Grafted Setosa

[spartanman22]

I was inspecting my frag rack last night and came across this (please excuse the ugly algae!):

 

[spartanman22]

Very small, but still pretty cool!

 

[Nihilus]

It just looks like a discoloration as opposed to be grafted by something else IMO. Maybe algae growth, maybe stress, maybe a parasite etc.

 

[Sabellafella]

I was inspecting my frag rack last night and came across this (please excuse the ugly algae!):

Sweet graft!!! Frag it off and it should grow both orange and green somewhat equally

 

[spartanman22]

It just looks like a discoloration as opposed to be grafted by something else IMO. Maybe algae growth, maybe stress, maybe a parasite etc.

If I'm not mistaken "grafting" is the result of GFP infection of a stony coral tissue. It is certainly not algae growth as that was my first assumption. It is in fact coral tissue.

 

[spartanman22]

Sweet graft!!! Frag it off and it should grow both orange and green somewhat equally

I'll see if I can get to that spot easily with the clippers. May let it grow out a bit more first if it's a tight spot.

 

[Nihilus]

I've always thought that grafting was when two worlds collide and then carry on. Was anything else in contact with that Setosa?

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/nftt/index.php

 

[ryecoon]

Sick!

 

[Baby Ray]

I am green markings just like that on my orange plating montipora!!

 

[spartanman22]

I've always thought that grafting was when two worlds collide and then carry on. Was anything else in contact with that Setosa?

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/nftt/index.php

Here's something from ORA. I read an article discussing GFP infection that was a reefbuilders article.

http://www.orafarm.com/blog/2011/01/20/gfp-green-fluorescent-protein-infection/

https://reefbuilders.com/2009/11/04/gfp-infection-radically-alters-stony-corals-green-jacket/

 

[spartanman22]

It'll be interesting to see how long it lasts. I'm going to clean the glass and then get the DSLR out to try and get some better shots

 

[jtone_philthy_aquatics]

If I'm not mistaken "grafting" is the result of GFP infection of a stony coral tissue. It is certainly not algae growth as that was my first assumption. It is in fact coral tissue.

I know I’m late to the party and I’m sure you’ve found this out a while ago lol but I have a grafted setosa myself and from what I can find Steve tyree ( rrc ) was the first to begin selling frags of grafted setosa. Jason fox as well and I believe wwc farms them as well. I’ll have to get some pictures but mine has some really nice 4.5 inch green stripes going throughout the whole piece. It’s really cool because with the wwc grafted monti or even the jf sun fire monti grafted monti you can see exactly where that line is beginning to separate the red/ green throughout the growth of the coral but with the setosa it’s really random. I had gotten it completely orange/ red but now I have huge green stripes that you cannot miss! Very cool piece! Do you still have yours?