown montipora and after a month the piece change the color to all red polys with blue base (superman) then starting today I notice starting from the edge and some spot in the middle polys changing to yellow and green color (rainbow?). This piece is quite big so i will probably have a frag soon after it done changing color. First pic at the bottom are startign to change to orange and green Edited December 4, 2007 by bk_market Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesprite November 18, 2007 Share November 18, 2007 perhaps it should be renamed chameleon coral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanman November 19, 2007 Share November 19, 2007 Rainbows are odd; I'm still not sure mine has finished changing itself. I'll try to post some pictures at some point. Coral was trans-shipped from Fiji. It started as purple polyps on a blue base. All the polyps turned brown. Then green. Then the edges started turning gold and orange. At this time, most frags are brown polyps in the center, and growing edges are orange polyps (blue background). The orange polyps are vibrant orange under actinics. And who knows if it's done changing. Yours looks very nice! If the color is true - it's almost PINK. bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bk_market November 27, 2007 Author Share November 27, 2007 (edited) About 1.5 week later. Color changing still but look much nicer than the first pic I took less than 2 weeks ago when i first start noticing the change Hey bob, any chance for a pic of urs? Edited November 27, 2007 by bk_market Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bk_market November 27, 2007 Author Share November 27, 2007 how do i frag this piece? do i use hammer to break it in half from the bottom side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnguyen4007 November 27, 2007 Share November 27, 2007 how do i frag this piece? do i use hammer to break it in half from the bottom side? I think using a dremel tool might be better. It makes for a cleaner cut. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grav November 27, 2007 Share November 27, 2007 That is cool. Where did you get it??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanman November 28, 2007 Share November 28, 2007 (edited) how do i frag this piece? do i use hammer to break it in half from the bottom side? Sure - just went and took some for you. Naturally the polyps on the frags closed up a little after I moved them into photo range. Here is a piece encrusting a rock in my 58: And here are three frags under normal tank light (mixed T5) in the frag tank: And this is what they look like under actinics: I would use a diamond-blade on a dremel to frag it. If you don't have access to one - try bone-cutting pliers. Mine is quite fast growing for an encrusting coral. <<Sales offer removed by moderator>> (I need $20 more for the coral to be paid for, then I'll SWAP it). I still have about 10 square inches of it on the original rock that I purchased. Grav (Phil) took about half of it and fragged it. Maybe he can post some pictures of how his has turned out under completely different lighting. bob Edited December 4, 2007 by YBeNormal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanman November 28, 2007 Share November 28, 2007 Found a couple more pictures. This is what it looked like when I got it (end of May): And this is what it looked like in mid-July: bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grav November 28, 2007 Share November 28, 2007 cool coral Bob, wish I had some.... oh wait... I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bk_market December 4, 2007 Author Share December 4, 2007 Look what I found digging up my old memory stick :D this is a pic of the rainbow piece the day i got it. Ouch quite a different now Will work on hack and slash a couple frags out of this colony when i get my hand on a dremmel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discretekarma December 4, 2007 Share December 4, 2007 The first one looks like it may have come from Mr Coral. Is that right? Look what I found digging up my old memory stick :D this is a pic of the rainbow piece the day i got it. Ouch quite a different now Will work on hack and slash a couple frags out of this colony when i get my hand on a dremmel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bk_market December 4, 2007 Author Share December 4, 2007 yup a while ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phisigs79 December 4, 2007 Share December 4, 2007 I got one from him that bleached very badly and was brown that is starting to color up the same. i was hoping for a pokerstar however Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discretekarma December 4, 2007 Share December 4, 2007 I'm not sure why but he seems to have tons of encrusting rocks that are brown in his system and then they color up. That's how I recognized that one. I bet if he fixed that, he'd have tons of sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st9z December 4, 2007 Share December 4, 2007 <<Sales discussion deleted by moderator>> (I need $20 more for the coral to be paid for, then I'll SWAP it). I still have about 10 square inches of it on the original rock that I purchased. Grav (Phil) took about half of it and fragged it. Maybe he can post some pictures of how his has turned out under completely different lighting. bob hEY Bob, <<Buying and selling is not allowed in this forum area.>> thanks, NIKI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YBeNormal December 4, 2007 Share December 4, 2007 Guys, Buying and selling is restricted to the "For Sale/WTB/Free" forum. Please post there or use PMs for sales discussions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gudgreef December 4, 2007 Share December 4, 2007 What/where is Mr. Coral? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanman December 5, 2007 Share December 5, 2007 hEY Bob, <<Buying and selling is not allowed in this forum area.>> thanks, NIKI Interesting... it was there for a week, and nobody seemed to care a bit, or even notice. It's hardly 'selling' at the prices I was thinking of. When I actually have some fragged and ready to sell - I'll post it in the for sale forum. bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YBeNormal December 5, 2007 Share December 5, 2007 It just wasn't noticed. We really don't spend our time searching for posts in the wrong area or not in compliance with the WAMAS guidelines but if one is noticed, we do what we must do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanman December 5, 2007 Share December 5, 2007 It just wasn't noticed. We really don't spend our time searching for posts in the wrong area or not in compliance with the WAMAS guidelines. . . You don't?? What the heck do you think we're paying you for!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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